You can never count Katy Perry out. She may not be topping the charts with her addictive earworms in 2022, but she's proving her staying power as a performer and pop culture icon with her super-successful Las Vegas residency PLAY. The larger-than-life artist has cemented herself as a pop legend, and it's apparent in every campy little thing she does, whether it's performing on a prop toilet or dressing as The Little Mermaid on American Idol.
- Reed Gaudens
Netflix Life Editor
What emotion defined this fandom this year?
In 2022, Katy Perry and her KatyCats tore the roof off of Las Vegas and celebrated. Perry debuted her larger-than-life residency called PLAY, which revels in the Grammy-nominated singer’s hit-laden catalog and empowers the camp that’s become her signature. No one can do what Katy Perry does in that uniquely tongue-in-cheek Katy Perry way, and celebrating her legacy was the exciting emotion that carried KatyCats through 2022.
What is this fandom’s best tradition?
No matter what Katy Perry does —judging American Idol, selling shoes online, throwing pizza to fans in a Las Vegas nightclub — KatyCats will always show up. We’ll buy the shoes, watch the reality show, stream the music, etc. But one thing we will always do, and it’s our best tradition, is be there for her. She may have gotten her smile back, but we’ll always be there to keep on dancin’ with those teary eyes right alongside her.