Katy Perry “Declines” Calls from Her Exes Mid Song, Then Lights Up for Justin Trudeau

Katy Perry turned a single song into a full relationship status update this week, and she did not need a single interview to do it.

The 41-year-old pop star headlined the O Son do Camiño festival in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, on Thursday, June 18, and used a giant prop phone to publicly screen calls from her exes before happily picking up for boyfriend Justin Trudeau.

It happened during her performance of her 2020 hit “Never Really Over,” a song that is, fittingly, all about an ex who will not quite stay gone. Fans in the crowd caught the whole bit on video, and it has been spreading across social media ever since.

This was not some throwaway gag, either. The show marked the kickoff of what Perry is calling her Out of Office Tour, a stretch of summer festival dates built around brand new staging and props. So yes, the giant phone was planned, rehearsed, and clearly meant to make a point.

The Phone Call Heard Around the Internet

Here is how the bit actually played out. While Perry sang the second verse, a massive screen behind her lit up like an iPhone receiving an incoming call, complete with a name and a goofy little emoji to match.

The first name to pop up was “JM,” accompanied by a guitar emoji, which fans quickly clocked as a nod to her former boyfriend John Mayer. As she sang the lyrics “Thought we kissed goodbye, thought we meant this time, was the last, but I guess it’s never really over,” Perry mimed declining the call.

Next up was a call from Diplo, whom she immediately declined without missing a beat in the choreography. Then came “OB,” standing in for ex-fiancé Orlando Bloom, and that call got the same treatment. Bloom is also the father of her five-year-old daughter, Daisy Dove, which made the moment land with a little extra weight for longtime fans tracking her relationship history.

One name, though, did not appear on the screen at all. Russell Brand, her ex-husband, was left out of the stunt entirely, despite the two having finalized their divorce back in 2012.

Then Justin Trudeau’s Initials Popped Up

Just as the song was winding down, the screen flashed a new caller. The name read “JPJT,” with a small Canadian flag emoji sitting right next to it, a clear reference to her boyfriend’s full name, Justin Pierre James Trudeau.

This time, Perry’s whole energy shifted. Instead of brushing off the call, she repeatedly hit the green accept button before the song wrapped, practically begging the audience to notice the difference.

It is a small detail, but it tracks with everything she has said about him so far. Perry has previously referred to Trudeau as “the love of my life,” and this on-stage moment felt like her way of making that public again, just with way more theater involved.

The Bloom Breakup Still Looms Large Here

Context matters for why this bit hit as hard as it did. Perry and Bloom got engaged back in 2019 and were together for almost nine years before ending things in 2025.

At the time their split became public, representatives for the former couple addressed the swirl of speculation directly. They confirmed the relationship had ended after the news cycle around it picked up, closing that chapter on the record rather than leaving fans to guess.

So, watching Perry playfully wave off a fictional call from “OB” on a stage in Spain, less than a year after that breakup, made headlines and was never going to read as random. It read like closure with a punchline attached.

This Was Also a Big Night for New Music

The phone bit was not the only headline-grabbing moment from the show. Perry also gave fans their first live taste of her upcoming single. She debuted “Watch It Burn” during the set, ahead of its official release date of June 25.

That timing is not a coincidence. A summer tour kickoff, a brand new single premiere, and a viral-worthy stage bit about her love life all landing in the same 24 hours is the kind of rollout most pop stars would kill for, and Perry pulled it off without dropping a single press release.

She also reportedly crowd surfed inside a giant bottle labeled “Katyade” during a separate song in the same show, which only added to the sense that this tour is leaning hard into spectacle.

Why This Moment Actually Means Something

Celebrities address their exes publicly all the time, usually through carefully worded statements or vague song lyrics left open to interpretation. What made Perry’s moment different is that she skipped the ambiguity entirely and just acted it out in real time, in front of thousands of people, set to her own breakup anthem.

It is a reminder that pop stars are increasingly using the stage itself as the statement, rather than waiting for a reporter to ask the question first. As Perry’s Out of Office Tour continues through the summer and “Watch It Burn” makes its way into the world, do not be surprised if this is not the last time she lets a prop do the talking for her.