The ‘Roar‘ hitmaker; who split her from ex-husband in 2011 after he ended their marriage via text, has written about her suicidal thoughts in her new song ‘By the Grace of God’.
She told The Sunday Times newspaper’s Culture magazine: "I’m not the kind of person who is always like ‘What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger." I was in bed for about two weeks. I was pretty f***ed, yes. It hurt a lot – I got a good knock."
"What I wanted to call this record at first was ‘Adult Reality’ because ‘Teenage Dream’ was so high on that cotton candy cloud, and then it’s like I got punched in the face and kicked down the stairs a couple of times. So I had to face the reality that things are not always on cloud nine."
The 28-year-old singer lost all sense of self-worth when she split from the comedian and hit a downward spiral. Katy added: "Unfortunately, although I had the outward self-identity I didn’t have the inner kind, I hadn’t built that up.
"My self-worth was in someone else’s hands which is never a good idea, because it can be taken from you at any time. And it was, and it was shattered."