NEWSKaty Perry 'Part Of Me' Trailer Released: Songwriting is Her 'Mad Diary'
May 25 2012, Published 2:32 p.m. ET
Only two days after appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show defending the decision to show her messy split from ex-husband Russell Brand, Katy Perry's Part of Me theatrical trailer hit the web.
OK! NEWS: KATY PERRY DEBUTS NEW SINGLE WIDE AWAKE AT 2012 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS
While there's no mention of Russell in the under two minute snippet, we get a good look at Katy's rise from evangelical Christian singer to the campy, technicolor pop star we know and love today.
"Songwriting and making these records are the truth of who I am," she says in the video. "What makes me laugh, what makes me cry — it's a mad diary."
She reveals her goal in performing — "to make people smile"— and how it's really been perseverance over any kind of luck that's turned her into the superstar she is today.
OK! NEWS: NEW KATY PERRY PART OF ME TRAILER REVEALED AND JULY RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCED!
Want OK! each day? Sign up here!
"There was a lot of the word "no" being sent my way and I just never accepted that," she told Ellen DeGeneres earlier this week. "It was overcoming a lot of people in the industry telling me it wasn't going to work."
Check out the trailer below!
