{"id":130933,"date":"2025-01-31T03:06:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T08:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/01\/31\/katy-perry-sings-california-gurls-while-waving-state-flag-at-fireaid-benefit-concert-2\/"},"modified":"2025-01-31T03:06:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T08:06:41","slug":"katy-perry-sings-california-gurls-while-waving-state-flag-at-fireaid-benefit-concert-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/01\/31\/katy-perry-sings-california-gurls-while-waving-state-flag-at-fireaid-benefit-concert-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Katy Perry Sings \u2018California Gurls\u2019 While Waving State Flag at FireAid Benefit\u00a0Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tAlthough Katy Perry is best-known for frothy, off-the-walls pop music, the Billboard Hot 100 topper opened her Thursday (Jan. 30) night mini-set during the FireAid LA Benefit Concert with a very different type of energy.<\/p>\n

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\n\tBacked by a somber choir providing harrowing backup vocals, Perry belted out her resilience anthem \u201cRise,\u201d a hit song featured in coverage of the 2016 Summer Olympics, while haunting images of the devastation from the recent Los Angeles wildfires played on the screen behind her.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cCalifornia, we always rise. And we always roar, don\u2019t we?\u201d Perry asked after the powerful performance. And with that, she kicked the energy into overdrive, singing her Hot 100 No. 1 \u201cRoar,\u201d copping a Rosie the Riveter pose at one point and letting the audience join in on the chorus.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cCan we keep this energy going forever?\u201d she asked. \u201cI\u2019ve been so inspired by how quickly our community organized to help those in need. It reminds me that people have the power.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBefore leaving the stage, Perry sang what was an absolutely essential track for the night. \u201cCalifornia, you are such a unique state, and I am so proud. Are you so proud to be a California girl?\u201d she asked before jumping into \u201cCalifornia Gurls,\u201d which she performed while waving the California state flag and bounding back and forth on the stage.<\/p>\n

\n\tProceeds from the FireAid LA Benefit Concert<\/a> go toward rebuilding efforts in Los Angeles and aid to displaced families.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Although Katy Perry is best-known for frothy, off-the-walls pop music, the Billboard Hot 100 topper opened her Thursday (Jan. 30) night mini-set during the FireAid LA Benefit Concert with a very different type of energy. Related How to Help Those Impacted by the L.A. Wildfires\u00a0(Updating) 01\/17\/2025 Backed by a somber choir providing harrowing backup vocals, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130933\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}