The performance was undoubtedly interesting, and just might give a glimpse of what Katy has planned for her tour this summer, even if it’s not exactly what her fans might have imagined for the bouncy new track.Ĭheck out Katy and Russell’s performance of “Swish Swish” - sans Nicki Minaj - above and preorder Witness before it hits retailers on June 9th here. Lets unpack the references in 'Swish Swish' for non-millennials wondering what kind of neon garbage fire the Great American Music. SwishSwish love but heavily influenced by SNL performance video will probably follow DarkHorse suit Okay so SNL was everything and video was meh.

Alright sorry yall, I completely forgot about this because of the new song. Katy even stepped aside to let Russell do his thing, straight faced, of course, and stopped singing for a second to cheer him on. Katy Perrys new music video is a giant ad for the internet. TBT Katy Perry song discussion: Swish Swish, Katy Perry ft. 'Swish Swishis that about anybody we know' he asked, referring to her new song. While Katy’s vocal performance was solid on its own, she mostly gave the stage to her supporting cast, allowing them their time to shine but it was Instagram-sensation Russell Got Barz who did his trademark number and owned the moment. Jimmy Fallon asked Katy Perry the million-dollar question on The Tonight Show Fridaywithout naming names. She did, however, bring an entire drag queen show, and a certain lanky, dancing, viral sensation to steal the show. Katy Perrys 'Swish Swish' performance on 'SNL' had a cast of thousands well, a couple of dozen NYC drag queens and legendary dancer José Gutierez, anyway but it was the backpack-wearing. She didn’t bring Nicki Mianj along to perform the track that maybe/definitely features a few jabs at her longtime rival Taylor Swift. There she gave the crowd and audience at home an extravagant show for her performance of her latest single “ Swish Swish.” And yes, THAT WAS VIVACIOUS FROM RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE! (Good to see you, queen!).Katy Perry is hard at work promoting her new album Witness, and her latest stop was Saturday Night Live. At one point of the performance, two female dancers wearing pink latex clothes would walk onto to the main table to perform with Katy a little cute choreography and the same did the Migos guys but to do their rap verses.įor the “ Swish Swish” performance, Katy wanted the attention to be put on the drag queens walking the catwalk as she sang the allegedly anti-Taylor-Swift song on the side. The video shows Perry leading a rag-tag team of.

The two songs she chose to perform on “SNL” yesterday were: “Bon Appetit” (with the live presence of the rappers of Migos) and “Swish Swish” (unfortunately without the live presence of queen Nicki Minaj).įor the “ Bon Appetit” performance, Katy wanted to kept the banquet theme of the music video with her performing on top of a center table as meal-goers seated around it. 24) Katy Perry made a slam dunk when she dropped the wild, star-studded, meme-tastic music video for Swish Swish. She performed live music from her forthcoming album “ Witness”, which will be released in stores all around the world on June 6 via Capitol and Universal. In May 2017, Katy Perry featured a ton of internet-famous folks in her Saturday Night Live Swish Swish performance. It also looks like 'Backpack Kid,' a 15-year-old named Russell Horning who danced with Perry when she performed 'Swish Swish' on SNL, was on the music video set, practicing his three-pointers. Katy Perry was the musical guest on the Dwayne Johnson-hosted 21st episode of Season 42 of “ Saturday Night Live” last night on NBC.

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