Katy Perry Uses New Video For 'Wide Awake' To Slam Russell Brand

Sweet Revenge.Katy Perry’s genius new video for hit single, “Wide Awake,” out today, reveals the darkness in her heart and life after ex-husband Russell Brand blindsided her with a divorce.

Katy Perry loved, loved, loved Russell Brand, and was heartbroken by his cruelly unexpected divorce filing last Dec. 30, 2011.

There’s absolutely no question about that now. Katy‘s new video, “Wide Awake,” chronicles the deep depression she was trapped in after her Prince Charming- turned betrayer Russell Brand left her alone in a dark and crumbling world.

As she sings, “Falling from cloud 9, crashing from the high” and “You made it so sweet, Til I woke up on the concrete,” Katy searches for a way out of her blackened world, while the walls close in to crush her. All the life and light from her heart is extracted and sucked up into the dark heavens.

Only her younger, still hopeful self is her savior and protector, fighting off the depression monsters holding her prisoner.

“And now it’s clear to me, that everything you see, Ain’t always what you seem,” she sings to her heartless ex.

Every girl and woman who has been duped and dumped by a charming “prince” of a man, will feel deeply for Katy, when they watch her heartrending video.

We’ve all been there. And it doesn’t matter if you’re a superstar with bags of money and multiple hit songs, or a working woman or a college student, we’ve all been there – putting on a happy face, while our hearts which have been stamped on, crumble inside.

Thank you Katy, for showing us a way to overcome our heartbreak too!

Bonnie Fuller

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The video was OBVIOUSLY about Russell. Duh it’s so obvious. Maybe the song wasn’t originally about Russell but that video is OBVIOUSLY about her marriage with russell and the stress of life in the public eye. Katy flew wherever she had to to see Russell she tried VERY hard to keep her marriage alive. Russell Brand, although I absolutely LOVE him, is a huge doucher so I’m not surprised. Just because Katy Perry is dating someone new doesn’t mean she’s over her divorce. Maybe she’s just trying to show Russell she is. Maybe she just doesn’t want to be alone. Maybe she’s forcing herself to try and move on. Since none of you know I find it hard to grasp why you think you know her true feelings for Russell when you weren’t in the relationship. Secondly, this magazine actually has connections to these stars and can get interviews with them so I THINK they know a little more then you…JUST SAYIN!

LOL it’s funny that she is making songs about her ex when she is with another guy, finding a new relationship in a short time proves that she never was truly in love.

no one can truly judge them.neither katy nor rusell.we do not know what truly happened in their life,and even if we can figure out the reason they divorced,we cant still judge them,at least not until we know their feelings and thoughts in their relationship,maybe she wasn’t really in love,or maybe she was…i would rather focus on their profession instead of their private life,even if she wasn’t in love at all,or one of them was just playin with the other,it’s their own private life and it should stay private.

Bonnie, how do I become a gossip columnist? Please inform. Your job is awesome.

I think that they are just spinning the meaning of the video so more people will watch it.

I personally like Russell Brand and it sucks that their marriage is over, but that’s that. I do not care.

It really bothers me, that whenever a couple breaks up they blame the guy. One, Russell is the one who filed for divorce so If anything the problem was probably Katy(I don’t really know since I wasn’t there). Two, If she did write this song about him then she’s acting like a baby. Its not like she’s still devastated, since she has been seen with another guy a couple of times. Three, HollywoodLife grow up. You guys know absolutely nothing about what happened between them yet you are always so quick to label Russell as the bad guy. I’m not a big fan of either of them, but honestly, this blatant bias towards Katy is annoying when no one but the two of them knows what really happened.

ONE THE SONG AND VIDEO ISNT ABOUT RUSSELL THE BIGGEST DOUCHE BAG EVER-IT IS ABOUT WAKING UP FROM THE FAIRY TALE THAT WASNT AND TWO SHE WROTE THE SONG BEFORE HER AND RUSSELL EVEN GOT MARRIED OR STARTED DATING