Jury Gets a Glimpse Into Costs of Making a Katy Perry Hit

What's the cost of making a Katy Perry hit? The DarkHorse trial jury got a glimpse

Just how expensive? More than $13,000 for a wardrobe stylist. Over $3,000 for a hairdo. Nearly $2,000 for flashing cocktail ice cubes.

That’s before factoring in expenses, which an attorney for Capitol Records told jurors Tuesday trimmed the label’s profits to roughly $650,000. Capitol Records is owned by Universal Music Group. “Dark Horse,” a hybrid of pop, trap and hip-hop sounds that was the third single from Perry’s 2013 album “Prism,” spent four weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 in early 2014. It earned Perry a Grammy Award nomination and was part of her 2015 Super Bowl halftime performance.

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