Katy Perry Casts Zooey Deschanel To Play Herself, Resurrecting A 13-Year-Old Meme
Turns out the aliens confuse them too!
For many a year, people have observed Katy Perry looks like Zooey Deschanel and turns out Katy Perry (and her aliens) have too. In her ‘Not the End of The World’ music video, some aliens abduct Zooey Deschanel because they mistake her for Katy.
So, Zooey pretending to be Katy must prevent the Earth’s self-destruction, which the aliens have graciously decided to save Katy from. Zooey does what any reasonable person would do in this situation; she saves the earth and performs a full concert as Katy for said aliens.
Katy Perry and Zooey Deschanel #NotTheEndOfTheWorldMV pic.twitter.com/KgrmZD2kyF
— joy (@dxrkwitness) December 20, 2020
The shenanigans unfold after Katy walks past Zooey in the same park and the aliens quite literally get their wires crossed. Even when Zooey is teleported to the ship, and tries to explain to the fanatical horde, she is not the woman they worship, her claims fall in unlistening blue ears.
That time when those crazy aliens thought I was Katy Perry and I had to play along to save the world. Watch the #NotTheEndOfTheWorldVideo and join me and @KatyPerry at 10 AM PST live on Instagram
to discuss the video, looking alike and aliens! (probably) pic.twitter.com/ViCR7Tvqt8— zooey deschanel (@ZooeyDeschanel) December 21, 2020
It is then Zooey realises that they have abducted her to save her from the self-destruction of Earth. Zooey then knows what she must do, assume Katy’s identity to stop the aliens destroying the Earth. Which she succeeds in doing by – let me check my notes here – yes, disconnecting the whole earth from the internet.
Zooey Deschanel, then performs a concert in which she cosplays in an epic space-dress as Katy for the aliens. The world is saved, the aliens are satisfied, and its a happy strange ending.
zooey deschanel as katy perry in not the end of the world lmaoooo 😭 this is a pop culture moment pic.twitter.com/XKuD9PH3eN
— ً (@likeathornrose) December 21, 2020
The two women’s looks have been compared and memed for well over a decade. Many have even joked that the pair were secretly sisters or clones made by the Hollywood machine.
I’m sure the truth is out there somewhere, but for now, let us bask in this, the most important kind of pop-culture moments… the ones where celebrities embrace the memes made about themselves in wholesome creative ways.
‘Not the End of the World’ is the latest single from Perry’s sixth studio album, Smile, and is streaming now.