--- title: Burning Man 2015: Katy Perry on a Segway description: Katy Perry rides a Segway in Instagram video posted from Burning Man 2015 in Black Rock desert canonical: https://time.com/4024880/katy-perry-burning-man-segway/ author: Olivia B. 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