She’s known for her fun and quirky style credentials.
And Katy Perry knocked it out of the park once again, as she slipped into a double denim dress for Sunday night’s season premiere of American Idol.
The singer, 37, looked sensational in the blue number that cinched her in at her svelte waist and flared out.
Stunning: Katy Perry slipped into a double denim dress for Sunday night’s season premiere of American Idol
She paired the outfit with brown leather boots and a pair of glitzy gold and silver hoop earrings.
Her blonde locks were swept back in an elegant updo, and she finished off her look with lashings of mascara and a swipe of pink lipstick.
The season premiere saw Lionel Richie tell Taylor Fagins that his original song ‘We Need More’ about Black Lives Matter was powerful.
Katy Perry pokes fun at herself after emotional American Idol
Phenomenal: The singer, 37, looked sensational in the blue number that cinched her in at her svelte waist and flared out
Accessory queen: She paired the outfit with brown leather boots and a pair of glitzy gold hoop earrings
Taylor, 26, a songwriter from New York, was the last contestant during the two-hour season 20 premiere and told the judges that he would be singing his own work.
‘This is for you,’ he whispered before he started performing on a white piano.
He opened with lyrics about Ahmaud Arbery who was murdered in Georgia in 2020 with lyrics such as ‘little black boys don’t run outside or play with water guns at night. They run away from red and white and blue lights.’
Lionel Richie praises Taylor Fagins for powerful BLM song
Season premiere: Lionel Richie told Taylor Fagins on Sunday night’s season premiere of American Idol that his original song ‘We Need More’ about Black Lives Matter was powerful
‘And little black boys don’t go to stores or use their pockets anymore,’ he sang. ‘Can someone tell them what they are living for. They want more.’
Taylor continued his BLM ballad singing about Breonna Taylor who was shot and killed in March 2020 by police in Louisville, Kentucky executing a search warrant after midnight at her apartment home.
‘Oh, Breonna Taylor. I bet your sleep felt so peaceful…. Oh, Breonna Taylor, your peace was ended by police burglars. Little black girls don’t close their eyes or walk the streets alone at night. They turn their cameras on when they see white.’
Powerful song: Lionel praised the singer for his BLM ballad
‘Can someone tell them what they are living for?’ Taylor continued. ‘They need more. They need more. They need more. We need more. Little black boys and girls are scared. Their parents feel so unprepared. The world sees black no matter what you wear.’
When he was done, Lionel, 72, asked him how he felt.
‘I’m shaking,’ said Taylor.
Physical reaction: ‘I’m shaking,’ said Taylor after Lionel asked how he felt
‘Me too, that is pretty powerful,’ said Lionel, who returned as a judge for the fifth season on ABC since American Idol moved from its original network Fox.
‘That’s very heavy. I wasn’t birthed until what was happening until the 60’s and those songs were there, too. What I’m emotional about is we need your song in 2022. How disgusting,’ Lionel said. ‘That was very powerful and I’m very proud of you.’
‘Thank you. That means a lot,’ said Taylor.
Country singer Luke Bryan, 45, also told Taylor ‘that was a really magical moment for me where I just took every ounce of it in’ and that ‘it was special.’