"This Is How We Do" | ||||
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Song by Katy Perry | ||||
from the album Prism | ||||
Released | August 11, 2014 | |||
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Length | 3:24 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
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"This Is How We Do" on YouTube |
"This is How We Do" is a dance-pop and electropop song from American singer and songwriter Katy Perry. It comes off her fourth studio album Prism (2013).[1] The song was released on August 11, 2014. It was the fifth and final single from the album. The remix has the rapper Riff Raff rapping on it. She wrote the song with longtime collaborators Max Martin and Klas Åhlund, who produced it.[2]
Commercially, the song hit the top ten in Canada and Israel. It also hit the top 30 in the United States, Sweden, Venezuela, Finland and Scotland. It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of over one million copies in the US alone.[3]
The song is about Perry's hangout routine with her friends. The video has Perry getting her nails painted and doing karaoke with her friends. Perry was accused of cultural appropriation for wearing black cornrows.[4] The video has received over 600 million views on YouTube as of March 2018.
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Studio albums | |
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Re-releases | Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection |
EPs | Ur So Gay · The Hello Katy Australian Tour EP |
One of the Boys | |
Teenage Dream | "California Gurls" · "Teenage Dream" · "Firework" · "E.T." · "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" · "The One That Got Away" |
Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection | "Part of Me" · "Wide Awake" |
Prism | |
Witness | |
Smile | "Never Really Over" · "Harleys in Hawaii" · "Daisies" · "Not the End of the World" |
Non-album singles | "Rise" · "Small Talk" · "Never Worn White" |
Featured/collaborative singles | "Goodbye for Now" · "Starstrukk" · "If We Ever Meet Again" · "Who You Love" · "Feels" · "365" · "Con Calma (Remix)" · "Earth" |
Other songs | "Ur So Gay" · "One of the Boys" · "Waving Through a Window" |
Concert tours | Hello Katy World Tour · California Dreams Tour · Prismatic World Tour · Witness: The Tour |