Katy Perry reveals unexpected family ally in '143' album creation

Katy Perry made music making process a family affair, thanks to an adorable supporter.

In a conversation with Audacy, the former American Idol judge spilled beans on how she made her new album, 143, and whether she ever sought suggestions and feedback from family.

"They've had enough of me. I mean, they're fine, but like...my family, they're telling me to move or take the trash out," Perry, 39, quipped.

"They're sick of it. It's family, they're just going to be real. I don't do a listening party," she admitted not playing her full album to them.

However, she shared that she can turn to one adorable family member for support: her stepson.

The Woman’s World songstress shares four-year-old daughter Daisy Dove with fiancé Orlando Bloom, while the Pirates of the Caribbean star is also a father to 13-year-old Flynn, whom he had with ex Miranda Kerr.

"I'll play things to Orlando's son, who's 13, and he has a really good ear," Perry emphasised. "He's probably the best person out of my whole family."

"He loved Never Really Over," she recalled her 2019 song. "I played that to him before it came out and I was like, 'What do you think?' And he's like, 'Yeah, this is good.'"

"He's got good taste. He loves this song called All the Love, which is on 143. And that's like one of my favourite songs that I wrote," the Video Vanguard Award recipient added.

Perry’s seventh studio album, 143, is slated to release on Friday, September 20.