Katy Perry suffered a scare when she nearly fell off a flying prop at her concert Friday night. The pop superstar, 40, was performing her hit “Roar” as she flew above the crowd in San Francisco on a giant butterfly machine, when the technical prop suddenly malfunctioned.

In a heart-stopping moment at her San Francisco concert Friday, Katy Perry experienced a terrifying incident when her massive butterfly prop suddenly plummeted several feet while she was perched atop it!

Katy Perry’s Stage Prop Malfunctions Mid-Air in Viral Concert Video first appeared on Parade on Jul 19, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 19, 2025, where it first appeared.