Katy Perry’s Super Bowl Halftime Show: When Did She Perform?

In 2015, Katy Perry took center stage as the headliner for the Super Bowl halftime show, joining an elite group of artists. Her spectacular 13-minute performance, which featured Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliott, was watched by a staggering 121 million viewers, marking it as the most-watched halftime show in history (via CNBC).

The performance showcased a medley of her greatest hits complemented by dazzling pyrotechnics, a 3D model of the stadium, dancing sharks, faux palm trees, an animatronic lion, and an array of other captivating props that engaged the audience.

Katy Perry’s Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Performance Overview

Following an exhilarating first half from the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks, Katy Perry was tasked with maintaining the high energy. Collaborating with Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliott, she delivered one of the most unforgettable halftime shows in Super Bowl history.

Perry made a dramatic entrance riding an animatronic lion with glowing red eyes while sporting a fire-themed dress to perform her anthem “Roar“. She then transitioned to her 2014 hit “Dark Horse“, set against a 3D-rendered Super Bowl field resembling a chessboard.

She quickly changed her costume for a playful rendition of “Teenage Dream“. Later, Perry welcomed Missy Elliott and Lenny Kravitz on stage, where the trio delivered a thrilling sequence of hits. Katy and Lenny teamed up for the 2008 mega-hit “I Kissed A Girl“, while she performed a remix of “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)“alongside Missy Elliott.

Although Katy Perry performed most of her songs live, some segments were pre-recorded to facilitate her costume changes and other movements during the show, as reported by ForTheWin in 2015.

Katy Perry Reflects on the Super Bowl Experience

Nearly a decade later, Katy Perry still vividly recalls her record-breaking performance at the Super Bowl Halftime Show. In a Vogue interview titled “Life in Looks”in 2023, she opened up about the experience.

Perry described her Super Bowl performance as the most “intense”sensation she has ever experienced. She reflected,

“Playing the Super Bowl was really the most intense feeling ever,”Perry said. “But I was like ‘Oh, this must be the feeling before you give birth or when you’re on the edge of death.”

Additionally, she shared her favorite outfit from that iconic night—a vibrant crop top and skirt set adorned in red, silver, yellow, and blue, paired with matching red lipstick and a hairband. She wore this outfit approximately four minutes into her twelve-and-a-half-minute performance, even her microphone echoed the colors of her dress.

“This [the look] was a collaboration with Jeremy Scott, myself, and Johnny Wujek,”Perry noted.

Johnny Wujek, an Emmy-award-winning costume designer, and Jeremy Scott, the former creative director of Moschino, contributed to this iconic look.

“It takes after the classic primary color beach ball you see during summer and at the beach,”Perry added.

Katy Perry’s 2015 Super Bowl Halftime performance continues to hold the title of the most-viewed Super Bowl Halftime show of all time. For context, her Prismatic Tour attracted approximately two million fans across 105 shows, while her 13-minute Super Bowl show captivated 121 million viewers.

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