Katy Perry has scored a few touchdowns in her time. Who can forget her performance at the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show, or Left Shark’s fumble-and-gather for the win. And there was that moment in 2014, the previous year, when she selected Auburn to win over LSU on ESPN’s College GameDay, and held aloft a a corn dog to make her point.
Perry hit the field once again, this time during halftime of Monday night’s (Jan. 10) College Football Playoff National Championship, where she premiered the electrified music video for “When I’m Gone.”
A collaboration with Swedish DJ and producer Alesso, “When I’m Gone” had been teased for several weeks, beginning in late November and dropping in full just prior to NYE.
“ESPN and especially College GameDay hold a special place in my heart, so partnering with Alesso to become the first artists to ever debut a global music video within a live event on ESPN made for a perfect and natural pairing,” Perry said in a statement late December.
“When I’m Gone” has gone on to debut at No. 4 on Billboard’s Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales and No. 17 on the multi-metric Hot Dance/Electronic Songs list.
Watch the music video below.
the W.I.G. fun ain’t over just yet! 🤗 go to https://t.co/7Y5ZygezRT for a chat with me and @alesso about #WHENIMGONE right before the @youtube premiere at 8:00p PT 🦾 (and tag me in all ur videos after u learn that choreo i kno u will 💃🕺) pic.twitter.com/etXZDLTlQK
— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) January 11, 2022
Get yer wings🍗 cause I’ve got yer W.I.G.‼️The music video with @Alesso premieres at halftime of the #cfbplayoff 🏆🏈 tune in to @espn starting at 5:00pm PT @ESPNCFB okuuuur 🦾 pic.twitter.com/hw7jM56F0N
— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) January 10, 2022
