Katy Perry Fan Paid for Trip to Rio with First Paycheck: ‘My Mom Wished the Plane Would Crash’

The North American artist will be the headliner this Friday 20th at Rock in Rio

The last time I Katy Perry he did a show in Brazil, the young Raphael Andrade he was only 13 years old. Today, at 7pm, he celebrates by arriving at Rock in Rio 2024 after being fired and ignoring the dreaded “mother’s curse” to see the owner of the hit FireworksThe singer will perform this Friday 20th together with other artists in a training dedicated to women only.

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Sitting on the lawn of Cidade do Rock, in the western area of ​​the capital of Rio de Janeiro, the Salvadoran was anxiously awaiting the show of Katy Perry, who will be on stage at Mundo only at midnight. In the meantime, the katycat (as the artist’s fans are called) recalled the saga of arriving at Rock in Rio.

“I bought a ticket for the festival in December and was fired in January. There was no prospect until May,” he said. “I was already thinking about giving up coming when, in May, I was hired for an internship,” he added.

The first paycheck in his new job would not arrive until June, just over three months before Rock in Rio. The tight schedule and lack of money did not discourage Rafael. The fan used the entire sum he received to pay for accommodation in Santa Teresa, in the center of Rio. From there it takes almost two hours to get to Cidade do Rock.

“First of all, I paid for the accommodation. It arrived in July, I bought a one-way ticket. In August, I bought mine back. It was like that, very slowly, but I never thought of giving up,” he said.

Rafael’s efforts to fulfill his dream of seeing his favorite pop diva went against his family’s wishes. He, who learned to appreciate Katy Perry’s songs from an aunt, also felt his mother’s curse not to attend the festival. “My mother wanted the plane to crash! She and my father didn’t give me any right to come nor did they approve,” he said. “It’s definitely the biggest folly of my life,” he said.

Source: Terra

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