Katy Perry receives ‘Power of Women’ award, at a power packed event by Variety

Power of women by Variety had its first-ever ‘on the carpet’ as well as live-stream event. Variety invited audiences to the event to take in all the action live on several social media platforms while Channing Dungey, Amanda Gorman, Lorde, Rita Moreno, and Katy Perry arrived for the annual celebration.

Around three hundred people gathered for the empowering outdoor event on Thursday night in Los Angeles. Presenter Angelina Jolie and her 16-year-old daughter Zahara posed with Gorman while Gayle King greeted her friend Perry, who chose a huge gown as a business cocktail outfit.

Katy Perry’s performance:

Katy Perry entertained the audience to a splendid performance of her song “What Makes a Woman”. She stole the show on the red carpet, posing in a purple, puff sleeve gown with her old sister Angela (with whom she launched the Firework Foundation) and fiancé Orlando Bloom by her side.

While stopping to chat with Variety, the singer of power anthems like “Roar” and “Firework” shared her personal favourite high energy songs.

“Anything by Bill Withers these days,” Perry said. “That’s what my daughter [Daisy] loves — it’s a Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers house. So ‘Lovely Day,’ that’s what we start our morning with, every morning at breakfast and it just puts a smile on my face.”

Katy Perry is currently gearing up to put smiles on some of her fans’ faces with her upcoming Las Vegas residency, describing the set as “the weirdest, most fun, wildest show I’ve ever done, but that’s Vegas, right?

The carpet interviews presented a true mix of powerful and playful moments. Take Dungey, for example, the history-making executive shared some important advice for audiences aspiring to social break barriers and stigma attached to black women.

“Own your voice and take up your space in the room,” Dungey said, before joining a Variety reporter for a bit of karaoke. She sang an acapella rendition of Perry’s anthem “Firework”

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Lorde’s talks about her inspiration;

Lorde known for her hit song ‘Royals’ said that she had been influenced by the stars who came before her like Fiona Apple and Britney Spears.

“They were both really complex women who we’ve really revaluated our treatment of over time. And I think it’s really important that revaluation,” she said. “The learning that we all did looking at both of them has paved the way for me to be able to do what I do.”

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