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“I can’t run from where I came from, nobody can,” says Katy Perry. When it came time to make her exhilarating second album “Teenage Dream,” Katy found herself increasingly drawn back home to Santa Barbara, Calif. Back to where they knew her before she became a superstar. Before she kissed a girl and liked it. And, certainly, before she sold 5 million copies of her Capitol Records blockbuster, “One of the Boys.”

“I love the vibe that Santa Barbara gives off and I wanted to really tap into the purity of my childhood and that feeling,” says the two-time Grammy nominated singer. “It was really fun to get away and walk into the studio with no make-up on.”

“Teenage Dream,” out Aug. 24, will move you, both emotionally and physically. “When I was touring, I wanted people to dance more,” Katy says. “So I wrote an album that made people move, yet didn’t sacrifice the story substance that I had on the last record.”

The album, whose producers include Max Martin, Tricky Stewart, Stargate, Dr. Luke and Greg Wells, is a glorious evolution from “One of The Boys,” It showcases an artist who dares us to join her as she experiences every facet of life.

“I’m giving everyone the full spectrum on this record,” Katy says. “You’re getting the sugary sweet, but you’re also getting the ‘Oh my goodness, she had to sit down for a minute and let some things off her chest’.”

Fun first single, “California Gurls,” declared by Entertainment Weekly as “unforgettable,” is the undeniable summer anthem of 2010. Featuring Snoop Dogg, “Gurls” is a sizzling salute to sun-kissed days spent in Daisy Dukes and a bikini top. Other album highlights include the heartbreakingly wistful “The One that Got Away,” the naughty, playful strut of “Peacock,” the uplifting “Firework,” the pulsing, stinging “Circle the Drain,” and the spiritual quest of “Who Am I Living For.”

And then, of course, there’s the passionate, thumping title track. “I called the album ‘Teenage Dream’ because I feel like I will always want to be that pin-up poster,” Katy says. “I definitely want to be in everybody’s dreams at all times until I get to Liz Taylor’s age when I’m not in your dreams anymore, and I’m just a diva!”

It’s irreverent statements like this that have branded Katy a true American original. She’s the extremely talented girl next door with slyly captivating charm. After Katy topped Maxim’s Hot 100 this Spring, Maxim editor-in-chief Joe Levy mused of her appeal: “It’s that feeling you get when you suddenly realize that the smartest, funniest, coolest girl you know also happens to the best looking and a pretty good skateboarder, too. All of sudden, your crush goes supernova, and this is Katy’s supernova moment.”

She’s the face most likely to adorn the bedroom walls of young girls who adore Katy not only for her musical brio, but for her playful yet sophisticated fashion sense (Who else could wear a blinking dress that lights up to the Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute’s Gala?) “I don’t ever really want to come off as trashy,” she says. ‘But I want people to know I’m definitely having fun.”

Of that, there’s no doubt. Seldom has an artist catapulted onto the world scene and captured not only people’s ears, but their hearts as well. Since the 2008 release of “One of the Boys,” Katy has taken a jet-fueled rocket pack to the top, wowing fans with her often whimsical, irresistible pop songs. Katy topped charts in more than 25 countries with cultural phenomenon “I Kissed a Girl,” “Hot N Cold,” “Thinking Of You” and “Waking Up in Vegas,” and has sold more than 22 million digital tracks and mobile products worldwide.

Katy erases any barrier between pop star and audience by writing all her own material. “You’re getting a pure connection to the artist,” Katy says. “You’re not getting some idea of what that artist should be, you’re getting a direct voice.”

Nowhere is Katy’s voice and vision clearer than in concert. She is a relentless road warrior, albeit one who comes complete with gigantic, blow up plastic strawberries to toss into the audience. As a newcomer, she stormed the Warped Tour stage for 47 dates in 2008, immediately winning over hardened rock fans with her ceaselessly energetic live show. Since then, she has steadily built audiences across the planet by touching down in more than two dozen countries and filling increasingly larger venues each time she returned to a city. 2009’s headlining “One of the Boys” tour was a phenomenal success, selling out around the world.

She’s also a popular television draw, appearing on countless talk shows, presenting and performing on the Grammys living out her lifelong dream of being lowered from the ceiling in a 600 lb. banana, serving as a guest judge on “American Idol,” a celebrity contestant on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and hosting MTV’s Europe Music Awards twice. More often than not she’s adding to her trophy case at each stop, winning Best New Act at the Europe Music Awards, Best Pop Video at the MTV Japan Awards and International Female Solo Artist at the Brit Awards.

As much as her life seems to play itself out in the press—she’s appeared on the cover of more than 15 magazines–she reminds us the real Katy is in every note and every word of her music. “If you ever want an answer about how I felt about something or what I was going through or what I believe or my convictions or my love,” she says, “You just have to listen to the lyrics.” We can’t wait to hear every word she has to say.

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mathias says:

January 4, 2012 at 5:53 am

hello katy perry i wish you a good year 2012 your fan mathias germany

mathias says:

January 4, 2012 at 6:13 am

hello katy perry i have hear from your divorce ! i’m really sorry ! i hope i can comfort you! i have read that your the most popular gueststar in how i met your mother in germany . from 9681 votes have 2154 voted for you! congratiolation! i hope you come over the decision. but i wish you nevertheless good luck for the year! p.s. i would never leave you , no metter what lol !

Chanel Evans says:

January 7, 2012 at 11:05 pm

Hey momma cat =^.^= I am one of your biggest fans!!!!!!! My name is Chanel Evans You are my idol. I LOVE YOU MORE THAN LIFE ITSELF <3 Have a great 2012. LOVE YA LOADS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Meow <3

r w says:

January 11, 2012 at 2:55 pm

Hey, what’s up, you ever read these columns? Got to say I’d dig a date with you, if you dared I’d be game. Check out my FB profile, hmmm not sure I want the world to know that shit. Send me an email at kracked1@hotmail.com.
Oh whatever, I don’t care..I’m Roger Wenden on FB. Ciao for now.

mathias says:

January 12, 2012 at 8:08 am

hello katy perry i hope you read this. congratiolation for your 5 awards it’s amazing and very fantastic. you are the best and you have it deserves. love greatings from your katycat meow! yes it#s so fantastic , geilomat ey , jippijayjey, I’m so happy for you!

Robert Steiner says:

January 12, 2012 at 4:56 pm

You know if you have someone that sexy, beautiful, gorgeous she is a 100 instead of a 10 I would do anything to be with a woman like Katy Perry!!!!! I know that I will never get to meet her in person, but I can always dream of a day or night with her.Katy I want you to know your the best that life can give so keep on doing what your doing your the best!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU KATY PERRY!!!!!!!!!!!!! So come to my facebook page and leave me a message PLEASE! to let me know that you got my message thank you. robert_s_7267@yahoo.com is my e-mail Robert Steiner

mathias says:

January 17, 2012 at 1:59 am

hello management and katy . your song the one that got away on place 37 in german charts and firework on 87 again thanks voice of germany i only tell you this if you read this

mathias says:

January 18, 2012 at 5:16 am

hello katy and management I hope anyone read this e-mail and answer me I have a question to katy perry but i could not contact them so far.i try it by her management, twitter, on her website, send e-mails to twitter, youtube, german channels, tinychat. but nothing works. therefor i try by you. i hope you can help me or say with whom I could try it yet. I have seen a really great picture from katy perry and i will take this foto
http://twitpic.com/7ckauj on this gaming board
http://www.arcade-oase.eu as avatar or profile picture. the board requires that i ask you or katy perry whether I can use it on this site. Please tell me whether I can use the picture or not. I know it’s crazy to ask you but i hope you help me please. my e-mail adres is sutil@gmx.de thousend thanks for your answer and love greatings from mathias germany

mathias says:

January 18, 2012 at 5:18 am

hello katy and management .I hope anyone read this e-mail and answer me I have a question to katy perry but i could not contact them so far.i try it by her management, twitter, on her website, send e-mails to twitter, youtube, german channels, tinychat. but nothing works. therefor i try by you. i hope you can help me or say with whom I could try it yet. I have seen a really great picture from katy perry and i will take this foto
http://twitpic.com/7ckauj on this gaming board
http://www.arcade-oase.eu as avatar or profile picture. the board requires that i ask you or katy perry whether I can use it on this site. Please tell me whether I can use the picture or not. I know it’s crazy to ask you but i hope you help me please. my e-mail adres is sutil@gmx.de thousend thanks for your answer and love greatings from mathias germany

Tatum Channing says:

January 25, 2012 at 6:40 am

hello katy and management,, i like and i want you to sing again your one of the most selling albums i kissed a girl, the one got that got away and fireworks, for the last last concert that you will be having here in mnila,, see you here!! more power katy perry!!!

mathias says:

January 25, 2012 at 7:06 am

hello can you answer me question ß thousend thank katycat mathias

amit.chopra783 says:

January 27, 2012 at 10:50 pm

hey katty…well,the day i saw u..I fell in love wid u..seriously..;-) newys…when r u coming 2 INDIA??. We r waiting…all d best..:)

mathias says:

February 2, 2012 at 8:12 am

hello katy i hope you get the grammy awards ! i wish you all the best and love greatings from germany hey and i have seen a picture with you in new york by volkswagen . that is really cool . by the way the slogen from volkswagen das auto called in english the car ! lol

winny perry says:

February 9, 2012 at 7:18 am

Hi！katy

km89 says:

February 9, 2012 at 2:59 pm

HI Katy,

I am so sorry to hear about your divorce Liked your outfit at the superbowl. I hope everything works out for you. I live in Toronto and was wondering if you would ever give a chance to win a date with you or anything in the future ? I would love to have a chance to sit down and chat with you.

Super Mac says:

February 11, 2012 at 5:47 am

Hi Katy! Wish you the best in the Grammy’s! =)

mathias says:

February 11, 2012 at 8:46 am

hello dear katy perry and management, this is mathias from Germany. I do not know whether the katy comments on their website reads, because I get no response to my comments. is does not matter, I certainly hope that she reads this, because that would be really great. I do not know if katy for charts so interested. perhaps for the United States and the British charts. it looks like the German, I do not know. any case, I wanted to tell and bring a further Demonstrate that katy is a world star. on friday the 02.10.2012 got a new chart show on German television and there was broken down by looking in the us charts, the charts were British and German charts number 1. There are only 54 songs in history ever succeeded in all three countries and to be number 1 katy perry has also managed. with their singel i kissed a girl she landed congratulations on 14.herzlichen space to do so. this is a great performance. and deserves respect. confirms the fact how great and wonderful is katy. in any case the liswerden I wanted and I hope it gets to read Katy. maybe that’s management of its kind. I think at least it makes a supi job that you can see their website, which is simply madness. So all good katy perry and of course you all the best management of your katycat mathias.

elias.h says:

February 12, 2012 at 6:55 am

Hi Katy! when you come to Finland!

Super Mac says:

February 12, 2012 at 7:13 am

HI Katy! Hope you win the Grammy’s!

Big Jon or JJ says:

February 13, 2012 at 9:31 am

hi katy my name is jon i am from nj i am a big fan of urs

Christina Moore says:

February 14, 2012 at 12:53 pm

I love you Katy Perry your awesome!

Timberlynn Lewis says:

February 16, 2012 at 2:44 pm

HELLO I LOVE YOUR MUSIC AND I WISH I CAN COME TO 1 OF YOUR CONCERT

Shelby Jo says:

February 16, 2012 at 4:59 pm

KATY PERRY!
You’re so amazing, please come back to England?
Really wanna see you perform again, last time was awesome!
PROUDKATYCAT!
MWAH <3

mathias says:

February 17, 2012 at 3:44 pm

helllllllllllllloooooooooooooooooooooo management pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee read my comments and moderate my comments . and pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee answer meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
thanksssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

xxSophiexx says:

February 19, 2012 at 2:14 pm

Luv U katy!!! xxxx

maya2saturn says:

February 20, 2012 at 11:22 am

Hey Katy it”s Skittlez, the one you’re going to meet. Again thank you so much, make sure you read my letters.

MWA= kisses and joy Your youngest,biggest fan,
Skittlez

smileyskittles.yummy says:

February 27, 2012 at 3:23 am

hi katy perry!!!!!!!!!!!! hope that one day ill get to know u in person!BTW I’m just eleven years old and my bedroom is full of you!!!!! even my ipod is full of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I support and love you katy perry no matter what. love yah! mwah! meow!

xoxo
justine from philippines
p.s i loved your concert keep up the power!!!!

Elaine Hidalgo says:

April 1, 2012 at 11:56 pm

Hi Katy Perry <3333333!!!!!!! I <3 yuh so much, yuh r the best singer!! I <3 yuhr new Cd teenage dream: The Complete Confection it smells like pepermint!
I love yuhr purfumes Purr & Meow- have em both!
Luv yuh! meow! xoxoxoxo
proud 2 be a KatyCat <33333