-Holy crappoli, if you were to see some of the things
that didn't make the cut, they were weird.
I mean this show is weird enough already, it was a lot weirder.
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Hi, everyone, I'm Katy Perry and I'm here with Refinery29
and we're back stage at my residency in Las Vegas, Play.
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These are my props and everything is oversized,
everything has a sense of humor to it.
This is the setting for my first scene that introduces me,
that introduces Henry the Horror,
that introduces the fact that I'm a doll
in this kind of toy-filled world.
But check out these nails, this dirt, it's intentional.
He's like grimy and dirty
and he's not very sweet to the Katy doll.
I love inanimate objects coming to life.
So like a toothpaste costume, right? A toilet.
This is my massive, 20 foot toilet
that actually opens and closes and I pop up in it.
This is my mushroom world,
and this mushroom right here is actually a platform,
like a little stage for my guitarist, Devon,
to come up and do her thing and she has pyro on her guitar
and she does a solo and it's pretty rock and roll.
And instruments, I mean I have all these props and stuff,
we've got to get some musical instruments in there too.
And then of course, my snail that I ride on in.
It comes to life and I have tamed it.
But this little [bleep], I call him Mr. Poopet.
I've created a monster because everybody likes him,
they really come to see him instead of me.
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Alright, follow me because we're going to go to some places
that I don't typically show people.
But I'm going to show Refinery29.
So I change customs maybe like eight times.
Oh, well they're not even in here,
but I will tell you, this is one of my capes.
This cape lights up. You can come in, come on in.
But yeah, I live in this box right here.
So it's right off the side of the stage,
and typically there's a,
we'll see is a rack of all these costumes
and I am holding onto this and I'm getting undressed, unzipped,
and then I step away and I go back into the next custom
and I suit up, it's like the pit
at like a NASCAR race or something.
That's what this is.
So this is where the dancers change, right next to me.
They're wearing these crazy helmets
and they have like masks over their faces, nylon.
Oh yeah, here's some of the masks, see?
This is where the sound is run, hi guys, hi Scott, hi Ricky.
Check out these mics.
So we have one, two, three, four, five, six.
And this is actually my favorite mic
because it has a little jingle-jangle,
a little jingle-jangle mushroom. Hey Jay.
-Hey Katy.
-This is Jay, everyone.
-Hi guys.
-He is the manager
for everything on this stage.
He's the boss daddy. And this is also Patrick, hi.
Patrick makes sure that I don't fall from things
that I'm hanging from.
And he's done that for me for years.
So I actually trust him with my life.
And this is an oversized comb.
How long have we been working together?
-12 years. -12 years.
-Right? 12 years. -Who's counting, huh?
-No one. -No one.
Well, this show is really a celebration of all things
that I've been able to do
and all the music I have been able to put out
and all the success and songs and nostalgia.
My show is like pretty much family friendly show,
I say it's 8 to 80.
People are singing along and the nostalgia is through the roof.
Here's another inanimate object, a toothbrush.
You really have to learn how to wear these suckers
because you could fall over.
We've only had one time where someone has fallen over
but there was a -- I think a toilet plunger down.
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This is a massive rocking horse and I ride it.
It's crazy, the feeling being on top of there
and having the rock. This is one of my clocks, props.
This is a puppet, who knew?
This is the, for the trash section, it's like a wheel.
Those are just regular cones. Not props.
This is like an accumulation of just my whole life past
and all the songs and all the celebrations
and all the eras and themes
and bringing them all to light here on the stage in Vegas.
I would say that like yeah,
it can be challenging just to kind of remember the dance steps
because I go on the stage for three weeks
and then sometimes it's up to nine weeks
that I don't do the show at all.
So, that means I always come in the day
before the first show of the run and I am always rehearsing.
I would say like the biggest challenge
of making sure this show
is always 100 percent is working out in between the runs.
Which I am not necessarily, I don't love it, I do it.
But I'd rather just eat and veg.
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This is the rat, his name is Ratso,
his eyes move and everything.
It's amazing. And yes, he smokes a vape
because he's like, ratty, tatty guy
that's seen it all in Vegas. Just like won't leave the Strip,
he's like, he's a part of the Strip, you know?
This is a box for cereal. Some frosted KPs.
You can't miss this massive bathtub.
I mean this bathtub is the size of a New York apartment.
The most rewarding part of doing this show
is just like the continual jaw drop-ness of the audience,
the scale that we get to utilize, the props.
I couldn't take this type of show on the road
and the truth is, I haven't played this size venue
in a long time and I really enjoy it
because I get to really be close to the people.
Typically I'm playing these arenas where it's fantastic
and there's energy and stuff,
but there's only a small section of people that are really,
really close and everyone kind of feels a little far away.
So it feels like really intimate in a way.
This show is truly larger than life.
Come downstairs with me, I'm going to show you some costumes,
maybe a couple of mine.
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My costumes are here. What are you doing, Lisa?
These are the heads of wardrobe. Don't mess with them
or they'll zip you up into a costume, won't they?
Heads of wardrobe, Tony, Lisa, Jay, everyone.
So these are my costumes, or some of them.
Here is my bottle top can bra dress
that actually has beer in it.
But the truth is, sugar free Red Bull.
That's what it is, looks a lot like beer
and I need it for about that time in the show,
I'll tell you what.
This is for my mushroom set, I've got some chaps
where my buttocks, my gluts, kind of out.
This is for the bathroom scene and it's really fun,
it's supposed to be kind of like a glitzy glam towel.
And here we are, with Tony, Tony, Tony.
What are you doing, Tony?
-Meticulously replacing your rhinestones
on your big show stopper finale.
-That's right.
But do you smell the smell of hot glue anymore or Super Glue?
-No, no, it's like
there's a lot of interesting smells in wardrobe
and you just get used to it.
-You do.
This is a fabulous costume,
it's in act...
-Five.
-...five, yes, five, thank you.
When people see it, they just gasp I think
because it is just so beautiful. These are some of my hats,
and this is one of my favorite hats
because I feel like it's on all of the images for the show
and when I introduce the show, it's the mushroom hat.
Oh, this one's really cool too. You'll see it at the very end,
and then this one is like the trash cape, which is awesome.
And these are all of my costumes and guys,
if you haven't seen Play, what are you waiting for?
It's just so much fun and an opportunity
to really have that playful kind of moment again
and act like a child
and remember just the joy that, you know, sometimes we forget.
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Alright, I'm on the stage in like an hour and a half,
I've got to go get ready,
so thank you so much for watching.
I'm Katy Perry and thanks, Refinery29.
I'm going to go.
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