Katy Perry sings special song during Blue Origin spaceflight
"It’s not about me, I wanted to talk about the world." Katy Perry on the song she sang while soaring inside a rocket.
Katy Perry has many hits, including 'Roar', but there was only one song she wanted to sing during her Blue Origin spaceflight.
The singer officially got her astronaut wings on Monday, April 14, after Blue Origin successfully completed its 11th human spaceflight.
Perry was one of six people on the all-women crew.
TV host Gayle King, aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe, former NASA rocket scientist Amanda Nguyen, and movie producer Kerianne Flynn were also on the historic flight.
The sixth crew member was journalist and pilot Lauren Sánchez, the fiancée of Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos.
Their 11-minute journey to space saw them reach the Kármán line, which is the globally recognised boundary of space.
They were blasted over 100 kilometres into the sky by Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket. They experienced just a few minutes of zero gravity before being brought back to Earth.
✨ Weightless and limitless. pic.twitter.com/GQgHd0aw7i
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When they landed back on earth, King revealed that Perry sang a special song during the flight.
The 40-year-old sang 'What a Wonderful World' by Louis Armstrong.
"We’d been asking her to sing all the time and she wouldn’t," King said.
She said Perry could’ve sung one of her biggest songs, but insisted: "It’s not about me, I wanted to talk about the world."
Perry explained why she chose not to perform one of her smash hits, saying: "It's about a collective energy in there. It's about us.
"It's about making space for future women and taking up space and belonging and it's about this wonderful world that we see right out there and appreciating it. This is all for the benefit of Earth."
Katy Perry shared that her brief trip to space enhanced her connection to the “strong divine feminine.” She attributes this feeling to the rigorous training she underwent with her team.
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She also shared the emotional experience of returning to Earth, saying, “You’re truly… pic.twitter.com/G8FzZ6Nmpk
Perry got emotional when she learnt that her daughter, Daisy Bloom, was cheering her on while watching her ascend into space.
She carried a daisy flower with her into space.
"Daisies are common flowers but they grow through any condition. They grow through cement. They grow through cracks. They grow through walls," the singer said.
"They are resilient. They are powerful. They are strong. They are everywhere. Flowers to me are God's smile, but it's also a reminder of our beautiful Earth and the flowers here."
What a wonderful world, indeed.
Katy Perry
— Blue Origin (@blueorigin) April 14, 2025
Katy is the biggest-selling female artist in Capitol Records’ history and one of the best-selling music artists of all time with over 115 billion streams. Aside from being a global pop superstar, Katy is an active advocate of many philanthropic causes, including as a… pic.twitter.com/y6hEtz3S7v
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