The Feeling of Living a Teenage Dream: How Motherhood Transforms Katy Perry
Instead, she slowly made her way into the light, shifting her focus away from commercial success and fan reception towards things that nourish her soul.
“After 10 years of being in the spotlight, I’ve realized that happiness is something you have to actively pursue every single day,” Perry shared with Glamour in 2018. “Even if you have wealth, possessions, status, or fame – all of which are nice temporarily – without inner happiness, you’re bound to derail.”
My early twenties were a whirlwind, very intense, and somewhat unconscious. It was all about my career, which was great, but after hitting the ceiling so many times, I realized, ‘Oh, I’ve been there.’ Now, I want to reach for the stars, which involves matters of the heart.
After her healing retreat at the Hoffman Institute in January 2018, Perry and Bloom reunited for good and started planning their future, including welcoming their newest addition. Engaged on Valentine’s Day 2019, Perry expressed to Apple Music’s Zane Lowe in August 2020 that they both felt ready to start a family. “It was a decision we made consciously.”