The love of her daughter Daisy Dove has Katy Perry flying high.
As the "Teenage Dream" singer closes one chapter of her career—Katy is currently wrapping up her final season as a judge on American Idol—she's been teasing a new era of music. And as it turns out, her and Orlando Bloom's 3-year-old daughter has played a huge part in Katy's creative process.
"What she has given me in my life [is] the unconditional love that I was always searching for," Katy gushed of Daisy in an exclusive interview with E! News following the April 15 episode. "Yes, that is where I am creating from. Just like wholeness, happiness and just true full love."
And as for what Katy's post-Idol era might include? The 39-year-old is playing coy.
"You know I'm not taking a vacation after this," she joked, "so you better just stay ready."
Since welcoming Daisy with her fiancé in August 2020, Katy's daughter has already played a part in her musical career. In fact, the toddler made her first public appearance at one of Katy's Las Vegas residency shows in November.
"Daisy, I love you so much," the Grammy nominee said onstage, as seen in footage posted to social media. "You're my best friend. I'm so glad you're here."
In a separate video shared from the November 4 show, Katy detailed the ways in which Daisy's arrival made her concert series possible.
As the pop superstar explained, "I created this show after the birth of my daughter, Daisy Dove. When I met her, it was like all the love I was ever searching for finally showed up. She made me whole, and she healed me, and she showed me how to play again. So, this show is for everyone's inner child and for the hope that maybe if we could all see life through the eyes of a child, we would be free."
And of course, Katy reserved a special shoutout for Orlando, to whom she got engaged on Valentine's Day in 2019.
"To my partner Orlando," she said in the video, "for being an incredible support system and an amazing father—I love you."
- Reporting by Monica Fink
For more of Katy and Orlando's sweetest moments since they began dating in 2016, keep reading.
Sweet Kisses
Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry showed some PDA at Wimbledon 2023.
Famous Friends
The couple hung out with Angelina Jolie and her daughter, Zahara Jolie-Pitt, at Variety's Power of Women event in September 2021.
Perry wished a happy 45th birthday "to the kindest, deepest, most soulful, sexy & strong man I know." She told Bloom, "thank you for being a constant compass, an unwavering anchor and bringing joi de vivre into every room you walk in. You are the love and light of my life."
She also revealed his nickname for theit daughter Daisy Dove, saying, "I thank my lucky stars for you and our darling dd."
On Bloom's 44th birthday, Perry shared a never-before-seen photo from when she was pregnant with Daisy, who was born in August 2020. The throwback showed the couple cradling her baby bump.
The baby bump photo was one of several sweet snapshots Perry shared on Bloom's birthday. She also posted an old photo of the stars brushing their teeth.
In addition, she looked back at the night they got engaged—Valentine's Day 2019 to be exact.
But that's not all. Perry's birthday tribute also included photos from their travels.
And wherever they went, it looked like they had a ball.
There was also this gem from the early days of their relationship. But to look back at their full love story, keep scrolling.
At the very start of 2016, Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom raised eyebrows when the two seemed flirty at a Golden Globes after party. Now, we know that this is the night that started it all!
After dating for nearly a year, the two visited sick kids at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles dressed as Mr. and Mrs. Claus. The photos from the event also marked one of the earliest appearances of Bloom on Perry's social media.
After a break in the middle of 2017, the couple got back together and stunned at the amfAR Gala in Los Angeles.
The morning after Valentine's Day 2019, Perry shared the exciting news that she and Bloom were engaged by posting an adorable selfie of the two together and a shot of her ring.
She simply captioned the heartwarming moment, "Full bloom."
Bloom shared this snapshot to his Instagram after the two attended Karlie Kloss and Joshua Kushner's nupitals, writing, "Wonderful weekend of being love and celebrating love, congrats to a beautiful union."
In August 2019, Perry showed support for her beau at the Carnival Row premiere.
"Together our initials are O.K. and that's what it's gonna be ♥️," Perry captioned her sweet screenshot of her and Bloom FaceTiming one another.
In a very relateable video posted to her Instagram, Perry shared that she and Bloom were in bed on New Year's Eve well before the ball dropped writing, "When you're in bed before midnight is when you know you're starting the new year right #2020."
The superstar singer announced her pregnancy in her "Never Worn White" music video in March 2020. The couple welcomed a daughter, Daisy, in Aug. 2020.