Since Katy Perry gave up recording new music to undertake a Vegas residency, judge American idol and raising her daughter (she was busy!), fans wondered when she would return to the studio. According to her fiancé Orlando Bloom, she might already be there… But he wasn’t supposed to say that.
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Orlando Bloom revealed the truth about Katy Perry
Speaking to Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager about her new travel adventure show on Peacock, To the edge, Bloom explained that he and Perry were engaged for so long because COVID delayed their wedding plans, and they’ve been busy ever since. Listing their many projects, he casually blurted out, “She’s got new music coming,” and Bush Hager didn’t let that detail escape him.
“Does she?” the co-host immediately asked, leading Bloom to confirm and then remark, “I better be careful what I say.” He didn’t reveal anything else, but for now it’s enough to know that more Katy Perry music is coming.
Bloom also revealed that he had obtained Perry’s consent to indulge in the sometimes terrifying extreme sports of To the edgetelling TODAY: “I think my partner wasn’t quite sure what I was doing until I came home freaking out, and then she was like, ‘OK, it’s ‘is crazy’… But she’s happy now And she’s seen everything.
Katy Perry could release new music this year
Perry’s hits like “Teenage Dream” and “Firework” are played and covered all the time. The singer’s latest studio album, Smilewas released in August 2020 and she announced her pregnancy with daughter Daisy Dove in the music video for the song “Never Worn White”.
In April 2024, she declared Access Hollywoodby Billboard, “I have yet to make a record where I feel truly happy and whole and full of love.” Further teasing what her next project might look like, she added: “Sometimes artists say, ‘Oh, that’s boring, you want to make music from a harder place,’ but in reality, it’s very bright and happy, like pure joy and fun and playful and festive and a party.
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Orlando Bloom: to the edgepremiered on April 18 with all episodes available to stream exclusively on Peacock.