There’s only one Katy Perry, even though she’s not really Katy Perry at all.

Yes, when Orlando Bloom presented his fiancée Perry with the 2024 Video Vanguard Award at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on September 11, he used the “Roar” singer’s real name, Katheryn Hudson.

“You fell in love with her as Katy Perry. I fell in love with her as Katheryn Hudson,” the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star began. “You know her as a global superstar who brings love, light and her unique sense of humor to every song she writes and every music video she makes.”

Bloom, who has been engaged to Perry since 2019 and has a 4-year-old daughter together, also praised her talents off stage.

“I know her as a mother, as a partner who brings the same love and joy to our family,” he said.

“When we needed it most, her music and the remarkable world she creates have brought joy and laughter, inspiring generations of people around the world. She loves us with all her heart, and that is irresistible. I see her reflected everywhere in our home, in her love for her work, but most of all, in her love for her fans.

Bloom then announced her upcoming album, “143,” once again dropping her original name.

“Congratulations on this honor, sweetheart, I am so proud of you. 143! Ladies and gentlemen, your 2024 MTV Video Vanguard, Katheryn Hudson — Katy Perry!”

What is Katy Perry’s real name?

Perry’s birth name is Katheryn Hudson and she released a Christian rock album in 2001 called “Katy Hudson” before releasing her breakthrough album, “One of the Boys”, in 2008, recorded under the name Katy Perry.

Why did Katy Perry change her name?

“Perry adopted her mother’s maiden name to avoid confusion with Kate Hudson,” Rolling Stone reported in a 2010 profile of the singer.

The “Woman’s World” singer, who grew up in a strict Christian environment, said it was much easier to become Katy Perry than the person she was.

“A lot of people live in fear because of something that happened in their childhood, or some form of PTSD that they got along the way, and I created this amazing character called Katy Perry, who I really get into and can always step into, but I created that character out of protection,” she told The Guardian in 2017.

“I was afraid that if you saw me, Katheryn Hudson, the girl with the Bioré strip on my nose, you would think, ‘That’s not glamorous.’ And I thought, ‘OK, I spent my whole childhood being upset, so I’m going to show the world that I am something, that I’m going to do something, and that I’m good enough.’”

“I didn’t want to be Katheryn Hudson. I hated it, it was too scary for me, so I decided to be someone else.”