Katy Perry Brings Candyfornia To ‘Today’

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Chart-topping singer hits New York’s Rockefeller Center with Gummi Bears and lollipops.
By Jocelyn Vena

Katy Perry performs on “Today”

Photo: Jemal Countess/ Getty Images

A bedazzled Katy Perry made a grand entrance on “Today” Friday (August 27) morning, descending to the stage in a cotton candy cloud that brought to mind the cover for her new album Teenage Dream and the candy-coated video for her chart-topping song “California Gurls.”

Perry opened her set for the show’s summer concert series with that ode to the Golden State, and the Candyfornia theme didn’t end there. The entire stage was a tribute to sugary sweetness, featuring giant Gummi Bears and lollipops. “Well, I wanted to bring something sweet and it’s so early in the morning and lots of people are cranky … a spoonful makes everyone feel better,” Perry said of her candy-coated stage.

That desire to bring a little sweetness to her fans’ lives also explains why she added a cotton-candy scent to Teenage Dream’s CD booklet. “I had this idea to have the actual booklet of the CD scented, especially since the picture is me on a cotton candy cloud,” she said. Later, she donned a tutu and busted out Teenage Dream’s title track, which is her latest single.

In between songs, the singer signed autographs for her wigged-out fans, including people who camped out in the middle of Manhattan to see their favorite pop star in the flesh. Perry sent them bedding as a thank-you present. She was also asked about her very own teenage dream — her fiancé, Russell Brand. But Perry had other men on her mind: “He is very romantic, except for Matt Lauer … where is Matt Lauer?” she joked. “He knew I would be here today, and he left me!”

Perry wrapped up her “Today” appearance with a performance of her breakthrough hit “I Kissed A Girl,” telling the crowd that the track “was one of the first songs I ever played [on the 'Today' stage].” Her band slowed the beginning of the track down and turned the song into an eerie ballad before speeding it up and adding a harder rock edge.

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