Katy Perry and her Brand New Name
Hollywood’s recently married pop singer, Katy Perry, has decided to legally change her last name to Brand. “Yes, I’m going to change it”, said the artist on the Ellen DeGeneres program, she said from now on her artistic name would change from Katy Perry to Katy Brand.
According to an E! Online publication, the process to change Katy’s surname is not complete yet, but she is already being addressed as Katy Brand. “Sometimes when people try to get my attention, like at an event or something and they want special attention, they go, ‘Mrs. Brand!’ and I go [swoosh],” said Katy, who got married to English actor Russell Brand on October 23rd.
Many women in the entertainment business refuse to change their names because it represents a brand, a reputation they have had to build; but clearly Katy cares more about sharing a family name so she will trade one brand (Perry) for another.