During a live show in the U.S. on her 2011 California Dreams Tour, Perry held a sparkly recorder and pretended to play along with a backing track. After a few seconds, the mismatch between her finger movements and the audio made it clear she was not playing live, and she laughed and said something to the effect of “I can’t play the flute,” even though the instrument was a recorder. The moment landed because she leaned into the bit, laughing at herself and even getting the instrument wrong, which

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