In 2010, Katy Perry wanted to shoot a music video for her song Firework. She decided to do it with fans from all around the world, so she organized a talent competition. I wouldn't call myself a fan because I knew exactly 0.3 KP songs, but I liked the opportunity to travel.

 

The competition
She organized a talent show type of competition where you upload a video of your talent (whatever it is) on YouTube and a few people from each country were chosen.

 

I recorded a video of me doing silly stupid faces and bits, and then playing a crazy solo on guitar. Part of the solo was played by tapping a Sony Ericsson phone on the guitar because... edgy. I was a teenager, so shut up.

 

I'm from Macedonia, a country with exactly 0.3 people, so I was one of the few people selected to go to the video shoot in Budapest.

 

The video shoot
Different people were selected for different parts of the video, so everyone was rehearsing different parts. Dancing, doing certain bit, you know, music video type of shit. It lasted a few days. I heard Firework so many times that I have PTSD when I hear it now (but good ptsd idk)

 

Meeting Katy
We had the chance to meet and interact with Katy from a far a few times (because her real fans are holy shit batshit crazy and they thought it's the second coming of jesus). At some point they allowed us (wow) to wait in line to snap a photo with her, and that's how the first photo happened. Why is she holding my stomach lmao (it was a kinda surreal experience tbh, meeting celebrities of this level is very weird)

 

She started talking to me FIRST, okay??
I was part of a selected group that would shoot this scene where we're running up and down a hill (sigh) and she's going in front of us and singing.

 

It was super steep and she was in high heels, so while going down she turns to me (yes I know) and asks me (yes I know) can I please hold you (yes I know) while going down because I'm afraid I'm gonna fall.

 

So I turn around and try to make a sound with my mouth but it doesn't come out for a while and then I'm like Y y .. y. .y .Y> §EE eYEA.. YE H SUR.. SURE !!!

 

The conversation with Katy
So we're going down this hill and Katy Perry is casually holding me under my arm (yes i know) and casually starts a conversation which I'll never forget.

 


Katy: So how do you like the experience so far?

Kitze: insert dolphin sounds here 

Katy: Are you happy with the organization?

Kitze: mMfml akdfm l kdk mfldk
Katy:
 Kitze: Katy: Kitze: turns to her Is ... is your hair real? (I couldn't possibly ask a dumber question)
Katy: Oh no honey it's a wig, I'm actually bald as an eagle
Kitze: LMAO
Katy: why don't you tell someone ahead to snap a picture of us?
Kitze: Hey random dude in front of us, smartphones are not a thing so pls use your Canon camera and snap a photo

 

 

And that's how the second photo happened. She was honestly chill as fuck and super down to earth and had a great sense of humor. It blows my mind she was 23-is back then, and super mega successful. Surreal experience.

 

After we shot this scene I got greedy and wanted another pic so we snapped this quickly and I went back to my hotel.

 

The dude on the right was not amused. Yes that's a hover hand, deal with it.

 

Show me the proof, motherfucker
I find it hilarious that there are so many people who don't believe me about this. Now when AI is a thing, it's game over. I find it so funny that someone would decide to choose to lie and invent a story about a dumb thing like this and even bother to make images and all, it's so funny.

 

Watch the video for Firework and during the scene with the hill (2:57) you will see your boy in the green gap shirt running behind her for 0.2 seconds.

 

There's also this scene but I'm not sure if it made it in the video and I'm too lazy to research it. I'm not watching that video again!

 

Welp, that's it. Baby, you're a firework!