German pop singer Kim Petras has been spotted out and about in Los Angeles after undergoing a major body transformation, looking noticeably slimmer than last year.
that much scary The 31-year-old singer was spotted out and about in LA wearing skin-tight hot pants and a crop top, her brown hair and slender figure making her almost unrecognizable from the curvaceous blonde pop star who's risen to fame in the past few years.
Petras joins a number of pop stars who have lost significant weight in recent months, including Christina Aguilera, Katy Perry and Kelly Clarkson.
Petras' new look comes just months after she cancelled a planned 2024 summer festival appearance due to “health issues”.
“Everyone, it’s with such sadness that I have to write this, but due to health concerns and at the recommendation of my doctor, I have made the difficult decision to not perform at this summer’s festivals,” she told fans in late April.
“I love you so much. I'll make it up to you and come back better than ever,” the star added. She was due to perform at major pop festivals in London and Barcelona during the northern summer.
The transgender pop star first gained fame in her native Germany at the age of 14, when she appeared on a current affairs program to discuss her transition. Many media outlets followed her story as she underwent gender reassignment surgery at age 16.
At age 19, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a pop singer, and in 2017 released the first of a series of singles in collaboration with controversial music producer Dr. Luke.
Petras' biggest success came in 2022 when she duetted with Sam Smith on the world's number one hit. scary, Both artists broke records: Petras became the first openly transgender person to have a Billboard Hot 100 single, and Smith became the first openly nonbinary person.
In an interview with news.com.au last year, Petras spoke about the pop singers she idolises, including Australian singer Kylie Minogue, whom she first met when she visited Australia for the 2019 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.
“I’m a fan of Kylie Minogue. [stalker/fan]”I was like, before anything else. It was crazy. It was literally the first restaurant I went to in Sydney and Kylie Minogue was there. Then we met at Mardi Gras and it was really camp,” Petras said.
Perhaps the biggest encounter for a Madonna diehard fan was when Petras met the Queen of Pop herself at a party after her performance. saturday night live.
“I was honestly so drunk, and I was like, 'You're the blueprint for every pop artist that's ever existed. There's no one like you. When I was a kid, I pretended you were my friend. ' And I just kept saying it over and over and over and over,” she said.
Madonna readily accepted the drunken fangirling and suggested they take a photo together, perhaps figuring that Petras might not remember the encounter the next morning.
“I'm really glad she did that… I think she knew I was just drunk and that I was going to keep going,” she said with a laugh.
