Sia, 49, fuels romance rumors with mystery man at Katy Perry concert in LA... after divorcing Dan Bernad
The Australian 49-year-old further fueled romance rumors by being joined by the same bearded mystery man she was pictured strolling in LA with on March 21 - just two days after filing for divorce from her second husband Dan Bernad.
Sia (last name Furler) helped write the 40-year-old 'astronaut's 2017 songs Chained to the Rhythm and Hey Hey Hey as well as her 2013 song Double Rainbow, but the ladies did not get along at first.
'That's what was interesting about writing with Katy Perry because, again, it's her voice at the end of the day. She's also quite dominant, and she's extremely analytical,' the nine-time Grammy nominee told Rolling Stone a decade ago.
'I actually quit within the first hour of our first session. I was like, "Can we both agree this doesn't work? Like our whole songwriting dynamic?" And she was like, "I love it. It's like a puzzle to me. It's like a crossword." And I was like, "But this is boring for me. The analysis is totally boring for me. It feels like the enemy of creativity."'
Sia continued: 'It was so cool to be able to have that conversation on why we wrote in such entirely different ways. I'm glad I didn't give up on it because I actually did get a song out of it, and we also really had a laugh because we were able to be authentic.'
The Australian 49-year-old further fueled romance rumors by being joined by the same bearded mystery man she was pictured strolling in LA with on March 21 - just two days after filing for divorce from her second husband Dan Bernad
The Beautiful People belter is enjoying the single life after ending her two-year marriage to the Modern Medicine Services CEO, during which they secretly welcomed 15-month-old son Somersault Wonder Bernad.
In divorce docs obtained by DailyMail.com, Sia requested primary legal and physical custody of little Somersault, but she will consider 'visitation rights' for Dan whom she originally began dating in 2021.
Back in 2019, the Dance Alone singer legally adopted two 18-year-old men who aged out of the foster care system, and one of them has since fathered twins - making her a grandmother-of-two.
Before meeting Bernad, Sia declared to GQ in 2020 that she had 'decided to be single for the rest of my life' following her 2017 divorce from golf documentarian Erik Anders Lang after just two years of wedded bliss.
Career-wise, the two-time Golden Globe nominee is executive producing the West End debut of Burlesque the Musical, which runs July 22-September 6 at the Savoy Theatre in London, and she even reworked her 2010 song Bound to You for it.
It's the stage adaptation of Steven Antin's backstage musical film Burlesque starring Cher and Christina Aguilera, which amassed $90.5M at the global box office in 2010 despite dismal reviews.
Sia also composed the music and lyrics for director Whitney White's new off-Broadway musical Saturday Church, based on Damon Cardasis' 2017 film, which runs August 27-October 12 at the New York Theatre Workshop in Manhattan.
Rehearsals officially began on Monday for the ballroom-inspired gospel production, which will feature additional music by DJ Honey Dijon.
The I Forgive You songstress' music will also be featured in the Queensland Ballet's world premiere of Elastic Hearts, which runs November 6-8 at Home of the Arts in Australia.
In divorce docs obtained by DailyMail.com, Sia requested primary legal and physical custody of little Somersault, but she will consider 'visitation rights' for Dan whom she originally began dating in 2021 (pictured)
The two-time Golden Globe nominee also composed the music and lyrics for director Whitney White's new off-Broadway musical Saturday Church, which runs August 27-October 12 at the New York Theatre Workshop in Manhattan
Last year, Sia executive produced Paris Hilton's second studio album Infinite Icon, which impressively reached the No. 38 spot on the US Billboard 200.
However, the queer vegan's own 10th studio album Reasonable Woman only climbed to the No. 153 position on the US Billboard 200 last year.
Sia - who gets 66.5M monthly listeners on Spotify - has sold over 41M records worldwide, and she was originally discovered by an Italian DJ while singing karaoke in a bar.
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