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Katy Perry Reveals What Pulled Her Out Of Serious Depression · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hoodcrest. Katy Perry's preparing for the arrival of
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Speaker 1: two personal creations, her album Smile and her first baby
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Speaker 1: with Orlando Bloom. She's happier than ever. That opens up
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Speaker 1: in the new issue of People about the dark day
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Speaker 1: she faced after the release of her last album, Witness,
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Speaker 1: which was her first project that wasn't a critical or
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Speaker 1: commercial success compared to the massive records that came before.
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Speaker 1: She tells the magazine after being on a rocket ship
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Speaker 1: just going straight up. It was just a small change
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Speaker 1: in the trajectory, but it felt seismic, leading to two
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Speaker 1: and a half years of trying to find my footing.
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Speaker 1: And although it led to a lot of pain and
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Speaker 1: soul searching about who she is to herself, she wouldn't
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Speaker 1: change the thing. Katie adds, I got me out of
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Speaker 1: this desperate loop of trying to be the best pop
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Speaker 1: star ever. Now I just really want to be a
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Speaker 1: human being and have the dimension of life. I get
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Speaker 1: to live life, and I get to bring life into
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Speaker 1: the world. Finding the gratitude in this pain has been
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Speaker 1: a real journey, but the outcome is worth it. Smile
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Speaker 1: arrives August. That's direct from Hollywood