In an interview with '' Billboard '' at the 2014 Grammy Awards , Juicy J stated the video will be filmed " soon " ; he added that it is " a major motion picture . " He further teased the release by saying , " I ca n't really tell you because it 's definitely going to be a surprise , but I 'll tell you this much right here : you 've seen her other videos , this one 's gon na be just as big . Everything she does is like grade A. " When " Dark Horse " had attained the top position on the US '' Billboard '' Hot 100 Chart , Perry announced that she was working on the video . " On February 6 , 2014 , Perry tweeted the video would be released " soon " . On February 13 , 2014 , she released a preview of the music video onto her Vevo account on YouTube , revealing the Egyptian setting of the video . Perry played a character named " Katy Pätra " , a takeoff on the Egyptian queen Cleopatra . The video was released on February 20 , 2014
2014 Grammy Awards
56th Annual Grammy Awards
Dark Horse (Katy Perry song)