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After a lucrative career at the top of just about every list known to man, Katy Perry has finally been bestowed with what some would call the ultimate fashion goal: her first Vogue Magazine cover. 

The California girl’s fashion has faced its periods of evolution, from colorful wigs and candy-inspired get-ups, to her current blend of daring and demure, and now she’s being celebrated with a cover and full spread in Vogue’s July issue. 

But more than the artful photos shot in the gardens with growth as wild as her climb to fame, is the corresponding interview. Katy bears her bones and talks about love and where it goes when you have a tendency to love beautiful “broken birds” – a term she uses to describe ex-husband Russell Brand

In the interview, she also reveals that she hasn’t heard from Russell since he sent her a text message asking for a divorce. Ouch. But despite the hoopla, Katy reveals that she is still madly in love with him.

Psh, I don’t know about y’all, but I would not murmur a word of anything about an ex in MY Vogue cover, he’s given up his time to shine. 

Katy Perry on making music:

“When I am in between records, sometimes I doubt myself. I’ll be like: Did I just get lucky, or did I mass-manipulate the world into thinking that seven songs were worth a number-one position? And then I go back into the studio and I start writing, and the true essential oil of who I am comes bubbling back up and reminds me that it’s always been inside of me, that nobody can take this away no matter what comment anyone makes. It’s going to be there because it’s what I was born with and it’s what I’ve worked on my whole life.”

Katy Perry on Russell Brand:

“He’s a very smart man, and I was in love with him when I married him. Let’s just say I haven’t heard from him since he texted me saying he was divorcing me December 31, 2011. At first when I met him he wanted an equal, and I think a lot of times strong men do want an equal, but then they get that equal and they’re like, I can’t handle the equalness. He didn’t like the atmosphere of me being the boss on tour. So that was really hurtful, and it was very controlling, which was upsetting. I felt a lot of responsibility for it ending, but then I found out the real truth, which I can’t necessarily disclose because I keep it locked in my safe for a rainy day. I let go and I was like: This isn’t because of me; this is beyond me. So I have moved on from that.”

On the state of her current relationship with Russell: 

“It’s over … I was madly in love with him. I still am madly in love with him. All I can say about that relationship is that he’s got a beautiful mind. Beautiful mind, tortured soul. I do have to figure out why I am attracted to these broken birds. I believe that I will be loved again, in the right way. I know I’m worth it.”

When asked about Brand’s sense of humor, she thought he was ‘hysterical’ until she caught him making fun at her expense.

He started making jokes about me and he didn’t know I was in the audience, because I had come to surprise him at one of his shows.”

It really takes a brave woman to admit that she loved, was hurt and wants to love again. 

If you’re ready to fall even more in love with Katy Perry, head over to Vogue.com to read her entire interview.