Katy Perry quickly grabbed onto her butterfly prop when it malfunctioned mid-air during her performance at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Friday, July 18. Videos shared by attendees on social media reveal that she was performing her song 'Roar' at the time of the potentially dangerous mishap.

K aty Perry is the latest performer to experience a mishap while flying above a crowd of fans, just weeks after Beyoncé paused her show briefly in Houston due to a suspended car malfunctioned.

During the Friday, July 18 concert in San Francisco, video captures Perry's flying butterfly prop seemingly malfunctioning mid-air. The singer was belting out her hit Roar when the machine jolted to the side, sending her into a brief plunge.