Katy Perry: Part of Me

Oh you would Mary.

It's fine right?

This is Glen Ballard.

He is responsible basically for my existence.

And I met him when I was...

Seventeen.

Seventeen and I played him a song and then he took me under his wing.

And that's basically why I'm here this evening, so...

Glen Ballard everyone.

See you everyone.

- What, you got your meet and greet? - Yeah.

Way past your bedtime.

I'm really happy.

You just can't tell.

Where's my relationship days?

Can I see a calendar really quick?

The next three days I have off...

are tenth, eleventh, twelfth.

That's like 18 days apart.

Isn't he coming to you?

Well he should...

but he's not.

It's real...

Cray-cray.

And...

we should name our first born Ronald.

You got like, a lot of people waiting.

Do you want us to check back with you in fifteen?

It took me forever to put all this on. I'm so sorry.

What is this? I feel like it's a dance floor.

She never cries.

Let me see that.

Here.

What is that?

It's the necklace that she got for her birthday from Russell...

and the day after she got it she thought she lost it at the venue.

Are you okay?

You doing okay?

You have a lot on your mind right now?

Where's she at?

Yeah, but you still miss him.

Sometimes when I'm at school, people are mean to me,

and I listened to her music and it was like a light just lit up in me.

We all just want to try and blend in and be normal,

but Katy tells us that it's okay to stand out.

You made me think that being weird is okay.

That it's okay to be different and unique. It's okay to express yourself.

Have fun in life. You can never take it too seriously.

It's just impossible.

Her lyrics have inspired me.

They've helped me keep on going when I thought that I couldn't.

I have a dream in life, and she had a dream,

and she made it happen.

I want to do something with my life.

I want to stand out like a sore thumb.

I don't want to just be like everybody else.

I want...

I want to be a leader, but then there's all those responsibilities.

- Can I touch it? - Yeah, you can fire it.

Will you hold that, please?

You can just stand...

- Is it on? - Yeah, it is now.

- Hey, Sue... - Hey.

They were asking if the girls might be

able to wear the gold dresses

for Kissed A Girl for this next run-through?

- Will they be ready by then? - Of course.

How much work needs to be done on her clothes before we're ready to dress?

About 15 more minutes.

- 15 minutes? - Half hour.

Yesterday was our first fitting. That's why

we're in Project Runway mode right now.

So we'll do the thing like Sue said. That'|| bring it up.

O.M.G.

We don't normally put a big arena tour together

with only one week of rehearsal, but

I thought we'd present you guys with a challenge.

But it's also important to have fun, so...

Let's have fun out there as well.

She loves challenging us, that Katheryn Perry.

Will you come up onstage with them spinning?

I don't know.

- Yeah, probably. - You might as well.

It's a big, big deal for her.

She's not done any kind of tour like this.

I don't want you to approach every single number the same.

I want you to approach them all differently.

Like when you see Katy in rehearsal,

do you see what a persona she puts on for every number?

Tilt back. There you go.

in this one.

The vision for the tour...

It's a little bit of Alice in Wonderland,

it's Dorothy in Oz.

She wants the fans to experience

that fantastical world that she dreamed up.

How could you ever be too cartoony?

I feel a real connection to fairy tales.

And I think that in some ways, I live in a fairy tale.

Ready? Five, six, seven, eight.

"California Gurls" right here!

California!

We are Katy Perry fans and we don't care how old we are!

What up? If you're a Katy Perry fan, make some noise right now!

I love Katy Perry!

One more. Okay. We're not done.

We are done. I gotta start.

High five.

- It's all happening. - Tour's starting.

Very excited.

There are 14,000 people out there. All right.

Let's go, baby. Let's do this.

She'll be there in four minutes.

Don't be nervous.

- I'm nervous. I'm nervous. - You're gonna kill it.

Ready? Everyone?

- Circle. Circle! - Circle the drain.

- Circle the drain. - Circle!

Everyone!

Everyone! Russ!

I'm coming in the circle. I'm coming in.

On three! One, two, three!

California Dreams Tour!

Since I was nine, my dream has always been the same.

To be onstage, in a glittering costume,

and to hear thousands of people sing along with me.

This moment is my childhood dream come true.

All right, everybody, here we go. Stand by.

Sing!

My goal, when I'm playing shows, is super simple.

It's just to make people smile,

and to enjoy themselves. To have a heart full of hope and happiness.

And to leave that show with just a shimmer in their eyes.

- |t's kind of like... - Shocked.

Being shot with an arrow of Katy Perry-ness.

So much excitement!

- Hi! - Hi!

- You look fabulous. - Thank you.

Hello!

- I'm Katy. - I'm Heather.

Nice to meet you.

- Magda. Nice to meet you. - Magda?

- Yeah. - And this is?

Maya and Eli.

Oh, my goodness.

- Maya and Eli? - Yeah.

Do they move a lot?

There's something in your belly!

Wow!

That's my daughter.

That is so crazy.

Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you so much.

Oh, my God.

- My name isn't really... - Oh, okay.

This thing blew up in a way that none of us expected.

Hello. I'm Katy.

I've been listening to her ever since I first heard her, years ago.

And she married Russell Brand.

And he's the coolest ever.

She's like this real girl who became

this huge pop star. And now, she's on top of the world.

I've never been on the freeway with him!

So, everyone on the tour is very excited.

We have seven tour buses and 16 trucks on the road.

This tour is so mammoth

compared to where we started off.

There's a lot of nervous energy, like, "Can we do this?"

Can Katy survive a two-hour show

every night for a year? She's not done that before.

I want a hot dog.

But, still, I'll eat these instead.

Hey!

- Hey, girl. - Hey.

I met Katy, like, ten years ago.

We became friends first, then, she was like...

"You work in fashion? I work in music. Can I borrow a dress?"

You ready?

When I first started styling, I had no pull. I had nothing.

I was just a new guy. Like, who's Johnny Wujek?

And Katy's like, "We're using him."

Hey, everybody.

Our friendship built as our working career built together.

She knows my family, I know her family.

We've got each other's backs.

I get to work with Katy creatively on her looks for her tour,

videos, red carpets.

She's got so many looks that she can pull off, which is so fun for us

because anything is possible.

I was hired to do her makeup

for an event that she was performing at.

This is back when nobody knew who she was.

Literally like a month later, I Kissed A Girl went big,

and she took the chance on me

and just like plucked me out of obscurity from a makeup counter,

which was, like, amazing dream.

I put my two weeks' notice in very quickly.

And... Well, I'm still working with her.

Tamra is Katy's assistant on tour.

Tamra! Tamra!

She keeps Katy moving, she keeps Katy eating.