Katy Perry falls mid-air after butterfly prop malfunctions onstage in San Francisco

During her stop in San Francisco on the Lifetimes Tour, Katy Perry had a scary incident.

The 40-year-old pop star was singing at the Chase Center on Friday, July 18. She was sitting on a flying butterfly prop when it broke down in the air, almost sending her flying into the crowd below.

A fan recorded a video that was shared on X that shows Perry singing her 2013 number one hit “Roar” while flying above the crowd. During the show, the prop jerks down after coming loose from its wire, which almost knocks her off her seat.

Perry stopped singing and grabbed the flying object to steady herself as it moved in the air. She looked startled. As soon as it calmed down, she went back to singing the song and finished the show strong.

Perry talked about the accident in the air on social media after the show. “Goodnight, San Francisco,” she wrote on her Instagram Story, along with a screenshot of how scared she looked as the bomb went off.

This is not the first time the “Firework” singer has had a technical problem on stage. According to People, a similar problem happened during a Lifetime Tour stop in Australia in late June. The flying sphere she was riding started to tilt in the middle of her performance, causing her to grab onto the support cables to stay steady.

Katy Perry isn’t the only artist who has had problems with flying props lately. Beyoncé also had a scary moment at her Cowboy Carter show in Houston at the end of June. The “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer’s suspended car stopped and tilted above the crowd at NRG Stadium during a performance of “16 Carriages.” This caused a short delay in the show.

Perry is taking her new record, 143, on tour right now. The album got to No. 6 on the Billboard 200. On Monday, July 21, she will play her next show in Seattle. After that, she will go on tour in Canada, Europe, and South America. The trip began in late April and will end in early December.