Katy Perry had her greatest fan on-hand Wednesday as she acquired the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.
The 143 artist carried out an brisk 20-minute set of a few of her best hits on the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards following a candy introduction from her husband Orlando Bloom.
“You fell in love together with her as Katy Perry. I fell in love together with her as Katherine Hudson,” he began. “You recognize her as a worldwide celebrity who brings love, gentle and her distinctive humorousness to each tune she writes and music video she creates.
“I do know her as a mom, as a companion who brings that very same love and pleasure to our household. In moments once we’ve most wanted it, her music and the outstanding world she creates have introduced a way of pleasure and laughter, inspiring generations of individuals from everywhere in the world. She loves together with her complete coronary heart, and it’s type of irresistible. I see her mirrored in all places in our house, in her love for her work, however particularly in her love for her followers. Congratulations on this honor, child, I’m so pleased with you. 143!” added Bloom.
Bloom offered his spouse with the award after she served a medley of her songs ‘Darkish Horse’, ‘E.T.’, ‘I’m His, He’s Mine’ with Doechii, ‘California Gurls’, ‘Teenage Dream’, ‘I Kissed a Lady’, ‘Firework’ and ‘Lifetimes’, all of which she carried out “on the primary day of my interval.”
Katy Perry performs through the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 11, 2024 in Elmont, New York. (John Shearer/Getty Photographs for MTV)
“Who’s taking care of hour daughter?” Perry joked to Bloom, who responded, “Oh, I believed you had been.”
Perry mentioned in her speech, “Thanks a lot to MTV for believing in my weirdness from day one and for serving to artists prolong their worlds past a tune. There are such a lot of issues that must align to have an extended and profitable profession as an artist. There aren’t any decade-long accidents.”
She thanked her longtime staff at Direct Administration, her label Capitol Data, her dad and mom, her household, Myspace, Warped Tour and “all of the bygone locations the place I discovered a voice, id and group so early on. Thanks to my mates who had been there when my Jetta was repossessed. My Katy Kats who stood by me for a lifetime and the LGBTQ group who I acknowledge that I might not be right here with out, and who confirmed me you will be each form and c—. Thanks to Orlando for conserving me grounded, celebrated and doing the dishes. And lastly, for my Daisy, the one flowers I’ll ever want.
“I’m excited after I go searching music right this moment and I see all of the wonderful younger artists who’re working with confidence, company, vulnerability and authenticity. I’ve heard a variety of ‘Do that, don’t say that, put on much less, put on extra now, hey don’t reduce your hair.’ One of many greatest causes I’m standing right here proper now’s I discovered the way to block out all of the noise that each single artist on this trade has to continually battle towards, particularly girls. I simply need to say with my complete coronary heart, do no matter it takes to remain true to your self and true to your artwork. Flip off social media, safeguard your psychological well being, pause, contact grass… and do what you had been born to do identical to I used to be born to do that,” added Perry.
Perry releases her seventh studio album 143 on Sept. 20, her first in 4 years following 2020’s Smile.
