Katy Perry has opened up about her battle with depression, admitting it got so bad she couldn't imagine living.
The Part of Me singer, 35, is currently promoting her as yet untitled sixth studio album, which she says has been influenced by her mental health struggles.
She is currently expecting her first child, a baby girl, with her fiancé Orlando Bloom.
Speaking on Good Morning America on Friday, Katy said she felt "kind of clinically depressed" two years ago and struggled to cope.
Katy explained: "I've been writing [the album] over the past two years and at the beginning of those two years, they were really difficult.
"I was kind of clinically depressed coming out of that and didn't know what my life was, and if I was gonna be – I couldn't really even imagine living, to be completely honest."
Katy said she is now doing much better after having "done the work" on her mental health.
She continued: "Now I've done the work, and I'm still doing the work emotionally, spiritually, physically, psychologically.
"Now I've come to this light at the end of the tunnel, which means I am gonna live."
Katy added: "And not only that, I'm gonna bring life into the world. So it ends in a positive place so far."
She called the new album "a record about resilience and finding the light at the end of the tunnel".
The mum-to-be released her first single from the album Daisies last week.
Her record will be released on August 14.
Katy's daughter is also due to arrive this summer.
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