--- 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  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 28, 2015 4:16 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 28, 2015 4:16 PM UTC When mom is away, dad will…perform an epic dance to Katy Perry’s “E.T.” At least that’s what this dad did when he walked in on his kids jamming out to the song. 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. We think we can all agree that what she actually caught on tape is even better. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4052171/dad-and-kids-katy-perry-dance/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4052171/dad-and-kids-katy-perry-dance/"},"headline":"Watch This Dad and His Kids' Hilarious Katy Perry Dance Routine","datePublished":"2015-09-28T16:16:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:25:18.031Z","description":"Dad's got some serious moves","url":"https://time.com/4052171/dad-and-kids-katy-perry-dance/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Children","Music","viral","father","Katy Perry","kids","dance","Fatherhood","fathers","dancing","Dad","Daughter"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4052171/dad-and-kids-katy-perry-dance/","name":"Watch This Dad and His Kids' Hilarious Katy Perry Dance Routine"}}]}] ```