Katy Perry wowed the crowd at the MCG in Melbourne on Saturday during her AFL Grand Final show.
But the 39-year-old pop star went viral when she performed for a very unexpected reason.
As Katy sang her hit Teenage Dream, some of her dancers were dressed in silver balloon costumes.
But one of the costumes was not inflated and stood out among the many puffy silver balloons in the group.
Many viewers took to social media to make light of the deflated dancer.
In a video of the moment shared on TikTok, user Yasminjnelson wrote in the caption “the deflated balloon is the new left shark for Katy Perry.”
The TikTokker was referring to the viral moment from Katy Perry’s 2015 Superbowl performance, when a dancer in a shark costume appeared to dance awkwardly next to the singer.
While the shark costume dancer on the right was on time, the dancer on the left was off and out of tune with their counterpart.
Katy Perry (pictured) wowed the crowd at the MCG in Melbourne on Saturday during her AFL Grand Final show
But the 39-year-old pop star went viral when she performed for a very unexpected reason. As Katy sang her hit Teenage Dream, some of her dancers were dressed in silver balloon costumes
Many commenters on TikTok also referenced the 2015 moment.
“Did someone say left shark?” said one, while another pointed out that both viral moments took place in a performance of Teenage Dream: “THE SAME SONG.”
“Why does it always happen during Teenage Dream,” said another commenter.
Perry’s 20-minute AFL Grand Final set included two songs from her latest album 143, Lifetimes and Beautiful, her collaboration with Kim Petras, after reports she had been restricted to just one new song by AFL bosses.
But one of the costumes was not inflated and stood out among the many puffy silver balloons in the group. Many viewers took to social media to make light of the deflated dancer, referencing “the left shark,” another viral moment from Katy’s 2015 Superbowl show
Despite the new songs being thrown in, it was the hits that got the crowd pumping, with Katy earlier getting started with a rendition of Roar. her hits Teenage Dreams, Dark Horse and Firework rip.
Katy also performed a rendition of I Kissed A Girl with Tina Arena before the pair moved into a rendition of the Australian pop star’s hit Chains.
But she caused surprise with her setlist by not singing Hot n Cold, despite it being known as the MasterChef Australia theme song and jokingly regarded by many as the true Aussie ‘anthem’.
The AFL performance mirrored Katy Perry’s 2015 Superbowl performance, when a dancer in a shark costume appeared to dance awkwardly next to the singer. Pictured