Katy Perry struggles to keep ‘composure’ performing breakup song after Orlando Bloom split

She’ll cry about it later.

Katy Perry attempted to keep her “composure” while performing a breakup ballad during her Inglewood, Calif., concert Tuesday.

The Grammy nominee, 40, usually lets her fans choose a song for her to sing each concert. However, this time, she questioned those who voted for her to sing “Not Like the Movies” at the Kia Forum, according to People.

Katy Perry in April 2025 concert in Mexico
Katy Perry told concertgoers she would “try not to cry” singing a breakup song Tuesday.Getty Images for Katy Perry
Katy Perry via TikTok Tuesday
Fans voted for the Grammy nominee to perform “Not Like the Movies.”spinningwithjackson/Tiktok

@spinningwithjackson 😢 such a powerful song #katyperry #lifetimestour ♬ original sound – spinningwithjackson

“You’re gonna make me sing this song in this time in my life?” she asked, referencing her and ex-fiancé Orlando Bloom’s recent split.

Perry said, “OK, we’ll do it! Because you voted for it. … I’m gonna try not to cry. Don’t worry. I won’t cry.”

The singer told her fans that the 2010 release dated back to her “first divorce” from ex-husband Russell Brand.

Katy Perry in April 2025 concert in Mexico
“You’re gonna make me sing this song in this time in my life?” she asked attendees.Getty Images for Katy Perry
Katy Perry in April 2025 concert in Mexico
She joked about trying to “hold [her] composure.”Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Katy Perry

The former couple ended their marriage in 2011 after just one year.

Perry told fans, who also voted for her to perform “The One That Got Away,” that she would “try and hold [her] composure while sing[ing] it a week before [her] period.”

Earlier this month, news broke of the songwriter and Bloom, 48, calling it quits while she was on her still-running “Lifetimes” tour.

Katy Perry at July 2025 Paris Fashion Week
The song, notably, is about Perry’s ex-husband, Russell Brand.Getty Images for Balenciaga
Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry via Instagram
She is currently navigating her split from ex-fiancé Orlando Bloom.katyperry/Instagram

However, their relationship was long done as Page Six reported in June that the duo was “over.”

Perry and the “Lord of the Rings” star have been together on and off since 2016 and share a 4-year-old daughter named Daisy.

They called the little one their main “focus” while confirming their breakup via their reps earlier this month.

Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom and his kids via Instagram in July 2025
The duo have remained amicable co-parenting daughter Daisy.Instagra/orlandobloom
Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom in Italy in July 2025
They reunited in Italy for a family vacation earlier this month.BACKGRID

“They will continue to be seen together as a family, as their shared priority is — and always will be — raising their daughter with love, stability and mutual respect,” the joint statement read.

Perry and Bloom have since shown off their amicable co-parenting dynamic, going on vacation together in Italy last week.

The “Pirates of the Caribbean” star even included a cozy family photo in a recent Instagram dump, which also included his and ex-wife Miranda Kerr‘s 14-year-old son, Flynn.

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