Singer Katy Perry, who grew up in a Christian household traveling with her parents planting churches across the country, opened up her American Music Awards performance with the well-known hymn “As the Deer” written by Martin J. Nystrom and based on Psalm 42:1 before signing her song “Only Love.”
Perry dedicated her performance to her father, posting on Instagram before the show, “tonight’s @amas performance is for my father ♥️”.
“Went back to church, met a new friend @dariusrucker and found #OnlyLove ♥️” the new mother posted.
The American Music Awards’ winning singer’s father is a pastor who, according to their website travels with his wife throughout the U.S. and around the world encouraging people through preaching and the prophetic to reach for a deeper relationship with the Lord. Perry’s parents raised her in a household where the terms “deviled-eggs” and “Dirt Devil” (vacuum cleaner) were banned.