--- title: Katy Perry Prompts Global Scavenger Hunt with New Music description: "Chained to the Rhythm" can be found in a few dozen disco balls scattered at locations around the globe for fans to discover and listen to. canonical: https://time.com/4663794/katy-perry-chained-to-the-rhythm/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-08T18:17:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:55.923Z og:title: Katy Perry Started a Global Scavenger Hunt for Disco Balls og:description: Katy Perry fans, you'll want to know about this og:url: https://time.com/4663794/katy-perry-chained-to-the-rhythm/ 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: Katy Perry Started a Global Scavenger Hunt for Disco Balls twitter:description: Katy Perry fans, you'll want to know about this twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Katy Perry Started a Scavenger Hunt for Disco Balls Around the World > Sponsored content. 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And on Wednesday morning, the anticipation reached fever pitch when she [released a map showing](http://chainedto.katyperry.com/) the locations of a few dozen disco balls scattered around the world in spots like Brooklyn’s McCarran Park, London’s Leicester Square, and outside Paris’s Moulin Rouge—with each glittery silver orb capable of playing her new song, “Chained to the Rhythm,” for lucky seekers. (And yes, each ball is also chained in place.) So the hunt began. > [](https://twitter.com/CateTb91/status/829356177360314369) > [](https://twitter.com/ENERGYStuttgart/status/829353775794159616) > [](https://twitter.com/skoglyrihanna/status/829353272964161536) > [](https://twitter.com/AlicanYenerr/status/829353262914605056) > [](https://twitter.com/cforthesummersu/status/829353000812605441) > [](https://twitter.com/ConexaoKP/status/829352774471131136) > [](https://twitter.com/BubblesPurry/status/829352752618799107) > [](https://twitter.com/CapitalOfficial/status/829352504622215168) Of course, there are only so many disco balls to go around. Some were left to their own devices to find the new song before it hits airwaves officially on Friday. > [](https://twitter.com/legendarycold/status/829352774055903233) > [](https://twitter.com/kewhudson/status/829355445034819584) > [](https://twitter.com/BrenTheKatyCat/status/829356050277158912) Looks like disco balls are coming back—in a big way. > [](https://twitter.com/romaneperry/status/829353275292008448) > [](https://twitter.com/romaneperry/status/829353275292008448) > [](https://twitter.com/romaneperry/status/829353275292008448) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4663794/katy-perry-chained-to-the-rhythm/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4663794/katy-perry-chained-to-the-rhythm/"},"headline":"Katy Perry Started a Scavenger Hunt for Disco Balls Around the World","datePublished":"2017-02-08T18:17:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:55.923Z","description":"\"Chained to the Rhythm\" is hidden in disco balls scattered around the world.","url":"https://time.com/4663794/katy-perry-chained-to-the-rhythm/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Music","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"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/4663794/katy-perry-chained-to-the-rhythm/","name":"Katy Perry Started a Scavenger Hunt for Disco Balls Around the World"}}]}] ```