Katy Perry made a splash at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night (August 27) when the pop titan closed the show with her latest rendition of "Swish Swish," alongside Nicki Minaj.
During the number, the 32-year-old star hit the stage on top of an oversized basketball, which is a nod to the just-released video. With a string of backup dancers, who offered up a choreographed voguing routine, Perry joined in for her own moves, before the Harajuku Barbie arrived on the scene for a guest verse. In a typical KP move, the performance went into animated territory when the star was lifted into the sky with a basketball in hand and a number of balls dropped from the ceiling. Take a look at the performance below!
Earlier in the evening, Perry told pre-show host Terrance Howard that she invited Nicki Minaj out for the affair, revealing that the rapper flew out from Miami for the Los Angeles-based rendition.
Not only was nominated for five separate categories, including Best Pop, Best Direction, and Best Visual Effects for "Chained to the Rhythm"; Best Art Direction for "Bon Appetit"; and Best Collaboration for Calvin Harris’s “Feels” featuring Pharrell Williams, Perry, and Big Sean, but lost all titles.
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