Katy Perry's "Hummingbird Heartbeat" about Russell Brand

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Katy Perry's "Hummingbird Heartbeat" about Russell Brand, These days it’s not uncommon for celebrities to air their dirty laundry in public. Thinly veiled descriptions of former significant others was made popular by the songstress queen herself, Taylor Swift.

Katy Perry’s “Hummingbird Heartbeat” about Russell Brand

Once in awhile, however, people will use their access to the public to express sweeter emotions. Such was the case when Katy Perry met her ex, Russell Brand. She claimed that he gave her that “hummingbird heartbeat”, an expression used later in one of her tracks off of Teenage Dreams. She claimed:

“I was at breakfast when I saw this hummingbird, and hummingbird was having breakfast as well….. and I don’t know if you know but hummingbirds are supposedly good luck and I was just thinking about hummingbirds. I was thinking ‘How fast does their heart beat?’, like ‘how many beats per minute?’ And using that idea as an idea for someone making you feel, instead of those butterflies, making your heart beat really, really fast.”