Katy Perry Heartbroken

Jul 18, 2018 | 6:00 AM

In a new interview with Vogue Australia, Katy Perry opens up about heartbreak – but not the romantic kind. She tells the mag she was left heartbroken last year when people didn’t respond to her album Witness the way she expected them to.

“I have had bouts of situational depression and my heart was broken last year because, unknowingly, I put so much validity in the reaction of the public, and the public didn’t react in the way I had expected to … which broke my heart,” she explains.

She says she believes the lackluster success of Witness, as compared to her previous releases, was the universe’s way of testing her.

“Music is my first love and I think it was the universe saying: ‘Okay, you speak all of this language about self-love and authenticity, but we are going to put you through another test and take away any kind of validating ‘blankie,’” she says. “‘Then we’ll see how much you do truly love yourself.’”