Katy Perry videography
The 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 various music videos between 2005 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 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.
In addition to her music videos, Perry has voiced Smurfette in The Smurfs and its sequel The Smurfs 2. Her autobiographical documentary Katy Perry: Part of Me follows her through the California Dreams Tour and the breakdown of her marriage to comedian Russell Brand. In the United States, the film is the eighth highest-grossing documentary of all time. She has appeared in television shows, including in guest judging roles in American Idol and The X Factor, as well as hosting Saturday Night Live in December 2011. Perry has additionally starred in episodes for the television shows How I Met Your Mother, Raising Hope, and The Simpsons, and won the People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Guest Star for her appearance in How I Met Your Mother. Perry also starred in a four-day long livestream event on YouTube in 2017 titled Witness World Wide. She later appeared in the music video for Taylor Swift's "You Need to Calm Down" during 2019.
For Perry's sixth album Smile, animated videos were distributed for its tracks "Never Really Over", "Harleys in Hawaii", "Cry About It Later", "Tucked", "Resilient", and "What Makes a Woman" throughout 2020. Her 2022 videos, "When I'm Gone" and "Where We Started", returned to live action. They respectively were collaborations with Alesso and Thomas Rhett. She also had a guest appearance that year in Cyn's video for "House With a View".
Music videos
| Title | Year | Other performer credited | Director | Description | |
| "The Box" | 2005 | Promotional music video filmed for an unreleased album that Perry worked on with Ballard. | |||
| "Simple" | 2005 | Promotional music video filmed for an unreleased album that Perry worked on with Ballard. | |||
| "Long Shot" | 2005 | Promotional music video filmed for an unreleased album that Perry worked on with Ballard. | |||
| "A Cup of Coffee" | 2005 | Promotional music video filmed for an unreleased album that Perry worked on with Ballard. | |||
| "It's Okay to Believe" | 2005 | Promotional music video filmed for an unreleased album that Perry worked on with Ballard. | |||
| "Diamonds" | 2005 | Promotional music video filmed for an unreleased album that Perry worked on with Ballard. | |||
| "Thinking of You" | 2007 | Uses a cross-cutting technique to compare two relationships. | |||
| "Ur So Gay" | 2007 | A low-budget video in which two dolls play the roles of Perry and her boyfriend during the video. | |||
| "I Kissed a Girl" | 2008 | Features Perry and various flamboyantly-dressed women dancing to the song. DJ Skeet Skeet and a then-unknown Kesha appear in the music video. | |||
| "Hot n Cold" | 2008 | 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. | |||
| "Thinking of You" | 2008 | 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. | |||
| "Waking Up in Vegas" | 2009 | Follows Perry and her love interest while they are in Las Vegas, Nevada. Through gambling, they win a large amount of money, only to lose it all and argue. Joel David Moore stars as Perry's lover. Penn and Teller, Daniel Negreanu, Gavin, and George J. Maloof, Jr. make cameos in the video. | |||
| "Starstrukk" | 2009 | 3OH!3 | 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. | ||
| "If We Ever Meet Again" | 2010 | Timbaland | 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. | ||
| "California Gurls" | 2010 | Snoop Dogg | 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. | ||
| "Teenage Dream" | 2010 | 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. | |||
| "Firework" | 2010 | 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. | |||
| "E.T." | 2011 | Kanye West | 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. | ||
| "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" | 2011 | 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. | |||
| "The One That Got Away" | 2011 | 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. | |||
| "Part of Me" | 2012 | 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. | |||
| "Wide Awake" | 2012 | 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. | |||
| "Roar" | 2013 | Perry plays a woman whose plane crashes into a deserted island. Her boyfriend is attacked by a tiger which Perry tames at the end of the video. | |||
| "Unconditionally" | 2013 | Features scenes of Perry singing in the snow, as well as being hit by a car and on fire which are used to symbolize the feeling of unconditional love. | |||
| "Who You Love" | 2013 | John Mayer | 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. | ||
| "Dark Horse" | 2014 | Juicy J | Set in Memphis, Egypt in Ancient Egypt. Stars Perry as Katy Pätra 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. | ||
| "Birthday" | 2014 | Mark Klasfeld and Danny Lockwood | Perry portrays five characters at several birthday parties, whose guests are oblivious to her real identity. Stunts are then staged to elicit reactions and Perry takes off her disguise at a young girl's party. | ||
| "This Is How We Do" | 2014 | Joel Kefali | 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. | ||
| "Rise" | 2016 | Paul Gore | Perry is shown struggling to get a parachute to fly as she travels through canyons and water. | ||
| "Chained to the Rhythm" | 2017 | Skip Marley | 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. | ||
| "Bon Appétit" | 2017 | Migos | 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. | ||
| "Feels" | 2017 | Calvin Harris, Pharrell Williams, and Big Sean | Perry is shown on an island with Harris, Williams, and Sean and sings her lyrics while relaxing in a meadow. | ||
| "Swish Swish" | 2017 | Nicki Minaj | 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" | 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. | |
| "Hey Hey Hey" | 2017 | 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. | |||
| "365" | 2019 | Zedd | Warren Fu | Zedd is featured as a human test subject used for an experiment where lives with Perry, who portrays a robot that falls in love with him. | |
| "Never Really Over" | 2019 | Philipp Price | 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. | ||
| "Small Talk" | 2019 | Tanu Muino | 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. | ||
| "Harleys in Hawaii" | 2019 | Pau Lopez, Gerardo del Hierro and Tomas Pena | 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. | ||
| "Never Worn White" | 2020 | J.A.C.K. | 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. | ||
| "Daisies" | 2020 | Liza Voloshin | 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 " | 2020 | 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. | ||
| "Smile" | 2020 | Ashley Evans and Antony Ginandjar | 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 | 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, Perry wins the game and then throws a custard pie into her own face to celebrate. | ||
| "Never Really Over" | 2020 | Rafatoon | An animated video combining computer-generated imagery and traditional animated elements. Seen from Point-of-view shot, 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" | 2020 | 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. | ||
| "Cry About It Later" | 2020 | Sykosan | 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" | 2020 | 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" | 2020 | 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. | ||
| "Resilient" | 2020 | Aya Tanimura | 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. | ||
| "What Makes a Woman" | 2020 | Mustashrik Mahbub | 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" | 2020 | Quinn Wilson | A compilation of behind the scenes footage of the photoshoot for Perry's sixth studio album Smile. | ||
| "Resilient " | 2020 | Tiësto and Aitana | Chloe Wallace | 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. | |
| "Not the End of the World" | 2020 | Similar But Different | 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. | ||
| "Electric" | 2021 | Carlos López Estrada | 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. | ||
| "When I'm Gone" | 2022 | Alesso | Hannah Lux Davis | Perry is seen singing and dancing with backup dancers in an industrial setting. | |
| "Where We Started" | 2022 | Thomas Rhett | Patrick Tracy | 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. | |
| "Woman's World" | 2024 | Charlotte Rutherford | Perry is shown singing the lyrics while dressed as a skimpy Rosie the Riveter using power tools and drinking whiskey before being crushed by a falling anvil. After awakening in a white knit bikini and bionic legs, she goes off to explore new scenery, stopping once to fuel herself by putting a gas pump into her buttocks. Perry then joins media celebrity Trisha Paytas in a monster truck, and they ride it until crushing a car. Perry exits the truck to walk through a nearby house, smashing through a glass door in the back. She sees a young woman using a female gender symbol-shaped light for a TikTok dance, and takes it for herself. After being repeatedly asked "Who are you?", she screams "I'm Katy Perry!" while flying away on a helicopter. | ||
| "Lifetimes" | 2024 | Stillz | Perry is seen partying and having fun in Ibiza. | ||
| "I'm His, He's Mine" | 2024 | Doechii | Torso | The video begins with Perry skydiving with her lover, before transitioning to the streets of Barcelona, where she dances on the hood of a moving chrome Corvette. Great part of the music video was filmed at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, in Cerdanyola del Vallès. Doechii is seen hanging from a flying drone, before landing on the shoulders of her lover. | |
| "bandaids" | 2025 | Christian Breslauer | Perry is seen getting injured in multiple ways, most of them reminiscent of scenes from the Final Destination franchise. |
Filmography
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| Title | Year | Role | Notes | |
| Katy Perry Live: Witness World Wide | 2017 | Herself | Four-day livestream event on YouTube featuring guests, interviews, and a concert | |
| Will You Be My Witness? | 2017 | Herself | Behind-the-scenes YouTube Red special for "Katy Perry Live: Witness World Wide" | |
| Dear Class of 2020 | 2020 | Herself |