In what is probably some of the more positive news to come out of Katy Perry‘s work of late, the singer has gone viral for a staging mishap during her AFL grand final performance.
On Saturday, September 28, the Woman’s World singer took to the stage in front of 100,000 or so AFL fans – but it wasn’t Katy’s performance that has had people talking for days since. Instead, it was a deflated silver balloon.
Here’s what went down, along with how the public has reacted online.
Katy Perry’s AFL grand final performance: What happened?
In a nutshell, Katy’s performance was staged with a series of dancers holding inflated silver balloons above their heads. As soon as video footage of the event hit the internet, fans began noticing one balloon that was not quite like the others.
One dancer, bless them, was cursed with a deflated balloon, and despite their best efforts to power through, the shrivelled-raisin-looking thing went absolutely viral.
Folks were fast to draw parallels between the balloon and left shark, the out-of-time backup dancer from Katy’s Super Bowl halftime show performance in 2015.
How are people reacting?
Unsurprisingly, the comments have rolled in hard and fast for the deflated balloon. Social media is filled with commentary from folks having a laugh at the situation.
“Do you ever feel like a plastic bag?” one commenter shared on Instagram.
“Stop trying to make Katy Perry happen. She’s not going to happen,” wrote another of the performance.
Moving over to TikTok, one fan wrote, “Did someone say left shark”.
Another shared, “The commitment to the routine though”.
A third wrote, “Goon bags were defs the theme of this performance and it was *chefs kiss*”.
Others felt a little bad for the dancer having to navigate the awkward malfunction.
“I feel so bad for her she tried her best,” one user shared to TikTok.
“Why does it always happen during teenage dream,” wrote another.
In any case, the performance certainly won a lot of attention, which can’t be a bad thing for Katy’s Australian visit.
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