Katy Perry powered by a midair prop malfunction throughout her live performance in San Francisco, California, on Friday evening.
The pop singer, born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, was performing her hit tune “Roar” whereas driving a mechanical butterfly above the viewers when the prop all of the sudden dropped just a few ft, apparently startling the singer who was singing the beginning of the refrain, a number of videos posted to social media confirmed.
Perry rapidly recomposed herself after just a few seconds and continued singing, “and also you’re gonna hear me roar,” one video confirmed. The butterfly prop continued to fly by the Chase Middle area earlier than setting Perry again on stage.
Because the tune ended and the lights dimmed, she mentioned, “Not today, Satan.”
Theo Wargo/Getty Pictures for Katy Perry
Perry’s “The Lifetimes Tour” kicked off in April. It consists of a number of props the place the 40-year-old is suspended within the air.
A number of artists incessantly make the most of the cable system to drift round throughout their performances. Final month, Beyoncé additionally suffered a scary technical malfunction at her first of two “Cowboy Carter” tour.
Born and raised in California, the 13-time Grammy Award nominee helped usher within the sound of ’00s pop, rapidly changing into one of many bestselling artists of all time for her campy, large, belting anthems.
She has launched seven studio albums, most notably 2010’s sugar-sweet “Teenage Dream.” The album produced 5 No. 1s that tied a file set by Michael Jackson’s 1987 album “Dangerous.”
Earlier than Perry went on tour, she joined CBS Information’ Gayle King, journalist and philanthropist Lauren Sánchez, movie producer Kerianne Flynn, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, and civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen on Blue Origin’s historic trip to space.
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