At 32, @KatyPerry is recalibrating her life on many levels. "It’s a nice place to be," she says of her age. "I love it! I wouldn’t give anything to go back to my 20s; I’m so much more grounded. And I’ve learned a lot of lessons—patience, the art of saying no, that everything doesn’t have to end in marriage. That your education can start now. I blasted off on a rocket, holding on for dear life," she adds, remembering her career breakthrough with Teenage Dream at the age of 25, followed by five Number One singles—all after the agonizingly slow, vulnerable Los Angeles years of false starts, canceled recording deals, and the wild-child antics that followed her sequestered upbringing. "But I had so much ambition and determination, and that’s what kept me going. The rocket was riding me for a bit, but now I am riding the rocket." Tap the link in our bio for her full cover story. Photographed by @mertalas and @macpiggott, styled by @therealgracecoddington.
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