Katy Perry videography

Katy Perry video discography
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Katy Perry promoting her autobiographical documentary Katy Perry: Part of Me in June 2012
Releases
↙Video albums 1
↙Music videos 32
↙Films 3
↙Television 11
↙Commercials 12

American singer Katy Perry has released one video album and appeared in twenty-nine music videos, three films, eleven television shows, and twelve television commercials. After starring in several music videos from 2003–2007, a low-budget music video for "Ur So Gay" was released. A video for "I Kissed a Girl" followed several months later, and the video for "Hot n Cold", which takes place during a wedding, was released afterwards. Music videos for "Thinking of You" and "Waking Up In Vegas" were also released later on.

The music video for "California Gurls" takes place in the fictional land of "Candyfornia" and features rapper Snoop Dogg, while the video for "Teenage Dream revolves around the euphoria experienced by lovestruck teenagers. The music video for "Firework" focuses on youth overcoming their insecurities, and the "E.T." video takes place in outer space and features Kanye West. The "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" video revolves around a hangover after a house party and stars Kenny G, Rebecca Black, Darren Criss, and Kevin McHale. The music video for "The One That Got Away" focuses on flashbacks of days with a deceased lover, and the "Part of Me" video features marine life and training. The "Wide Awake" video takes place in a labyrinth with multiple obstacles.

The music video for "Roar" takes place in a jungle after a plane crash. It was followed by a music video for "Unconditionally", focusing on unconditional love. Her next video, "Dark Horse" takes place in Ancient Egypt and stars rapper Juicy J. On Birthday music video Perry portrays five characters at several birthday parties, whose guests are oblivious to her real identity. Perry has appeared in three films to date, including her autobiographical documentary Katy Perry: Part of Me which was released in early July 2012. The movie follows her on her second world tour, the California Dreams Tour, and through the breakdown of her marriage to comedian Russell Brand. In the United States, the film is the eighth highest-grossing documentary of all time.[1] Perry voiced Smurfette in the movie The Smurfs, as well as in its sequel The Smurfs 2. She has appeared as herself on various television shows, with guest judging roles on American Idol and The X Factor, as well as starring in an episode of The Simpsons. She hosted Saturday Night Live in December 2011. She also starred as Honey in the How I Met Your Mother episode "Oh Honey", and appeared as Rikki Hargrove in Raising Hope. In late March 2015, she shows how much she puts into her recent tour on Epix

Music videos

Key
Music videos that have not yet been released Denotes music videos that have not yet been released
Year Title Other performer(s) credited Director(s) Notes Ref.
2007 "Ur So Gay" N/A Walter May A low-budget video in which two dolls play the roles of Perry and her boyfriend during the video. [2]
2007 "Thinking of You" (Original version) N/A Walter May Uses a cross-cutting technique to compare two relationships. According to Perry, the aim of the video was never to get a commercial release, and it was simply a video "made by a friend". [3]
2008 "I Kissed a Girl" N/A Kinga Burza Features Perry and various flamboyantly-dressed women dancing to the song. DJ Skeet Skeet and a then-unknown Kesha appear in the music video. [2]
2008 "Hot n Cold" N/A Alan Ferguson Stars Perry as a bride about to get married to 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. [2]
2009 "Thinking of You" (Commercial version) N/A Melina Matsoukas 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. [2]
2009 "Waking Up in Vegas" N/A Joseph Kahn 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. [2]
2009 "Starstrukk" 3OH!3 Marc Klasfeld and Steve Jocz 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. [4]
2010 "If We Ever Meet Again" Timbaland Paul "Coy" Allen 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. [5]
2010 "California Gurls" Snoop Dogg Mathew Cullen 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. [2]
2010 "Teenage Dream" N/A Yoann Lemoine 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. [2]
2010 "Firework" N/A Dave Meyers 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. Won Video of the Year at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards. Perry dedicated the video to the It Gets Better Project. [2]
2011 "E.T." Kanye West Floria Sigismondi Kanye 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. [2]
2011 "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" N/A Marc Klasfeld and Danny Lockwood 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. [2]
2011 "The One That Got Away" N/A Floria Sigismondi 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. [2]
2012 "Part of Me" N/A Ben Mor 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. [2]
2012 "Wide Awake" N/A Tony T. Datis 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. [2]
2013 "Roar" N/A Grady Hall and Mark Kudsi 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. [6]
2013 "Unconditionally" N/A Brent Bonacorso 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. [7]
2013 "Who You Love" John Mayer Sophie Muller Perry's collaboration with her then-boyfriend 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. [8]
2014 "Dark Horse" Juicy J Mathew Cullen 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. [9]
2014 "Birthday" N/A Mark Klasfeld and Danny Lockwood 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. [10]
2014 "This Is How We Do" N/A 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. [11]

Other videos

Year Title Director(s) Notes Ref.
2005 "The Box" Glen Ballard Low-budget music video filmed for Perry's unreleased album that she worked on with Glen Ballard. [12]
2005 "Simple" Glen Ballard Low-budget music video filmed for Perry's unreleased album that she worked on with Glen Ballard. [12]
2005 "Long Shot" Glen Ballard Low-budget music video filmed for Perry's unreleased album that she worked on with Glen Ballard. [12]
2005 "A Cup of Coffee" Glen Ballard Low-budget music video filmed for Perry's unreleased album that she worked on with Glen Ballard. The music video for "A Cup of Coffee" has not surfaced in its entirety. [12]
2005 "It's Okay to Believe" Glen Ballard Low-budget music video filmed for Perry's unreleased album that she worked on with Glen Ballard. The music video for "It's Okay to Believe" has not surfaced in its entirety. [12]
2005 "Diamonds" Glen Ballard Low-budget music video filmed for Perry's unreleased album that she worked on with Glen Ballard. [12]

Guest appearances

Year Title Performer(s) Notes Ref.
2004 "Broken" The Matrix Perry is featured in the video singing vocals on the song, but was uncredited. [13]
2006 "Goodbye for Now" P.O.D. Perry sings background vocals during the final chorus and appears at the end of the music video. [14]
2006 "Learn to Fly" Carbon Leaf Perry stars as a girl who goes to see the band during a rehearsal. [15]
2006 "Cupid's Chokehold" Gym Class Heroes Perry plays a fan at a Gym Class Heroes concert who becomes Travie McCoy's love interest at the end of the video. Perry and McCoy were dating in real life at the time of filming. [16]

Video albums

Title Album details Notes
MTV Unplugged
  • Contains a DVD of Perry performing acoustic renditions of tracks from One of the Boys plus a new track; "Brick by Brick" and Fountains of Wayne cover; "Hackensack"

Filmography

Key
Films that have not yet been released   Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Director Character Notes
2011 The Smurfs Raja Gosnell[17] Smurfette[17] First time voicing Smurfette.
2012 Katy Perry: Part of Me Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz[18] Herself[18] An autobiographical documentary focusing on Perry's life. Follows her during the California Dreams Tour and during the breakdown of her marriage to Russell Brand. She is also co-producer.
2013 The Smurfs 2 Raja Gosnell[19] Smurfette[19] Second time voicing Smurfette.

Television

Year Television show Character Episode Notes
2008 Wildfire Club singer "Life's Too Short" (Season 4, Episode 8)[20] Cameo appearance
2008 The Young and the Restless Herself Season 1, Episode 8.914[21] Plays herself during a photoshoot.
2010 American Idol Herself Season 9, Episode 5[22] Appears as a guest judge.
2010 The X Factor Herself Series 7, Episode 2[23] Appears as a guest judge.
2010 Saturday Night Live Herself, various roles "Amy Poehler"/"Katy Perry" (Season 36, Episode 1)[24] Perry's first appearance on the show, appears as musical guest as well as acting in skits. Performs "California Gurls" and "Teenage Dream".
2010 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Herself "Boys Hope/Girls Hope" (Season 8, Episode 1)[25] Helps build and design the Boys Hope/Girls Hope foundation in Baltimore.
2010 The Simpsons Herself "The Fight Before Christmas"[26] Perry appears in the last segment of the show (in live-action, with the characters as puppets) as herself and Moe Szyslak's girlfriend.
2011 How I Met Your Mother Honey "Oh Honey" (Season 6, Episode 15) Won the People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Guest Star.[27]
2011 Saturday Night Live Herself, various roles "Katy Perry"/"Robyn" (Season 37, Episode 9)[28] Perry's second appearance on the show and first time as host. Also appears in numerous skits.
2012 Raising Hope Rikki Hargrove "Single White Female Role-Model" (Season 2, Episode 16)[29] Appears alongside friend Shannon Woodward as a prison security guard.
2013 Saturday Night Live Herself "Bruce Willis/Katy Perry" (Season 39, Episode 3)[30] Perry's third appearance on Saturday Night Live and second appearance as a musical guest. Performs "Roar" and "Walking on Air".
2014 CMT Crossroads Herself "Katy Perry and Kacey Musgraves" (Episode 50)[31] Appears alongside Kacey Musgraves to duet and perform each other's songs.

2015

scope=row| Prismatic World Tour Herself

Shows how much she put in to her recent Tour started in May 2014

Commercials

Year Company/product Notes
2010 ProSieben Perry performs "Teenage Dream" in the commercial, wearing a red dress similar to the one Marilyn Monroe wore in The Seven Year Itch.[32]
2010 Proactiv Perry promotes Proactiv and speaks about her experience with acne problems and using the product.[33]
2011 Adidas Perry appears in a series of commercials for Adidas as part of the company's "All Adidas" campaign.[34]
2012 The Sims 3: Showtime The ad was created to promote The Sims 3: Showtime and The Sims 3 Showtime: Katy Perry Collector's Edition. Perry performs "Part of Me" in the commercial.[35]
2012 Adidas Perry's second advertisement for Adidas, also featuring David Beckham, Leo Messi, and Derrick Rose. Used as part of the "All In" campaign.[36]
2012 Pepsi Shows clips from Katy Perry: Part of Me; used as part of Pepsi's "Live for Now" campaign.[37]
2012 Capital FM Perry appears alongside other celebrities including Rihanna and Cheryl Cole in an advertisement for Capital FM.[38]
2013 Popchips 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.[39]
2013 Killer Queen by Katy Perry 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.[40]
2013 2013 MTV Video Music Awards The commercial was used to promote Perry's performance of "Roar" at the 2013 MTV VMAs.[41]
2013 Walmart 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.[42]
2014 CoverGirl "This Is How We Do" plays as Perry promotes the newest CoverGirl products. Also featured in other commercials as part of the company's 2014 campaign.[43]

References

  1. ↑ "Documentary Movies at the Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 "Katy Perry's Music Video Evolution". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  3. ↑ Perry, Katy (2007). "Thinking of You". MySpace.
  4. ↑ "Starstrukk feat. Katy Perry - 3OH!3". MTV. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Paul Coy Allen Archives". Riveting Entertainment. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  6. ↑ Montgomery, James. "Katy Perry Was 'Game for Anything' on 'Roar' Video". MTV. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  7. ↑ Rutherford, Kevin. "Katy Perry is Indestructible in 'Unconditionally' Video". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  8. ↑ Strecker, Erin (December 17, 2013). "John Mayer and Katy Perry debut video for 'Who You Love'". Entertainment Weekly.
  9. ↑ Rothman, Lily. "Katy Perry Dark Horse Music Video: Egypt Setting Gets OK from Experts". Time. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  10. ↑ Lewis Corner (April 22, 2014). "Katy Perry plays party entertainers in 'Birthday' music video teaser". Digital Spy. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
  11. ↑ Ehrlich, Brenna. "Katy Perry's 'This Is How We Do' Video is Here and -- Wait, is That Pee-Wee Herman?". MTV News. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 "Glen Ballard Music Video Credits". IMVDb. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Katy Perry & The Matrix - Broken". Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Goodbye for Now (feat. Katy Perry) Video". NewReleaseTuesday. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  15. ↑ Rosen, Craig (October 18, 2013). "Katy Perry's Best Moments Undercover". Yahoo! Music. Yahoo!. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Gym Class Heroes - Cupid's Chokehold (2006)". IMVDb. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "The Smurfs". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Katy Perry: Part of Me". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 "The Smurfs 2". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  20. ↑ Summers, Kimberly Dillon (2012). Katy Perry: A Biography. ABC-CLIO. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-4408-0100-6.
  21. ↑ De Leon, Kris. "Katy Perry Guest Stars on 'The Young and the Restless'". Buddy TV. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
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  23. ↑ "No.1 Interviews the X Factor Guest Judges". No.1. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
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  25. ↑ "Boys Hope/Girls Hope". ABC.
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  27. ↑ "Katy Perry Wins Five People's Choice Awards Including Fave Guest Star for 'How I Met Your Mother'". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  28. ↑ Vena, Jocelyn. "Katy Perry Raves About 'SNL' Musical Guest Robyn". MTV. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  29. ↑ Aguilera, Leanne. "Katy Perry on Raising Hope: This Video Makes Us Love Her More than Ever.....Sexy Mustache and All!". E! Online. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  30. ↑ McGee, Ryan. "Recap: Saturday Night Live - Bruce Willis and Katy Perry". HitFix. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  31. ↑ "CMT Crossroads: Katy Perry and Kacey Musgraves Debuts Friday". CMT. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  32. ↑ Dinh, James. "Katy Perry Goes Futuristic in "Teenage Dream" German TV Spot". MTV. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  33. ↑ Bailey-Woodward, Jessica. "Katy Perry talks about Proactiv®". YouTube. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  34. ↑ Whitworth, Melissa. "David Beckham and Katy Perry star in latest Adidas commercial". The Telegraph. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  35. ↑ Chestang, Raphael. "Exclusive: Katy Perry's The Sims 3 Commercial BTS". ET. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  36. ↑ Nika, Colleen. "Katy Perry Stars Alongside David Beckham for New Adidas Ad". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  37. ↑ Vena, Jocelyn. "Joe Jonas Hopes to Work with Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry in Pepsi Ads". MTV. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  38. ↑ "Cheryl Cole, Rihanna and Katy Perry Star in Brand New Capital FM TV Advert". Capital FM. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  39. ↑ Perricone, Kathleen. "Katy Perry is a Superhero with Cat Sidekicks in Popchips Ad". RyanSeacrest.com. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  40. ↑ Perry, Katy. "Katy Perry's Killer Queen Fragrance (Official video)". YouTube. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  41. ↑ "VMA 2013: Katy is Coming for You". MTV. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  42. ↑ Perry, Katy. "Katy Perry PRISM 'Zinepak at Walmart". YouTube. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  43. ↑ "COVERGIRL Katy Perry: Meet the Singer, Songwriter, and Actress". YouTube. Covergirl. Retrieved February 25, 2014.

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