Katy Perry is able to shut the door on American Idol, and open one other chapter in her music profession.
Idol will premiere on ABC this Sunday (Feb. 18), marking the TV expertise present’s twenty second total season. It’ll be Perry’s seventh and closing season as a choose.
Perry broke the information when she stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Stay on Monday evening (Feb. 12). “I really like the present a lot,” she tells the host, “however I need to go see the world and perhaps deliver new music.”
The “Firework” singer has been a choose on alongside Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan because it was revived by ABC in 2018.
“I believe it will most likely be my final present, my final season for Idol,” she continues. “I really like Idol a lot. It’s related me with the center of America, however I really feel like I must exit and really feel that pulse to my very own beat.”
Perry is buzzed about visiting Brazil this September to carry out on the Rock In Rio competition. “It’s actually thrilling. It’s a giant deal,” she says of her spot on the invoice.
By leaving her common gig on Idol, “let’s simply say I’m creating area for my new wingspan.”
Perry can unfold these wings far and broad. Final 12 months, Litmus Music, a catalog rights firm backed by private-equity large Carlyle Group LP, mentioned it acquired the rights in 5 studio albums launched for Capitol Data, together with her Grammy-nominated Teenage Dream.
Sources advised Billboard that Litmus paid $225 million for Perry’s stake within the grasp recording royalties and music publishing rights to her 5 albums launched between 2008 and 2020 — One of many Boys, Teenage Dream, PRISM, Witness and Smile.
Perry stays the primary girl and solely second artist ever (after Michael Jackson) to ship 5 songs from the identical album to the summit of the Sizzling 100, which she did with 2010’s Teenage Dream (“California Gurls,” “Firework,” “E.T.,” “Final Friday Evening (T.G.I.F.)” and “Teenage Dream”).
2020’s Smile peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 chart, and is Perry’s final full-length studio album.
Throughout her late-night TV stint, Perry additionally discusses Usher’s Tremendous Bowl efficiency (“he was superior”), singing at King Charles’ Coronation, and lodging at Windsor Fort (her mom tagged alongside. “That’s like the perfect reward you might ever give your mother”).
Watch the total interview under.
