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Katy Perry wrongly thought she was the "chosen one"

Katy Perry thought was the "chosen one" when she was starting out in the music industry.

The singer teamed up with producer Glen Ballard aged just 17 and the 'Teenage Dream' star told OK! magazine that she thought she would be set from then on in.

Record deals fell through, however, meaning that it was only until the late 2000s that she finally made an impact on the mainstream music scene. Perry said:

"At the beginning I was working with Glen and everything was cool. I had black Jetta, my first car, and I thought I was the s**t. I remember my cousin said, 'You should be grateful for this because it could all go flying out the window at any moment'. And I was like, 'Not for me. I'm the chosen one'. Then the rug got pulled from underneath me."

Reflecting on her worst times, the 'Wide Awake' star added: "I had no money, no car, I couldn't pay the rent. I had this really skewed perspective of what it meant to make it. I needed that to appreciate what I have now. I just keep that in mind when things go bad. There's always a way for things to get better."

 

 

 

 

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