--- title: Katy Perry Writes About Hillary Clinton's UNICEF Surprise description: Katy Perry reflected on being awarded an honor by Hillary Clinton at the UNICEF Snowflake Gala. canonical: https://time.com/4588831/katy-perry-hillary-clinton-surprise/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-02T15:31:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:04:01.330Z og:title: Katy Perry Shares How Hillary Clinton Helped Her Find Her Voice og:description: 'Hell hath no fury like a woman REBORN' og:url: https://time.com/4588831/katy-perry-hillary-clinton-surprise/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte36cadc9baaeee9e/6988b06b97cdffb77d6aec1e/hillary-clinton-katy-perry-award-surprise.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3572 og:image:height: 2009 og:image:alt: 12th Annual UNICEF Snowflake Ball Honoring UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Katy Perry and Philanthropist Moll Anderson - Inside og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Katy Perry Shares How Hillary Clinton Helped Her Find Her Voice twitter:description: 'Hell hath no fury like a woman REBORN' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte36cadc9baaeee9e/6988b06b97cdffb77d6aec1e/hillary-clinton-katy-perry-award-surprise.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Katy Perry Shares How Hillary Clinton Helped Her Find Her Voice > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for UNICEF) NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 29: (L-R) Pamela Fiori, Hillary Clinton, Katy Perry, and Caryl Stern speak on stage during the 12th annual UNICEF Snowflake Ball at Cipriani Wall Street on November 29, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for UNICEF) Jason Kempin—UNICEF/Getty Images by [Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly Dec 2, 2016 3:31 PM UTC Two days after the woman Katy Perry calls “my hero” and her favored presidential candidate Hillary Clinton presented her with UNICEF’s Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award, the pop star was finally able to sum it up into words. Perry reflected on the night in a lengthy Instagram post Thursday, noting how honored she was to receive the award from Clinton and remembering how emotional she became when seeing the former secretary of state make her surprise entrance. The 32-year-old also noted the last time she was in New York City was for election night, when Clinton lost to Republican nominee Donald Trump. That didn’t leave her any less inspired, though. “I have never had \[a voice\] like I have found in the past year. I have a found a new voice, a more determined voice,” she wrote, echoing sentiments she said [Tuesday night at UNICEF’s Snowflake Gala](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/11/30/hillary-clinton-katy-perry-unicef-award). “I grew up sheltered, suppressed and kept silent for fear of giving the wrong answer. I would reveal my poor education. Or I was just scared. “Hillary helped me see that we’re all in this together, no matter where we come from, what color we are, or what status and education we have or don’t have,” Perry continued. “Hillary lit a fire inside of me that burns brighter and brighter every day, and that fire will NEVER be put out.” When presenting the award to Perry, Clinton was effusive in her praise of the singer’s work and character. “I have seen Katy’s commitment to the causes she believes in firsthand,” she said, [according to _The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hillary-clinton-surprises-katy-perry-at-unicef-gala-951331). “I’ve gotten to spend time with her, and I know how deeply she cares about making our world a better place. … We need champions like Katy now more than ever: her passion, her energy and, yes, her voice, louder than a lion.” Perry wrapped up her note by insisting her new confidence in her platform will be hard to quell — and that it’ll bleed into her music: “It’s funny, sometimes people who disagree with me just say, ‘Shut up and sing.’ Boy, will I do so in a whole new way… next year. Hell hath no fury like a woman REBORN.” See Perry’s full post below. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/12/01/katy-perry-emotional-essay-hillary-clinton-unicef) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4588831/katy-perry-hillary-clinton-surprise/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4588831/katy-perry-hillary-clinton-surprise/"},"headline":"Katy Perry Shares How Hillary Clinton Helped Her Find Her Voice","datePublished":"2016-12-02T15:31:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:04:01.330Z","description":"'Hell hath no fury like a woman REBORN'","url":"https://time.com/4588831/katy-perry-hillary-clinton-surprise/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte36cadc9baaeee9e/6988b06b97cdffb77d6aec1e/hillary-clinton-katy-perry-award-surprise.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte36cadc9baaeee9e/6988b06b97cdffb77d6aec1e/hillary-clinton-katy-perry-award-surprise.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"12th Annual UNICEF Snowflake Ball Honoring UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Katy Perry and Philanthropist Moll Anderson - Inside","caption":"12th Annual UNICEF Snowflake Ball Honoring UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Katy Perry and Philanthropist Moll Anderson - Inside","creditText":"Jason Kempin—UNICEF/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4588831/katy-perry-hillary-clinton-surprise/","name":"Katy Perry Shares How Hillary Clinton Helped Her Find Her Voice"}}]}] ```