She wondered if some of Cotton’s 2004 paintings — a series called “Cotton Candy Clouds,” which depicted pinup girls laying nude in a pink sky — were available for purchase. They weren’t.

As Katy Perry's 'Teenage Dream' turns 13, artist Will Cotton breaks down the out-of-the-blue collaboration that led to the iconic cover painting.

Katy Perry has said that “California Gurls” is her answer to Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ “Empire State Of Mind,” which fortuitously topped the Hot 100 when she was working on Teenage Dream.

Katy Perry‘s decision to ask Snoop Dogg to perform a guest verse on her song “California Gurls” was great. Snoop Dogg’s actual verse on the song was terrible.

The music video sees the American singer roll naked in clouds of pink candy floss, as she sings the perenial lines “California girls, we’re unforgettable. Daisy dukes, bikinis on top.” It was an ...

Although Katy Perry is best-known for frothy, off-the-walls pop music, the Billboard Hot 100 topper opened her Thursday (Jan. 30) night mini-set during the FireAid LA Benefit Concert with a very ...

Katy Perry’s comeback album ‘143 ... (“California Gurls,” “Last ... girls-night-out indiscretions over productions as light as those cotton candy clouds on the cover of ...

The music video sees the American singer roll naked in clouds of pink candy floss, as she sings the perenial lines “California girls, we’re unforgettable. Daisy dukes, bikinis on top.” ...

Despite wearing bedazzled Daisy Dukes and a whipped-cream-shooting bra, among other candy-covered creations, in her 2010 “California Gurls” music video, Katy Perry’s biggest regret from the ...

A few months after the Teenage Dream cover art was locked down, Cotton heard from someone on Perry’s team, informing him that a lot of his work was also being used as inspiration for the singer’s ...

One of the biggest surprises in the build up to King Charles III’s Coronation was that the headline act for the official concert at Windsor castle would be Katy Perry - that of Dark Horse ...

One of the biggest surprises in the build up to King Charles III’s Coronation was that the headline act for the official concert at Windsor castle would be Katy Perry - that of Dark Horse, Firework ...