Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom are all smiles! The couple has welcomed a baby girl. They announced her birth via UNICEF, a charity they are both goodwill ambassadors for.
"We are floating with love and wonder from the safe and healthy arrival of our daughter," Katy and Orlando said of their little girl.
Despite celebrity parents' tendency to pick unique names for their children, the two went surprisingly traditional. They named their baby girl Daisy Dove Bloom.
Daisy is the first child for Katy and the second for Orlando. He shares 9½-year-old son Flynn with ex-wife Miranda Kerr.
Katy first announced her pregnancy back in March. The reveal came in her music video for her beautiful ballad, "Never Worn White." In the song, Katy talks about reaching a point where she was ready to care for another person. The powerful lyrics mirror her own feelings about motherhood, as she revealed in subsequent interviews.
Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have welcomed their baby girl! The couple shared the good news with the world via UNICEF, for which both are goodwill ambassadors.
"Welcome to the world, Daisy Dove Bloom! We are honored to introduce Goodwill Ambassadors @KatyPerry and @OrlandoBloom’s new bundle of joy," the organization shared on Instagram.
Katy and Orlando shared a statement that was included in UNICEF's post.
"We are floating with love and wonder from the safe and healthy arrival of our daughter," the couple wrote.
"But we know we're the lucky ones and not everyone can have a birthing experience as peaceful as ours was. Communities around the world are still experiencing a shortage of healthcare workers and every eleven seconds a pregnant woman or newborn dies, mostly from preventable causes."
"Since COVID-19 many more newborn lives are at risk because of the increased lack of access to water, soap, vaccines, and medicines that prevent diseases. As parents to a newborn, this breaks our hearts, as we empathize with struggling parents now more than ever," they continued.
"As UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors, we know UNICEF is there, on the ground, doing whatever it takes to make sure every expecting mother has access to a trained health worker and access to quality healthcare. In celebration of the heart we know our daughter already has, we have set up a donation page to celebrate DDB's arrival. By supporting them, you are supporting a safe start to life and reimagining a healthier world for every child. We hope your ♥️ can bloom with generosity."
Daisy Dove is the first child for Katy and the second for Orlando. He shares 9½-year-old son Flynn with ex-wife Miranda Kerr.
Katy first revealed her pregnancy in March, when she released the video for her ballad, "Never Worn White."
In the song, Katy talks about a fear of commitment, coupled with the desire to live a happy life with someone else. In many ways, it mirrors Katy's own feelings on motherhood.
"I was really terrified of the idea two or three years ago. It was just like, I don't know how I'm ever gonna do that. That's crazy. I can barely take care of myself!" she told People magazine.
Katy says that things changed after she tried the Hoffman Process. The weeklong retreat helps participants dig into negative behaviors conditioned from childhood. Katy tried it during a prolonged bout of depression.
"It changed my life, and it's changed Orlando's life and many of my friends' lives," she said.
"It helped me re-wire how I think about myself and the habits and patterns of why I do something. It's just given me a lot more freedom."
It eliminated a lot of Katy's fears of bringing a child into the world. She's shed any expectations for the journey ahead, including the assumption that her child will love the arts as much as her creative parents do.
"She has two very ambitious, loud, independent, free-thinking parents, so it's gonna rub off," she said.
"Or maybe she's gonna completely revolt and be in the corner, very shy bookworm. We're just here to support her, and I'm sure she's just here to teach us a lesson!"
Daisy's name came as a surprise to many, who expected a zanier name from the celebrity couple. Katy's fan base had an inkling, however. The lead single off her new album, Smile, out on August 28, is called "Daisies."
"Daisies, a song about courage, hope & dreams. Dove, a symbol of peace, hope, courage & freedom," one excited fan shared on Twitter.
"That's why Katy Perry made #Daisies as the lead single & Daisy Dove Bloom as the name of her daughter. She wants her daughter to bloom with full of hope, courage, dreams & freedom."
Katy and Orlando's baby girl may have come into the world during strange times, but she has two parents who love her so much. She's sure to bring light to these strange times for them. Congratulations to the couple on their wonderful new arrival!
