“SHE’S FR GOING?! LIKE OFF THE PLANET?” — Fans laugh as Katy Perry drops new video ahead of her space voyage tomorrow

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In what feels like a deleted scene from Interstellar: The Pop Star Edition, Katy Perry casually dropped a video announcing she’s heading to space. Not to a themed photoshoot. Not to a space-themed concert. To actual, literal space.

Naturally, the internet is unwell.

Because, you see, there’s a difference between being quirky and strapping into a capsule named after your mom’s pet names for you and yeeting off the planet. Katy's capsule, sweetly dubbed Tortoise with an outline of a feather, holds sentimental value and now, apparently, a pop icon.


Katy Perry’s new video sends fans into orbit (mentally, for now)

The video itself is very Katy-core: soft lighting, dreamy voiceover, vague “girl in space” vibes that could double as a perfume ad. She talks about the feather. She mentions the capsule’s name. It’s oddly calming until you remember that she’s actually going to space tomorrow.

No context. No countdown. Just: Hey, I’m going to space. BRB.

It’s the kind of plot twist even sci-fi directors would call “a bit much.”

It’s not every day that a celebrity announces a space voyage like it's a casual weekend getaway. And while Elon and Bezos have made the occasional rocket ride feel like glorified business trips, Katy Perry's approach? Entirely different vibe. It's giving... main character energy in a coming-of-age space movie.

The post struck a chord because it teetered between surreal and sincerely sweet, like watching a Pixar short with a big budget and even bigger confusion.

Was it a PR stunt? Was it real? Is she launching an album on the moon? Fans had questions and reactions. So many reactions.

One user, clearly still buffering, blurted:

"SHE’S FR GOING?! LIKE OFF THE PLANET?"

You can almost hear the disbelief vibrating through the screen. Because, again, Katy Perry is not acting like she's going to space. She is, reportedly, actually doing it.

Another user chimed in with a dose of existential dread:

"Maybe it’s just me but this feels a little off….."

And honestly? It’s not just you. There's something deeply funny and slightly terrifying about watching a celebrity gracefully float away from Earth while we’re still stuck in traffic.

Someone else dropped the classic internet one-liner:

"No one cares."

Which, of course, means everyone cares. This is the digital equivalent of tossing your phone across the room and then immediately crawling over to check the comments.

And then came this gem, echoing all of us trying to process reality:

"This doesn’t seem real like wym ur going to space."

If confusion had a national anthem, this would be the chorus.

And finally, someone tapped into full cinematic déjà vu:

"i think I’ve seen this film before.."

Probably starring Sandra Bullock. Or Grimes.

Whether it’s a launch, a metaphor, or the most elaborate album teaser of all time, Katy Perry’s space-bound adventure has the internet buzzing, laughing, and questioning everything.

One thing’s for sure: if she does return, she better come back with alien merch, a zero-gravity music video, and a verified answer to whether Mercury is really in retrograde.

Godspeed, Tortoise. And Katy Perry.

Edited by Sohini Biswas