Katy Perry reportedly scoring big payday for 2024 AFL grand final performance

Katy Perry will headline the pre-game entertainment at the 2024 AFL grand final at Melbourne's MCG on Saturday, September 28. Photo / AFL

Katy Perry is reportedly set to pocket a tidy sum for her AFL grand final performance at the MCG on Saturday.

The AFL secured the 39-year-old as its headline pre-game entertainment act in July – in news that was widely applauded by footy fans.

Since then, there has been rumours of disagreements between Perry’s team and organisers on a set list, but the pop star won’t be too bothered considering the amount she is set to make.

Perry will be paid A$5 million (NZ$5.45m) for the event, reports The Herald Sun. She will perform five songs, meaning she will earn a whopping A$1 million for each song.

Perry is also set to share the stage briefly with a yet-to-be-named Aussie female pop star that she “looks up to”.

During an appearance on Channel 10 show The Project, Perry revealed that the mystery guest is a Scorpio, which could point to Delta Goodrem or Tina Arena.

“She’s a Scorpio, that’s another hint for your digging,” teased the star when probed by host Sarah Harris.

Perry’s remarks come after it emerged she had only just recently settled a drama about the five songs she’ll be performing.

As first reported by footy journalist Tom Morris, the AFL made an extraordinary request for the singer to perform only recognised hits from her back catalogue.

Perry’s camp is reported to have pushed back and wanted to perform two new songs from her comeback album 143.

Morris said on the SEN Breakfast radio show on Monday the two camps had eventually reached an agreement for Perry to play just one new song.

Perry will likely want to focus on older material anyway, considering her most recent releases have flopped.

Perry’s record has achieved notoriety by becoming the worst-rated album on review aggregator Metacritic for almost 15 years.

In a scathing review, Pitchfork said: “143 is a spectacular flop, but it’s a strange one – like one of those restaurants that looks nice and has an expensive menu but serves food so mid as to be insulting. One day you’re ablaze, burning yourself into corneas the world over. Then you’re just a smoky outline of what you once were. And then you’ve disappeared entirely. Just like a firework.”