Among the hundreds of thousands who watched pop star Katy Perry and an all-female crew blast off aboard a Blue Origin spacecraft on April 14, 2025, was her former “American Idol” castmate Luke Bryan.
While appearing on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” the following night, Bryan described how he “accidentally” found himself live streaming the entire event from his farm in Franklin, Tennessee — mainly because he was worried it might “blow up.”
Luke Bryan Says He Texted Katy Perry When She Announced Her Upcoming Space Mission
Perry was one of six women on the April 14 Blue Origin flight, along with “CBS Mornings” anchor Gayle King, former TV personality Lauren Sánchez, NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, film producer Kerianne Flynn and bioastronautics research scientist and activist Amanda Nguyen.
When Kimmel asked Bryan what he thought of Perry’s participation, Bryan replied, “I accidentally started following it. I was doing my morning walk around the farm, which turns into checking Instagram and stuff, and I saw where she was, like, posting on her Instagram that it was happening at 8:30 central, and totally got roped into the moment. I went and clicked on the links!”
Bryan said he had reached out to Perry when she announced she’d be part of the flight, telling Kimmel, “I had sent her a text going, ‘Good luck, wow, that’s crazy you’re getting to do that!”
“Couple months later, there I am walking around my farm, watching the one-hour telecast of it,” Bryan quipped, then mimicked the live stream announcer giving play-by-play details of the launch.
Bryan added, “It roped me in because when you have a friend (going), I mean, let’s let’s face it — it could blow up! So, I wanted it to not do that.”
Of Blue Origin’s 31 missions thus far, Perry’s was the 11th flight with crew members, per People. The outlet said Blue Origin’s spacecraft have taken 52 people past the Kármán line, the “internationally recognized boundary of space,” before returning to Earth.
Luke Bryan Says He’s Curious About Blasting Off After Witnessing Katy Perry’s ‘Euphoric’ Reaction
When Kimmel asked Bryan whether he saw what Perry said after her space mission, the country star said, “I saw her kiss the ground, which — that would be my reaction, too.”
Kimmel then played a clip of Perry moments after returning to Earth, when she was asked how it felt to “officially” be an astronaut.
“I feel super connected to love, so connected to love,” Perry replied. “I think this experience has shown me you never know how much love is inside of you, like how much love you have to give.”
Laughing, Kimmel asked Bryan, “I mean, what do you think went on in that thing!?”
Looking puzzled, Bryan joked, “Was there a pre-flight meal? Did Bezos serve mushrooms on it? Like, I really want to go to space now!”
“It must have been quite the euphoric ride through the cosmos,” he added. “Maybe she’ll debrief me on those emotions.”
When Kimmel asked Bryan whether he’d want to be a “space cowboy” on a similar flight, the dad of two teen boys said his family would give him a “resounding no,” but that his curiosity has been piqued.
“It’d be a very delicate negotiation,” he smiled. “I probably would do it just because, I mean, you got to take that chance.”
“Do you?” Kimmel laughed. “Do you? No, you don’t, you really don’t have to take that chance!”
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Luke Bryan Says He ‘Accidentally’ Got ‘Roped In’ to Watching Katy Perry’s Space Flight