Pregnant Katy Perry soulfully performs her latest single Smile in a flowing periwinkle gown

Katy Perry recently announced she was pushing back the release of her fifth studio album, Smile, by two weeks. Singing: To her more than 102 million Instagram followers' delight, Katy Perry, who is due to give birth in August, shared a soulful performance of her album's first promotional single, which she released earlier this month During her SiriusXM show, Perry paraded around stage with a single masked guitarist behind her, as she stripped down the dance-driven for a more acoustic rendition on a patterned red rug. Lost in song: As she sang her uplifting track, the 13-time Grammy nominee stunned in a flowing periwinkle gown, which featured woven black fringe on the collar and sleeves The mom-to-be has been actively promoting her new album, Smile, which is out on August 28th, also around the same time as her expected due date. She kept her short blonde straightened, while appearing lost in the moment, as swing her microphone's swing stand in multiple clips uploaded to her Instagram Story Katy admitted she hopes the song Smile will give people "hopefulness", as it did when she was penning the tune. Stunning: During her SiriusXM show, she paraded around stage with a single masked guitarist behind her, as she stripped down the dance-driven for a more acoustic rendition on a patterned red rug In May, Katy admitted her 2017 split from Orlando - who she has since reconciled with - left her 'broken', and she was hoping to feel excited about her record 'Witness', but the album didn't perform to her expectations.