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KATY PERRY & Co-founders of De Soi MORGAN MCLACHLAN HLAN

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Making BoozeFree Drinks Pop

With more chart-topping singles than Diana Ross, Katy Perry, 39, has proved she can craft a hit. The American Idol judge is now imbuing that Midas touch into De Soi, a nonalcoholic apéritifs maker she co-founded alongside Morgan McLachlan in 2020. The two met through a mutual friend that year while they were both pregnant. McLachlan, 44, had already founded the liquor company Amass, but more recently had begun experimenting with nonalcoholic options. That resonated with Perry, particularly as hangovers were just As told to Kevin J. Ryan

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