‘American Idol’ judge Katy Perry shuts down the ‘biggest lie’ of the music industry

The ‘Roar’ singer is leaving the singing competition show at the end of the season

Katy Perry has a new source of inspiration for her upcoming music.

Speaking with Fox News Digital Monday night at the “American Idol” Top 10 Tastemaker Event at the Aster hotel in Hollywood, Perry revealed she gets to “create from a different space now.”

“I feel really happy and whole and loved, so that’s different for an artist because usually you’re writing songs out of pain,” she said. “But I actually think that’s kind of the biggest lie that any artist has been sold, is that you have to stay in pain in order to be a great creator.