This Monday, the famous staircases of New York Metropolitan Museum They received a constellation of celebrities on the occasion of the expected Met Gala. In the midst of the dazzling attire, one of the viral images of the evening portrayed someone who did not even actually attend: Katy Perry.
For the second consecutive year, the singer was the face of one of the false more convincing appearances of the event thanks to the artificial intelligence (AI), which generated her hyperrealist images on the blue carpet of the museum.
The artist behind successes such as “Roar” and “Firework” He reacted humorously to the phenomenon that is repeated since 2024. On May 6, one day after the event, Perry published on Instagram a carousel with the look assigned to him for the AI for the event: a adjusted black latex dress and an asymmetric striped jacket. Next to the photos, he also shared tweets that joked about the situation.
“I couldn’t go to MET,” he wrote in the description of the post. “I am in The Lifeses Tour (see you in Houston tomorrow in real life),” he added.
Perry also referred to what happened the previous year, when his mother Mary Perry was deceived by the false images: “PD this year I was with my mother so she is safe from the bots, but I’m praying for the rest of you”he joked in the same publication.
In 2024, the artist was also the target of a realistic photomontage where she was seen wearing a large flower dress, adorned with butterflies, accompanied by a metallic bodice with a huge key to the center. The photos added more than 300,000 “like” and were shared around 70,000 times on social networks, causing confusion even among people close to the artist.
That time, Perry’s mother sent him a text message celebrating that he had complied with the theme. “I didn’t know that you had gone to Met. What a beautiful dress, you look like the ‘Rose Parade’, it’s your own allegorical car haha.” The interpreter had to tell her the truth: “Mom, AI cheated you too. Be careful!”
Despite not having attended the last editions of the event, Katy Perry is a usual figure in the history of the Met Gala, and became famous for its risky and theatrical choices.
Among its most iconic attire are the Candelabro dress which he used in 2019, Moschino’s work, and his Transformation into hamburger During the same evening. The angel wings that wore in 2018 are also remembered, a piece that caused a sensation at the time.
For this edition, the Met Gala was held with the theme “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style”, A historical and cultural exploration of the Dandy Negro style over time. The slogan of clothing was”Tailored for You”, An invitation to propose innovative and personalized interpretations of the art of tailor.
Vogue stressed that the night was dominated by Blazers, costumes, jackets and other pieces that reinterpreted the tailoring with creativity and precision.
The event was co-presided by A $ Ap Rocky, Pharrell Williams, Colman Domingo and Lewis Hamiltonwho dazzled with costumes that pay tribute to both contemporary fashion and the cultural roots of the subject.
Rocky, for example, wore an AWGE brand design that reinterpreted the marmot jackets that he saw in his youth in Harlem, explained to Vogue.
Among the best dressed in the night, they stood out Zendaya In Louis Vuitton, Hunter Schafer In Prada, Jennie de Blackpink in Chanel and Doja Cat In Marc Jacobs. Diana Rosson the other hand, he monopolized with a personalized design by Ugo Mozie: a dress with an 18 -foot tail embroidered with the names of their children and grandchildren.
The writing of Vogue Australia also praised a Zoe Saldaña In Thom Browne Ya Laura Harrier in a set of GAP Studios for its audacity and precision when interpreting the slogan of the night. Rihanna, absent from many recent carpets, triumphantly returned in a Marc Jacobs dress that was described as a look for which “it was worth the wait.”
