Katy Perry stuns on the cover of the May issue of “Vogue” magazine and inside the singer opens up about how much she has grown up in the last few years.
“Patience, the art of saying no, that everything doesn’t have to end in marriage,” the singer says, when looking back on her life, alluding to her brief marriage to Russell Brand. ‘That your education can start now. I blasted off a rocket, holding on to dear life,” she said.
Although that rocket took her further than she expected, she doesn’t have many regrets and says she’s in control now. “But I had so much ambition and determination, and that’s what kept me going. The rocket was riding me for a bit, but now I am riding the rocket.”
Perry, 32, says she looks back at her 20s with fond memories but that doesn’t mean she wants to relive them. “I wouldn’t give anything to go back to my 20s. And I’ve learned a lot of lessons,” she says.
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As far as evolving goes, Perry says it’s even influenced her own style. “I am pushing for my own evolution,” the “Chained to the Rhythm” singer says. “Just making better choices as far as style goes. I don’t want to get stuck in a way of thinking or doing or presenting.”
How has her music changed? Well, Perry is no longer going to hide behind innuendos. She says her new music is very “on the nose” and that her messaging will be clear. “I’ve seen behind the curtain,” she reveals. “I can’t go back. I used to be the queen of innuendo, everything done with a wink,” she adds. “Now I want to be the queen of subtext, which is a cousin to innuendo, but it’s got more purpose.”
Perry also opens up about Hillary Clinton’s loss during the election. She campaigned alongside the presidential hopeful and admits she was gutted after Donald Trump won. “I was really disheartened for a while; it just brought up a lot of trauma for me. Misogyny and sexism were in my childhood: I have an issue with suppressive males and not being seen as equal. I felt like a little kid again being faced with a scary, controlling guy,” she says.
The singer also discusses her tough childhood and the prejudices she suffered. “I was not allowed to interact with gay people…there is some generational racism. But I came out of the womb asking questions, curious from day one, and I am really grateful for that: My curiosity has led me here. Anything I don’t understand, I will just ask questions about,” she reveals.