--- description: And now we have proof that modern make-up techniques are truly an art form title: You Won't Even Recognize Katy Perry in This "Birthday" Video Teaser image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd89cb27b1e0b6881/69868bdacd68484cf2094446/476579307.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # You Won't Even Recognize Katy Perry in This "Birthday" Video Teaser by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 22, 2014 6:36 PM CUT  American singer Katy Perry poses for photos at the launch of her Prismatic world tour in Sydney On March 4, 2014\. Katy has announced that the Prismatic world tour will head to Australia in November 2014 with live performances at concerts in Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane. AFP PHOTO / Saeed Khan (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images) American singer Katy Perry poses for photos at the launch of her Prismatic world tour in Sydney On March 4, 2014\. Katy has announced that the Prismatic world tour will head to Australia in November 2014 with live performances at concerts in Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane. AFP PHOTO / Saeed Khan (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)Saeed Khan / AFP / Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 22, 2014 6:36 PM CUT In a new teaser for the upcoming video for Katy Perry’s “Birthday,” the singer dresses up as a series of entertainers and becomes completely unrecognizable. In the clip, aptly titled “The World’s Worst Birthday Party Entertainers,” Perry begins with an elderly burlesque dancer named Goldie who got her name because of her “golden nuggets.” Perry’s other characters include a Jewish MC, a downtrodden clown and a vapid princess. Perry [called this video](https://twitter.com/katyperry/status/458356653583106048 "undefined") — which premieres this Thursday — “the most insane one I’ve ever done” and judging from this two-minute teaser, she’s probably right. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/72343/katy-perry-as-an-old-woman-in-birthday-teaser/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/72343/katy-perry-as-an-old-woman-in-birthday-teaser/"},"headline":"You Won't Even Recognize Katy Perry in This \"Birthday\" Video Teaser","datePublished":"2014-04-22T18:36:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:00.358Z","description":"And now we have proof that modern make-up techniques are truly an art form","url":"https://time.com/72343/katy-perry-as-an-old-woman-in-birthday-teaser/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","Katy Perry","Arts","costumes","Music Video","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd89cb27b1e0b6881/69868bdacd68484cf2094446/476579307.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd89cb27b1e0b6881/69868bdacd68484cf2094446/476579307.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"AUSTRALIA-MUSIC-KATY-TOUR","caption":"AUSTRALIA-MUSIC-KATY-TOUR","creditText":"Saeed Khan / AFP / Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/72343/katy-perry-as-an-old-woman-in-birthday-teaser/","name":"You Won't Even Recognize Katy Perry in This \"Birthday\" Video Teaser"}}]}] ```