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Katy Perry is an American singer and songwriter born in 1984 in Santa Barbara, California. Perry has released the albums Katy Hudson, One of the Boys, Teenage Dream, and Prism during her career. Some of her hit singles include I Kissed a Girl, California Gurls, Teenage Dream, E.T., Firework, and Last Friday Night. She has been honored with five MTV Music Awards, four MTV Europe Awards, six Teen Choice Awards, and 14 People’s Choice Awards. Perry was married to actor Russell Brand from 2010 to 2012.

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9 Sep, 2008

Hot N Cold

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Perry releases Hot N Cold, from her album, One of the Boys. The song is inspired by an ex-boyfriend:

One day this person would send me a text and I would be so thrilled about it because I had been waiting for some kind of sign – a smoke signal. He would be all interested and then I would just lose him, or one day he would want to see me and then one day he wouldn’t. I didn’t know what was wrong with him, if he was bipolar, or if he was wearing a mood ring. I took the theme and the song kind of spilled out of me.

Katy Perry - Hot N Cold (Official Music Video)

17 Jun, 2008

One of The Boys

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Katy_Perry_-_One_of_the_BoysPerry releases her second full-length studio album One of The Boys. The 12 track record features Perry’s number one single I Kissed a Girl as well as singles Hot n Cold and Waking Up In Vegas. All tracks are written by Perry with collaborations from Greg Wells, Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard.

It’s been a long and winding road that started about five years ago. I came from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles. A fantastic producer named Glen Ballard brought me out here and kind of looked after me. And then I started this thing, where I was signed and dropped, signed and dropped by a couple of labels. Then one day, Capitol Records picked me up and decided they wanted to make a Pretty Woman story out of me, without the prostitution.