--- title: Katy Perry Super Bowl Halftime Show: Palm Tree Dancers Do Reddit AMA description: Appearing in the Super Bowl halftime show was a teenage dream for some, who took to reddit to answer ask-me-anything questions. canonical: https://time.com/3693046/katy-perry-super-bowl-palm-tree-dancers-reddit-ama/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-02T22:55:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:09.043Z og:title: Katy Perry Super Bowl Halftime Show: Palm Tree Dancers Do Reddit AMA og:description: Appearing in the Super Bowl halftime show was a teenage dream og:url: https://time.com/3693046/katy-perry-super-bowl-palm-tree-dancers-reddit-ama/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt11f9290b9ba190e9/69877d40cd1bba91a66f502a/katy-perry-halftime1.jpg?branch=production&width=824&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 824 og:image:height: 464 og:image:alt: Pepsi Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Katy Perry Super Bowl Halftime Show: Palm Tree Dancers Do Reddit AMA twitter:description: Appearing in the Super Bowl halftime show was a teenage dream twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt11f9290b9ba190e9/69877d40cd1bba91a66f502a/katy-perry-halftime1.jpg?branch=production&width=824&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 5 Things We Learned from Katy Perry's Palm Tree Dancers' Reddit AMA > Sponsored content. 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Kevin Mazur—WireImage/Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Feb 2, 2015 10:55 PM UTC While Katy Perry’s [left shark was busy becoming an Internet meme](http://www.today.com/popculture/who-was-left-shark-katy-perrys-super-bowl-sidekicks-unmasked-2D80467246), the palm tree dancers from the singer’s halftime show—students from Arizona State University in real life—took to reddit for an [Ask-Me-Anything Q&A](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2uhn8t/iama%5Fpalm%5Ftree%5Fin%5Fthe%5Fsuper%5Fbowl%5Fxlix%5Fhalftime). Here are some of their most interesting answers: **1\. They weren’t paid.** “I volunteered and I’m not upset that I didn’t get paid. It was a great experience and I got to work with some great people. Definitely worth it. I may have been a little greedy though and tried to keep what I could from the performance.” They were, however, fed “at all but one rehearsal.” **2\. Katy Perry had an outfit pit crew.**“There was an entire wardrobe crew dressed in white haz-mat-like \[sic\] outfits devoted to sprinting on/off the stage and changing her clothes, which were, for the most part, snap-on.” **3\. The sharks were Katy’s actual dancers.** The users doing the AMA were part of the Arizona State Marching Band, while others from the props cast were from the Mesa Community College — except the sharks. “The sharks were originally supposed to be dancers from Mesa Community College, but 2-3 days before the performance Katy decided she wanted her own people in costume. The worst part is the MCC dancers had been practicing it for much longer and definitely knew it better at least in my opinion. My friend had a pretty good attitude about it and didn’t let it get to him too much.” **4\. They weren’t naked underneath, but…** “We were in unitards with only boxer-briefs or compressions shorts on underneath, so pretty close.” They didn’t get to keep the costumes. **5\. They did not get to meet Katy Perry.**“She showed up to our Props Cast rehearsal on Monday and said hi. That’s the closest any of us got to meeting her. She seemed nice, bubbly personality. Also she has the cutest damn dog, it looks like a teddy bear.” ### See the Best Moments From the Super Bowl 2015 Halftime Show  Katy Perry performs onstage during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show at University of Phoenix Stadium on Feb. 1, 2015 in Glendale, Ariz. Christopher Polk—Getty Images  Katy Perry performs during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show at University of Phoenix Stadium on Feb. 1, 2015 in Glendale, Ariz. Christian Petersen—Getty Images  Katy Perry performs during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show at University of Phoenix Stadium on Feb. 1, 2015 in Glendale, Ariz. Christian Petersen—Getty Images  Katy Perry performs during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show at University of Phoenix Stadium on Feb. 1, 2015 in Glendale, Ariz. Tom Pennington—Getty Images  Katy Perry performs during halftime of NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots on Feb. 1, 2015 in Glendale, Ariz. Charlie Riedel—AP  Katy Perry performs during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show at University of Phoenix Stadium on Feb. 1, 2015 in Glendale, Ariz. Rob Carr—Getty Images  Katy Perry, right, and Lenny Kravitz perform during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots on Feb. 1, 2015 in Glendale, Ariz. Matt Slocum—AP  Katy Perry performs onstage during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show at University of Phoenix Stadiumon Feb. 1, 2015 in Glendale, Ariz. Jeff Kravitz—FilmMagic/Getty Images  Katy Perry, left, and Missy Elliott perform during halftime of NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots on Feb. 1, 2015 in Glendale, Ariz. David J. Phillip—AP  Katy Perry performs during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show at University of Phoenix Stadium on Feb. 1, 2015 in Glendale, Ariz. Rob Carr—Getty Images  Katy Perry performs during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show at University of Phoenix Stadiumon Feb. 1, 2015 in Glendale, Ariz. 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