Katy Perry: Part of Me

Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012) is a concert documentary you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz. The film follows Perry through the California Dreams Tour of 2011 — cameras rolling backstage, in rehearsals, and in the quieter moments between shows that rarely make it onto social media.

What gives the film its weight is the timing. Her marriage to Russell Brand fell apart during the tour's most gruelling stretch, and Perry kept performing through it. The filmmakers don't dramatise the collapse — they simply keep the camera running, and that restraint makes the contrast between the stage persona and the person offstage feel genuinely sharp. For fans, Part of Me is extensive access to how the machine actually runs. For everyone else, it's an unexpectedly candid look at what a global pop tour costs the person at the centre of it. Stream Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012) online on iFILM.