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"Katy Perry is not just a singer anymore! The &amp;quot;Birthday&amp;quot; performer, 29, unveiled a major new side project on Tuesday, June 17.&amp;#xA0;\r\nPerry announced the launch of Metamorphosis Music, a joint venture record label with the company she is under, Capitol Records. Perry&amp;apos;s first act with Metamorphosis was signing singer Ferras, who has been opening for the pop star on her Prismatic World Tour.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I am so ECSTATIC to finally announce my NEW label Metamorphosis Music &amp;amp; my first signing, the incredibly talented &amp;amp; soulful FERRAS!&amp;quot; Perry tweeted.&amp;#xA0;\r\nThe singer serves as an executive producer on Ferras&amp;apos; new self-titled EP, which Metamorphosis Music released on Tuesday. She went on to call him &amp;quot;a man with a message&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;an important artist&amp;quot; in a release.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Her instincts are really on point,&amp;quot; Ferras said in a release about Perry&amp;apos;s production work. &amp;quot;She is very blunt and doesn&amp;#x2019;t sugar-coat things, which I appreciate. Also, she gave me the freedom to do what I wanted musically and was a natural partner.&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\nPerry teased the news of the record label on Twitter on Monday, June 16. &amp;quot;So...I have a HUGE announcement I finally get to share with you tomorrow... Stay tuned&amp;#x2026;&amp;quot; she wrote.\r\n\r\nFerras also hinted at what was to come, tweeting on June 1, &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve been keeping a secret. But not for too much longer!&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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