People.com Entertainment Music Katy Perry Reveals Hit-Filled Setlist for Las Vegas Residency: 'People Are Here to Have Fun' Katy Perry will play 16 shows at the Theatre at Resorts World Las Vegas starting Wednesday By Rachel DeSantis Rachel DeSantis Instagram Twitter Rachel DeSantis is a writer/reporter covering music at PEOPLE. She has held various roles since joining the brand in 2019, and was previously a member of the human interest team. As a music writer, Rachel interviews everyone from rock-and-roll legends to up-and-coming stars for magazine feature stories and digital news stories. Rachel is based in New York City, and previously worked as an entertainment reporter at the New York Daily News after getting her start as an Entertainment Weekly intern. She has a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Maryland. People Editorial Guidelines Published on December 29, 2021 11:55 AM Share Tweet Pin Email Katy Perry is ready to wake up in Vegas! The pop star is kicking off her Las Vegas residency Play on Wednesday, and offered fans a sneak peek at what they can expect to hear on stage at Resorts World Las Vegas. Perry, 37, revealed her setlist in an Instagram Reels video on Tuesday that featured her hand-writing the titles of 19 songs, which span all of her different eras. "TOMORROW you can officially come to✨♥️🌈 PERRY PLAYLAND🌈♥️✨ Where you can come and sing along to so many of your favorite songs! 🎶 #PLAY🍄," she captioned the post. Among the many hits fans can expect to hear are "E.T.," "Dark Horse," "California Gurls," "Waking Up in Vegas," "I Kissed a Girl," "Never Really Over," "Teenage Dream," "Roar" and "Firework." The American Idol judge is scheduled to play 16 shows through March at Resorts World, which opened on the Strip in June, and whose theater only opened last month for Carrie Underwood's residency. Perry teased her show on Good Morning America Wednesday, revealing that she'll be performing alongside massive, colorful visuals, including a pink and yellow checkerboard stage, a colossal rubber duck and a larger-than-life toilet and plunger. Katy Perry Reveals Her Morning Routine with Baby Daisy — Including the Song They Play Every Day! "A lot of my shows have been figuratively larger than life, but I play a doll in this show, so everything is like, three times the size of me," she said. "It's Honey I Shrunk the Kids meets Pee-wee's Playhouse, but we knew what our audience is. People are here to have fun, people are here to let loose." Katy Perry. Jon Kopaloff/WireImage The star also noted just how different her life has become since she last took the stage pre-pandemic, before she welcomed daughter Daisy Dove in August 2020 with fiancé Orlando Bloom. "Between then and now, I was able to have a baby, which changed my life and brought me balance and perspective and priority and so much joy," Perry told GMA. "Everything I was looking for, I really found when I met her." Katy Perry Feels 'Old' Hearing Young Artists Like Olivia Rodrigo Reference Her Music: 'Still Resonating' Coinciding with the launch of her residency is Perry's newest song, a collaboration with Alesso called "When I'm Gone" that the star says is "proud" and "fun." "It's great cause it's coming out the same time, the opening night of my show, and it just gives a little bit of a fresh, fun new feeling," she said. "Music will continue and people use music to be happy, to get their grief out, to dance, to put their makeup on. We all need a soundtrack to our lives and I hope I can be part of that."