This Is How We Do

"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).^[2] 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.^[3]

"This Is How We Do"
Song by Katy Perry
from the album Prism
Released	August 11, 2014
Studio	Apmamman (Stockholm, Sweden)[1] Conway Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA)[1] MXM Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)[1]
Genre	Dance-pop electropop
Length	3:24
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Katy Perry Max Martin Klas Åhlund
Producer(s)	Max Martin Klas Åhlund
Katy Perry singles chronology
"Birthday" (2014) "This Is How We Do" (2014) "Rise" (2016)
Music video
"This Is How We Do" on YouTube

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.^[4]

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.^[5] The video has received over 600 million views on YouTube as of March 2018.

Music video

The music video starts with an old man looking at a painting that turns out to be Perry.^[6] She appears with model Aglae Kounkou and dancer Leah Adler in different settings like a kitchen, a ping pong table, a bathtub, and an ice cream truck. Male dancers in grey suits and red bowties move props around. In one scene, young people float in the air with food flying around, and Perry is seen on a Skype call. The video ends with cartoon ice cream, pizza, and watermelon dancing.