KATHERYN ELIZABETH HUDSON WAS born in Santa Barbara, California, to evangelical Christian parents, in 1984. Her sheltered upbringing is far from the pop star whose bra squirts whipped cream in the video for “California Gurls.” But then again, when you compare swooning fans at Katy’s shows to home movies of her father, Pastor Keith, evangelizing in churches, as the congregation falls over, “slain in the spirit,” Katy doesn’t seem very far removed from her family at all.
