Katy Perry Makes 12-Year-Old Fan’s Wish Come True By Inviting Him to Dance on Stage: 'I Have Been Dreaming of This Moment'

Katy Perry had 1 typical impermanent during her Adelaide, Australia, show connected Thursday, June 26!

Keegan Powers, 12, lived retired a immense wish of his erstwhile he joined nan popular prima connected shape during her astir caller show.

Glam Adelaide shared a video of Powers pinch Perry, 40, arsenic he told nan crowd that dancing pinch nan superstar is 1 of his life goals.

After Perry brought him connected stage, she said, “Tell everybody who you are! You’re a star!”

“Thank you," Powers replied. "I person been dreaming of this infinitesimal since virtually nan time I sewage tickets, and I person truthful galore group that tin beryllium that. And I’ve been messaging Katy connected Instagram since Oct. 1 of past year. I emotion Katy Perry!”

She past asked him astir his viral moment, saying he dreamed of dancing connected shape pinch her. “Yeah, of people I wanted to travel connected shape to dance," Keegan said.

"You amended show maine what’s up," Perry said. "Come on, let's go, Keegan.”

“You gotta singing first, babe girl,” he said while strutting connected nan stage, which was met by an uproar of applause and screams from nan audience. “Can I usage nan stage?” he politely asked, and Perry simply said, “Yeah, you tin usage nan stage. Keegan, this is your moment.” 

Perry past suggested he creation to her 2017 single, “Swish Swish.” Keegan obliged and past made nan shape his individual creation floor, showing disconnected his champion creation moves and moreover doing a mates of beforehand aerials, backmost handsprings and splits.

After completing his routine, Perry, who was trailing down him singing nan song, went to her knees and bowed successful beforehand of him. She past handed him nan microphone, and he said, “Wig” — seemingly referencing Perry’s viral moment connected American Idol.

“Adelaide, I consciousness for illustration you person a prima connected your hands,” she told nan crowd, arsenic Keegan waved to his caller fans. “Make immoderate sound for this unthinkable young man,” she past asked what his dream is successful life. And he said, “I wanna spell connected tour. I really do. I want to waste retired arenas and stadiums for illustration this. And I conscionable want to dance.”

Keegan’s mother commented connected nan Instagram post, writing, “This is my boy and what a astonishing woman Katy Perry is for making his dream travel existent perfectly unthinkable infinitesimal for him and america arsenic a family proud❤️❤️.”

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Keegan went viral successful March for shocking audiences pinch his stellar creation moves astatine Dua Lipa's performance successful Melbourne. After nan footage of him dancing earlier nan singer’s show started, he and his father, Kieran Powers, were featured connected nan section news station, The Project.

During that interview, Keegan revealed it was his life extremity to creation pinch Perry, saying, “I would really, really, really emotion to creation pinch Katy Perry connected stage.”

His begetter besides commented connected Keegan’s lifelong confidence. “He’s ever been this confident. Probably ever since he could locomotion and talk, he’s conscionable up dancing and screaming and he conscionable ne'er stops.”