Finally a bona fide music superstar worthy of the Final Four.
Gimme a K, gimme an A, gimme a T, gimme a Y. What does it spell? Pop goddess.
Katy Perry rocked a Super Bowl halftime show, holds the world record for Twitter followers (107 million) and boasts nine No. 1 hits, not to mention her singing an actual basketball song, "Swish Swish."
After two nights of B-listers with the Chainsmokers (unimaginative frat-boy EDM) and Jonas Brothers (dated boy-band pop-rock), "American Idol" judge supreme Perry closed the Final Four music series on Sunday at the Armory in Minneapolis in colorful, championship style.
Even though she hasn't been on tour since August 2018, the fun-loving and fun-creating pop 'n' roller brought a scaled-down version of the spectacle that visited St. Paul in 2017. She had her six dancers in their ever-changing costumes and some inflatable stage props (a rainbow, the planet Saturn). But most of all she had a playful, in-the-moment spirit.
"I like balls," she teased early on. "Big orange basketballs."
Yes, she was caught up in Final Four fever. No more so than when she invited two fans dressed in shark costumes (remember her Super Bowl show?) to dance with her during "California Gurls." She asked Dave from Shakopee and Colin from Eden Prairie which team they were pulling for in Monday's championship game. Of course, they disagreed, just another way they stole the show.
And Perry even admitted to their star turn, though she fired off a good line about bumping and grinding with one shark and announced, "I'll tell my fiancé it was a pillow."