When Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” tour kicked off last week in Atlanta, her fans thought they’d be seeing Katy sing all of her hits like “California Gurls,” “Waking Up In Vegas” and of course, “Teenage Dream.” Sure, they probably expected a few outrageous outfits (and maybe an appearance from Kathy Beth Terry), but I highly doubt they thought they’d be seeing a magic show.
Taking a lesson from contestants on America’s Got Talent, Katy makes seven of her 15 costume changes in mere seconds during her opening song, “Hot N Cold.”
Don’t believe it?
For those of you keeping score at home, here are the outfits:
She comes out in a blue dress (#1) which changes into a red dress (#2) (during the line You change your mind, like a girl changes clothes). She then jumps into a red, rectangular contraption and 3 seconds later (really!) she comes out in a yellow and white ensemble (#3). She then hops into a gold cylinder and comes out in a lime green dress (#4) and dances down the runway in the middle of the stage. Making her way back to the main stage, she jumps back into the red, rectangular contraption and emerges in a red dress with white hearts (#5). She dances a little more before stepping into another cylinder and comes out in a gold and white dress (#6) which reveals a tiny bit of dress #5 underneath it when she dances. Climbing up the Candyland-themed stairs, once she gets to the top, two dancers pour buckets of confetti on her and when the colorful pieces of paper drop to the floor, she’s in a longer white dress (#7).
I think I need to learn this trick for when I’m attempting to get dressed for work.
How do you think this trick is done? What outfit is your favorite?
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nice, she’s awesome!
magnolia / 1369 posts
This was a trick done on americas got talent where an older couple changed outfits in seconds like this. It’s pretty cool.
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Coolio. Wonder how can she change it that quickly.
sunflower / 342 posts
I really need to give her props for that.
Fuck yeah Katy Perry <3
xo’
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I saw this about a month ago in Sydney and it is amaaaaaazing to see live. Especially with the glitter change- that looked impossible!
sunflower / 397 posts
how the… hell?!?
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pull over dresses that she wiggles her arms into and voila! I’d be more amazed if the outfits consisted of jackets, dress shirts and pants changed within seconds.
lily / 5148 posts
They are all ugly outfits, I’m sad to say ;/ Okay, I’m not sad. Lol
magnolia / 1357 posts
I was thinking that maybe the dresses could be “stacked,” you know, she could be wearing a bunch at a time… but that last one is wow!!! I wish she would tell her secret
cherry blossom / 28 posts
Ahhh I was at the concert and it was fantastic! They would pull up this tube and I’m guessing her dresses were held together by magnets and she pulled it off and there was her next outfit!
I learned that because they did the same thing for Elle Woods in the Legally Blonde musical
peony / 3 posts
the first one she takes off for the red and then others (the looser, baggier ones) are layered and then stripped off until i believe the red dress with hearts when she layers the gold on top. at the end under the confetti she unfolds the gold dress which becomes a long white dress. you can see in the tubes when she takes off the dresses that they’re there and the people cover them up quickly. with the gold one you see the guy fixing it so the trick works. that’s what i think anyway – sorry for ruining it for anyone
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I have seen drag queens do this many times. It is so cool!
magnolia / 1066 posts
@MangoWOW@xanga - Yeah, I heard that they would only tell her how to do it if she signed an agreement saying she wouldn’t reveal their secret. I dont know how true it is but magician-like people are so secretive about their tricks
sunflower / 437 posts
Now there’s a performer if there ever was one!
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That is freaking insane! =D
orchid / 143 posts
It’s probably easy-in and easy-out for the dresses all through the beginning with either over the head or quickly fastened closures like velcro. The last quick change consisted of the actual dress skirt being tucked up and quickly released as seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGzQ-jg7cWI
The quick-change is about 30 seconds in. Still, great showmanship and probably a lot of headache/hard work to actually plan and put together!
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Thats pretty awesome.
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May it’s be more impressive if she were actually “changing”. But I don’t think thats the case with a lot of these. They’re quick change outfits.
And maybe I’d be more impressed if Katy Perry had talent AND the dresses weren’t hideous.
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haha that’s neat
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BLASPHEMY! THIS IS BLACK MAGIC! WITCH! SHE’S A WITCH!
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Wait a minute… I have nothing against her. I do enjoy some of her songs so don’t think I’m just a hater BUT is it just me or does she have some terribly amateur looking moves? The dancing, the way she walks in heals, the bad posture… it seemed like a high school talent show performance.
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She needs a magic trick to make her sound like someone that can sing. BAM!
It’s sad how today’s “artists” have to constantly go out of their way with crazy shit to get people’s attention and to distract from their crappy songs and almost non-existent talent.
sunflower / 339 posts
@not3000@xanga - I was thinking the same thing. What if the dress just folds over some how because you can’t really see what she’s doing under the confetti …
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Meh. Maybe it’s the video quality but I didn’t like any of those dresses…
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obviously she’s not changing out of outfits into other ones. you’re a freaking idiot if you think that. obviously she’s layering, it’s still cool as hell and i still think it’s cool. people need to see the fun side in things sometimes, instead of trying to prove how it sucks.