--- title: Dad Dances to Katy Perry with Kids description: Mom's hidden camera captures dad's adorable Katy Perry dance routine with kids. canonical: https://time.com/4052171/dad-and-kids-katy-perry-dance/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-28T16:16:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:25:18.031Z og:title: Watch This Dad and His Kids' Katy Perry Dance Routine og:description: Dad's got some serious moves og:url: https://time.com/4052171/dad-and-kids-katy-perry-dance/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch This Dad and His Kids' Katy Perry Dance Routine twitter:description: Dad's got some serious moves twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch This Dad and His Kids' Hilarious Katy Perry Dance Routine > Sponsored content. 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The video starts with a little girl waving her pom-poms around to the music as her baby sibling sits in a bouncy seat. Dad enters the room carrying a laundry basket but quickly drops everything to join in on the fun. He busts out the robot and even incorporates the pom-poms into his routine, all while mouthing the lyrics to the song. The video was posted on YouTube with a caption explaining that the footage was captured by a hidden camera that the kids’ mom set up so their grandma could see them doing cute things. 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