This Article is From Jul 03, 2012

Katy Perry thinks it is time to tackle more serious issues as far as her career goes

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Highlights

  • The Teenage Dream singer revealed that her music is taking a darker turn following her split from Russell Brand.
  • The 37-year-old comedian filed for divorce last year after 14 months of marriage to the 27-year-old pop singer.
  • She said: "I feel I have a lot to say on the next record. I have a lot to flush out of the system.
  • "I'm not saying that I'm not going to be the candy queen any more, but I think it's time for more meat and potatoes."
  • Katy continued to the Radio Times magazine: "With Teenage Dream, I created this cotton candy cloud with a kind of a wink and a kiss, and it was all cute and fun and playful.
  • "Now it's as if I have had to step off this cloud and face reality."
  • Her struggle to keep her marriage alive can be seen in her new concert movie Katy Perry: Part Of Me, where she flies back to the United States in between shows to be with her now-estranged husband.
  • She added: "I made that sacrifice because I had made a commitment.
  • "Sometimes I had to fly in on the day of the show, completely jet-lagged and feeling like I had been hung by my ankles, and have to go on stage."
  • Read: I don't need a man to make me happy, says Katy Perry
Los Angeles: The Teenage Dream singer revealed that her music is taking a darker turn following her split from Russell Brand.

The 37-year-old comedian filed for divorce last year after 14 months of marriage to the 27-year-old pop singer.

She said: "I feel I have a lot to say on the next record. I have a lot to flush out of the system.

"I'm not saying that I'm not going to be the candy queen any more, but I think it's time for more meat and potatoes."

Katy continued to the Radio Times magazine: "With Teenage Dream, I created this cotton candy cloud with a kind of a wink and a kiss, and it was all cute and fun and playful.

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"Now it's as if I have had to step off this cloud and face reality."

Her struggle to keep her marriage alive can be seen in her new concert movie Katy Perry: Part Of Me, where she flies back to the United States in between shows to be with her now-estranged husband.

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She added: "I made that sacrifice because I had made a commitment.

"Sometimes I had to fly in on the day of the show, completely jet-lagged and feeling like I had been hung by my ankles, and have to go on stage."

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Read: I don't need a man to make me happy, says Katy Perry
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