American singer Katy Perry has released two video albums and has appeared in various music videos, films, television shows, and television commercials. After appearing in several music videos between 2004 and 2007, including "Goodbye for Now" and "Cupid's Chokehold", a video for "Ur So Gay" was released to introduce her to the music industry. In 2008, she released videos for "I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot n Cold", both taken from her second album One of the Boys. Videos for "Thinking of You" and "Waking Up in Vegas" were released the following year.
Perry's third album Teenage Dream (2010) spawned the single "California Gurls", whose music video is set in the fictional land of "Candyfornia" and features rapper Snoop Dogg. The Yoann Lemoine-directed video "Teenage Dream" depicts her as a euphoric teenager. Her "Firework" video is based on self-empowerment, and won the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year. The video for "E.T." takes place in outer space, and features rapper Kanye West. Perry also released "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"—a video based on a hangover after a house party—and "The One That Got Away"—which focuses on flashbacks of days with a deceased lover. In 2012, she reissued her third album as Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection, and also released videos for the singles "Part of Me" and "Wide Awake". The following year, Perry released her fourth studio album Prism, with "Roar" as its lead single, whose music video features her in a jungle after a plane crash. The video for her next single, "Unconditionally", is based on unconditional love. In the "Birthday" video, she impersonates five different characters to entertain at birthday parties. She became the first artist to have multiple videos, "Dark Horse" and "Roar", each gain one billion views on Vevo. Perry's fifth album Witness spawned music videos for the songs "Chained to the Rhythm", "Bon Appétit", "Swish Swish", and "Hey Hey Hey". She has 23 vevo certified videos, including for Roar, Last Friday Night, E.T., Never Really Over and Wide Awake. 2 videos have over 3 billion views and a further 3 have over a billion views.
Stars Perry as a bride about to marry her fiancé, Alexander, who flees the altar before saying his vows. Perry's parents Keith Hudson and Mary Perry appear in the video, as well as Shannon Woodward and Jadyn Maria who play bridesmaids.
Perry portrays a young woman whose lover was killed in France during World War II and reminisces of times with her deceased lover. Matt Dallas plays Perry's soldier boyfriend.
3OH!3 sit at a fountain and retrieve coins that have been thrown in, causing women to begin pursuing them. In other scenes, Perry and 3OH!3 sing together in front of the fountain. During her verse, Perry dances underneath the fountain at night.
Follows an art thief and a jewellery thief. Perry and Timbaland sing and dance together in a black room. Both thieves are arrested by police. At the end of the video, the thieves retrieve the stolen items.
Takes place in the fictional land of Candyfornia. Perry frees various women held in candy-related traps. She defeats Snoop Dogg's army of gummy bears using a whipped-cream bra.
Filmed in Perry's hometown of Santa Barbara, California and features her friends. She drives in a car with a boyfriend before going to the beach. At the end of the video, the couple swim in a pool and kiss underwater.
Filmed in Budapest. There are various shots of young people from around the city tackling their insecurities. At the end, Perry and the youth of the city dance in the courtyard of Buda Castle as fireworks burst from their chests. Perry dedicated the video to the It Gets Better Project.
West floats around in a spacecraft, while Perry portrays an alien who lands on an abandoned planet Earth. She approaches a robot which turns into a human male, with whom Perry walks into the distance with. Perry's love interest in the video is played by Shaun Ross.
Perry portrays nerdy teenager Kathy Beth Terry. In a flashback, Kathy Beth Terry hears a party going on from Rebecca Black's house. Black pulls her inside and gives her a makeover. The entire gathering eventually moves to Terry's house. Stars Rebecca Black as herself, Darren Criss as Aaron Christopherson, Kevin McHale as Everett McDonald, Corey Feldman and Debbie Gibson as Kathy Beth Terry's parents, Kirk and Tiffany Terry, Kenny G as Uncle Kenny, and Hanson as themselves.
Begins with Perry as an elderly woman who reminisces of her former lover and the couple's argument, resulting in her boyfriend leaving. Her old boyfriend is seen driving away, before accidentally driving off a cliff. Perry's older self approaches the cliff and holds hands with a vision of him, before he disappears and she sadly walks away. Stars Diego Luna as Perry's deceased former lover.
Perry witnesses her boyfriend cheating on her with a co-worker. She sees a sign encouraging women to become Marines. She enlists in the Marine Corps, and goes through vigorous training.
Starts with Perry going to her dressing room, which changes into a labyrinth with various obstacles. She eventually reaches the exit and escapes. The setting changes back to Perry's dressing room, before she rises on stage to perform.
Features scenes of various couples riding a mechanical bull as Perry and Mayer sing together, before they ride it themselves with fireworks raining down behind them.
Set in Memphis, Egypt in Ancient Egypt. Stars Perry as Katy Pätra (inspired by Egyptian pharaoh Cleopatra) who is approached by multiple suitors attempting to win her heart, all of whom she turns into dust or otherwise eradicates. Perry dances on a stripper pole during Juicy J's verse.
Perry portrays five characters (an elderly woman named Goldie, a Jewish MC named Yosef Shulem, a clown named Kriss, an animal trainer named Ace, and a face-painter named Princess Mandee) at several birthday parties, whose guests are oblivious to her real identity. Stunts are then staged (such as a car crash outside a party and Perry dropping a cake on a man) to elicit reactions and Perry takes off her disguise at a young girl's party.
Features minimalistic scenes of Perry enacting many of the activities described in the song, integrated with scenes of Perry and dancers relaxing by the pool and wearing outfits inspired by Piet Mondrian.
Filmed at Six Flags Magic Mountain in California, Perry and the other attendees dance their way through the seemingly perfect amusement park, oblivious to the world around them. The video alludes to political climate within the United States.
Perry is prepared and served by chefs including Roy Choi as a meal while singing her lyrics and Migos watches while rapping their verses. At the end of the video, Perry kidnaps the dinner guests instead.
Perry plays on a basketball team called "The Tigers" competing against the opposing team called "The Sheep", while Minaj performs during the game's halftime show.
"Feels" (Second video)
2017
Calvin Harris, Pharrell Williams, and Big Sean
Emil Nava
Perry, Harris, Williams, and Sean are featured as a band playing the song in front of a live audience.
Perry plays a woman resembling Marie Antoinette who seeks to escape her obligations and chosen suitor, and daydreams of herself as Joan of Arc. Perry's character is executed at the end of the video, while her Joan of Arc persona returns to exact her revenge.
Perry plays a woman who goes to a New Age retreat after the break up of a relationship and participates in activities such as dancing, acupuncture and tree-hugging. As she leaves, she sees her former partner entering the same retreat.
Perry and her pet dog Nugget attend a dog show where they win the top prize. She sees another competitor and immediately falls for him. Perry's attention is shifted to the man and she ignores her dog. Eventually he moves in with Perry and brings his dog. Perry, the man and their two dogs are seen all together at the end.
Perry is seen riding a motorbike, singing in a bar and dancing on the beach as she pursues a man who also rides a motorbike. The two are seen kissing and they ride off together on his motorbike.
Perry sings about her relationship with her fiancé Orlando Bloom in a white dress and later a rose dress and also reveals she is pregnant in the video.
A heavily pregnant Perry walks among daisies wearing a white dress as she sings. She is also seen standing on rocks and by a stream where she removes her dress and briefly poses naked.
"Daisies (Can't Cancel Pride)"
2020
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Ashley Evans and Antony Ginandjar
Perry performs a remix of "Daisies", which features elements from "I Kissed a Girl", "Peacock", "Walking on Air", and "Swish Swish". She is dressed in and interacts with various pride themed clothing and accessories.
A tiny Perry dressed in clown attire dances and sings while interacting with large objects, dancing clowns, and a larger version of herself.
"Smile"
2020
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Mathew Cullen
Perry plays a circus-themed video game called Smile. She selects the Sad Clown character and is transformed into the character as she plays. Eventually she wins the game and then throws a custard pie into her own face to celebrate.
"Never Really Over" (The Smile Video Series)
2020
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Rafatoon
An animated video combining CGI and traditional animated elements. Seen from POV, a woman repeats a daily routine of waking, brushing her teeth and washing her breakfast plate. One day she smashes the plate, then puts the broken pieces back together. She wakes and finds the plate repaired and her breakfast arranged in a smiling face.
"Harleys In Hawaii" (The Smile Video Series)
2020
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Hoku & Adam
An animated video in the style of early black and white cartoons. A hula dancer and a waiter slip away from their place of work on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, pursued by their boss. They are joined by an animated version of Perry and all end up performing a dance routine together.
An animated video in the style of Anime. A young witch flies between parties in different fairytale settings on her broomstick. Eventually she meets a woman in a futuristic city and kisses her as they fly away together.
"Tucked" (The Smile Video Series)
2020
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Hoku & Adam
An animated video in the style of a comic book. A young woman named Dotty lives with her husband, who is a giant piece of broccoli, but is having an affair with a giant piece of candy. Her husband discovers them in bed together and fights the candy, only for them to end up in bed together as Dotty watches. Dotty then awakes and realises it was a dream.
"Champagne Problems" (The Smile Video Series)
2020
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Kate Hollowell
Perry, in a silver dress and sparkling head-dress, performs the song alone in a disco setting with video effects reminiscent of 1970s.
A stop motion animation video. Representations of Perry at different stages of her career appear in a street while a plant grows through a crack in the pavement, eventually becoming a flowering tree. The video includes references to her other songs and her pets.
A series of animated vignettes of women in various situations such as working in a hospital, reading TV news and raising children. They are seen gathered together at the end.
"Teary Eyes" (Behind the Smile)
2020
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Quinn Wilson
A compilation of behind the scenes footage of the photoshoot for Perry's sixth studio album Smile.
A promotional film for Coca-Cola's "Open To Better" campaign which features Perry and Aitana singing in a compilation of clips filmed in various styles.
Blue-skinned aliens intending to capture Katy Perry capture Zooey Deschanel instead. Aboard their spaceship, the aliens show her a timer counting down to Earth's impending destruction. Initially protesting, Zooey agrees to pretend she is Perry in exchange for help in preventing the catastrophe. She unplugs a cable marked "Earth's Internet" and saves the Earth, then performs a concert as Perry.
The video starts with Perry and Pikachu hanging out in Hawaii. After the two stop at Diamond Head Lighthouse, they travel back in time. They encounter the younger versions of themselves, who are performing at the farmer's marketplace. The older version of Perry subtly manipulates the marketplace to help the younger version of herself find her style in music. Afterwards, she gets her younger version to join a talent competition being held at the island. By the end of the video, the younger version of Perry gives her first club performance as the older version of Perry and Pikachu looks on from the crowd.
Perry and Rhett are seen singing in rooms filled with curtains and furniture covered in sheets. At the climax of the song, they both pass by mirrors that reflect their younger selves.
Physical release contains a DVD of Perry performing acoustic renditions of tracks from One of the Boys plus a new song, "Brick by Brick", and Fountains of Wayne cover "Hackensack".
Television special by Lazada commemorating Lazada's 9th anniversary, temporarily replacing Bubble Gang. Also airing digitally through Lazada Philippines' official social media accounts.
Appears in a digital commercial as part of the superhero team "Katy and the PopCats". With the help of the cats, Perry defeats the enemy potato chip manufacturer "Fat Cat" in the clip.
Killer Queen by Katy Perry
2013
Perry appears in the commercial for her third fragrance, Killer Queen. In the commercial she stars as a queen who knocks away her assistants and kicks over a throne.
Used to promote Walmart and Perry's fourth album Prism. In the commercial, some of Perry's fans buy the record and are surprised to find her working at the checkout.
The commercial was used to promote Toyota Yaris Thailand. Perry performed as four different character to drive Yaris. In addition, "This Is How We Do" was used in this commercial.
Perry appears in a commercial for Spotify's "Music in Color" campaign in partnership with Behr. Three songs were used in the commercial, with each having a matching color; "Never Really Over" for yellow, "Waking Up in Vegas" for red, and "Teenage Dream" for blue.
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