Katy Perry sings “What a Great World” throughout historic all-women spaceflight
Singer Katy Perry, one of many six girls who joined Blue Origin’s historic flight, sang “What a Great World” throughout a part of the roughly 11-minute journey to the sting of house.
Perry’s crew mates had requested if she would sing, suggesting her hits “Roar” or “Firework,” however after touchdown Perry stated the second was not about her or her songs.
“It is a couple of collective power in there. It is about us. It is about making house for future girls and taking over house and belonging and it is about this glorious world that we see proper on the market and appreciating it,” Perry stated. “That is all for the good thing about Earth.”
“CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King revealed Perry’s tune selection in a post-flight interview.
“The perfect half was after we received again in our seats after zero Gs, Katy sang ‘What a Great World,'” King stated.
Perry additionally spoke about her daughter, Daisy, who cheered her mom on throughout the spaceflight.
The pop star stated she introduced a daisy flower together with her.
“Daisies are widespread flowers however they develop via any situation,” Perry stated. “They develop via cement. They develop via cracks. They develop via partitions. They’re resilient. They’re highly effective. They’re robust. They’re all over the place. Flowers to me are God’s smile, but it surely’s additionally a reminder of our lovely Earth and the flowers right here.”
Along with Perry and King, journalist and philanthropist Lauren Sánchez, movie producer Kerianne Flynn, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe and civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen had been aboard the spaceflight.
