Katy Perry videography

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.[1] 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.[2]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.[3][4][5] Perry's fifth album Witness spawned music videos for the songs "Chained to the Rhythm", "Bon Appétit", "Swish Swish", and "Hey Hey Hey".
In addition to her music videos, Perry has voiced Smurfette in The Smurfs(2011) and its sequel The Smurfs 2 (2013). Her autobiographical documentary Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012) follows her through the California Dreams Tourand the breakdown of her marriage to comedian Russell Brand.[6][7] In the United States, the film is the eighth highest-grossing documentary of all time.[8] 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.[9] Perry also starred in a four-day long livestream event on YouTube in 2017 titled Katy Perry Live: Witness World Wide.
== Music videos ==
Title 	Year	Other performer(s) credited 	Director(s) 	Description 	Ref.
"The Box" 	2005	None 	Glen Ballard 	Promotional music video filmed for an unreleased album that Perry worked on with Ballard. 	[10]
"Simple" 	2005	None 	Glen Ballard 	Promotional music video filmed for an unreleased album that Perry worked on with Ballard. 	[10]
"Long Shot" 	2005	None 	Glen Ballard 	Promotional music video filmed for an unreleased album that Perry worked on with Ballard. 	[10]
"A Cup of Coffee" 	2005	None 	Glen Ballard 	Promotional music video filmed for an unreleased album that Perry worked on with Ballard. 	[10]
"It's Okay to Believe" 	2005	None 	Glen Ballard 	Promotional music video filmed for an unreleased album that Perry worked on with Ballard. 	[10]
"Diamonds" 	2005	None 	Glen Ballard 	Promotional music video filmed for an unreleased album that Perry worked on with Ballard. 	[10]
"Thinking of You" (Original version)	2007	None 	Walter May 	Uses a cross-cutting technique to compare two relationships. 	[11]
"Ur So Gay" 	2007	None 	Walter May 	A low-budget video in which two dolls play the roles of Perry and her boyfriend during the video. 	[11]
"I Kissed a Girl" 	2008	None 	Kinga Burza 	Features Perry and various flamboyantly-dressed women dancing to the song. DJ Skeet Skeet and a then-unknown Keshaappear in the music video. 	[12]
"Hot n Cold" 	2008	None 	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. 	[13]
Thinking of You(Commercial version) 	2009	None 	Melina Matsoukas 	Perry portrays a young woman whose lover was killed in France during World War IIand reminisces of times with her deceased lover. Matt Dallas plays Perry's soldier boyfriend. 	[14]
"Waking Up in Vegas" 	2009	None 	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 Moorestars as Perry's lover. Penn and Teller, Daniel Negreanu, Gavin, and George J. Maloof, Jr. make cameos in the video. 	[15]
"Starstrukk" 	2009	3OH!3 	Marc Klasfeldand 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. 	[16]
"If We Ever Meet Again" 	2010	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. 	[17]
"California Gurls" 	2010	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 bearsusing a whipped-cream bra. 	[18]
"Teenage Dream" 	2010	None 	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. 	[19]
"Firework" 	2010	None 	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. Perry dedicated the video to the It Gets Better Project. 	[20]
"E.T." 	2011	Kanye West 	Floria Sigismondi 	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. 	[21]
"Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" 	2011	None 	Marc Klasfeldand 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 Hansonas themselves.	[22]
"The One That Got Away" 	2011	None 	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. 	[23]
"Part of Me" 	2012	None 	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. 	[24]
"Wide Awake" 	2012	None 	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. 	[25]
"Roar" 	2013	None 	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. 	[26]
"Unconditionally" 	2013	None 	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. 	[27]
"Who You Love" 	2013	John Mayer 	Sophie Muller 	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. 	[28]
"Dark Horse" 	2014	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. 	[29]
"Birthday" 	2014	None 	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. 	[30]
"This Is How We Do" 	2014	None 	Joel Kefali 	Features minimalisticscenes 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. 	[31]
"Rise" 	2016	None 	Paul Gore 	Perry is shown struggling to get a parachute to fly as she travels through canyons and water. 	[32]
"Chained to the Rhythm" 	2017	Skip Marley 	Mathew Cullen 	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 the political climate within the United States. 	[33]
"Bon Appétit" 	2017	Migos 	Dent De Cuir 	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. 	[34]
"Feels" 	2017	Calvin Harris, Pharrell Williams, and Big Sean	Emil Nava 	Perry is shown on an island with Harris, Williams, and Sean and sings her lyrics while relaxing in a meadow. 	[35]
"Swish Swish" 	2017	Nicki Minaj 	Dave Meyers 	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. 	[36]
"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. 	[37]
"Hey Hey Hey" 	2017	None 	Isaac Rentz 	Perry plays a woman resembling Marie Antoinettewho 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. 	[38]
=== Guest appearances ===
Title 	Year	Performer(s) 	Description 	Ref.
"Broken" 	2004	The Matrix 	Perry is seen singing the song's lyrics along with Adam Longlands. 	[39]
"Goodbye for Now" 	2006	P.O.D. 	Perry sings background vocals during the final chorus and appears at the end of the music video.	[40]
"Learn to Fly" 	2006	Carbon Leaf 	Perry stars as a girl who goes to see the band during a show. 	[41]
"Cupid's Chokehold"	2006	Gym Class Heroes (featuringPatrick Stump)	Perry plays the love interest of Gym Class Heroes singer Travie McCoy. 	[41]
"Bitch I'm Madonna"	2015	Madonna
(featuring Nicki Minaj) 	Perry is featured miming the lyric "Bitch I'm Madonna" in the video. 	[42]
== Video albums ==
Title 	Album details	Description
MTV Unplugged 	
* Released: November 13, 2009[43]
* Label: Capitol
* Formats: CD, DVD, digital download	Physical release contains a DVD of Perry performing acousticrenditions of tracks from One of the Boys plus a new song, "Brick by Brick", and Fountains of Wayne cover "Hackensack".[44]
The Prismatic World Tour Live	
* Released: October 30, 2015[45]
* Label: Capitol
* Formats: DVD, Blu-Ray, digital download	Contains a DVD of Perry performing during her tour of the same name plus 30 minutes of exclusive extras.[45]
== Filmography ==
=== Films ===
Title 	Year	Role 	Notes 	Ref.
The Smurfs 	2011	Smurfette	Voice role 	[46]
Katy Perry: Part of Me 	2012	Herself 	Documentary 	[47]
The Smurfs 2 	2013	Smurfette	Voice role 	[48]
Brand: A Second Coming 	2015	Herself 	Documentary 	[49]
Katy Perry: The Prismatic World Tour 	2015	Herself 	Concert film 	[7]
Katy Perry: Making of the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show	2015	Herself 	Documentary 	[50]
Jeremy Scott: The People's Designer 	2015	Herself 	Documentary 	[51]
Zoolander 2 	2016	Herself 	Cameo appearance	[52][53]
=== Television ===
Title 	Year 	Role(s) 	Channel 	Notes 	Ref.
Wildfire 	2008 	Club singer 	ABC Family 	Episode: "Life's Too Short" 	[54]
The Young and the Restless 	2008 	Herself 	CBS 	Episode 8,914 	[55]
American Idol 	2010 	Guest Judge 	Fox 	Season 9, Episode 5 	[56]
The X Factor 	2010 	Guest Judge 	ITV 	Series 7, Episode 2 	[57]
Saturday Night Live 	2010 	Musical guest 	NBC 	Episode: "Amy Poehler/Katy Perry" 	[58]
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition	2010 	Herself 	ABC 	Episode: "Boys Hope/Girls Hope" 	[59]
The Simpsons 	2010 	Herself 	Fox 	Episode: "The Fight Before Christmas", Live-Action scene 	[60]
How I Met Your Mother 	2011 	Honey 	CBS 	Episode: "Oh Honey" 	[61]
Saturday Night Live 	2011 	Host, various roles	NBC 	Episode: "Katy Perry/Robyn" 	[62]
Raising Hope 	2012 	Rikki Hargrove 	Fox 	Episode: "Single White Female Role-Model" 	[63]
Saturday Night Live 	2013 	Musical guest 	NBC 	Episode: "Bruce Willis/Katy Perry" 	[64]
David Blaine: Real or Magic 	2013 	Herself 	ABC 	Television special 	[65]
Kroll Show 	2014 	Herself 	Comedy Central	Episode: "Blisteritos Presents Dad Academy Graduation Congraduritos Red Carpet Viewing Party"	[66]
CMT Crossroads 	2014 	Herself 	CMT 	Episode: "Katy Perry and Kacey Musgraves" 	[67]
American Idol 	2018–present	Judge 	ABC 	Season 16 	[68]