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The TikTok joke pairs concert clips of several pop stars with a recording of Kristen Wiig’s Saturday Night Live character Dooneese, then cuts to Katy Perry tour footage and the punchline, “And I’m Dooneese!” The reference is to a recurring comic character—not to Perry’s past appearance as an SNL musical guest.
Who is Dooneese?
Dooneese is a recurring Saturday Night Live character played by Kristen Wiig. The character’s comedy draws on a distinctive look—including small hands and a prominent forehead—and an unusual, high-pitched singing voice. In the TikTok edit described by AOL, a fragment of Dooneese audio supplies the final punchline: “And I’m Dooneese!”
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What happens in the TikTok edit?
AOL’s search-result description says the edits place Dooneese’s audio alongside concert clips of Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande and Sabrina Carpenter, before ending with Perry tour footage and the character’s catchphrase. The joke is constructed as a comparison between performers; it is not evidence that Perry resembles Dooneese or that viewers share one consensus about her.
AOL’s article page was not accessible, so the available description does not establish who made the first edit, when it was posted, how widely the format spread or how audiences responded. No verified reach figure for this later TikTok trend is available.
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Three separate events can be easy to mix up: Perry hosted SNL in 2011, performed as its musical guest in 2017, and later appeared in TikTok edits using Dooneese audio. The supplied episode and performance records do not identify either older broadcast as the source of the later trend.
| Date | What happened | How it relates to the TikTok |
|---|---|---|
| December 10, 2011 | Perry hosted SNL; Robyn was the musical guest. The episode listing includes Perry’s monologue and Wiig in the “Kalle” sketch. | This is a hosting episode, not the 2017 musical performance or the later Dooneese edit. |
| May 20, 2017 | Perry performed “Bon Appétit” and “Swish Swish” in the season 42 finale. Know Your Meme documented online criticism of the dancing and backup dancers. | This older reaction is separate from the TikTok joke; it is not identified as its source. |
| 2025-era reporting | AOL’s search result described edits using Dooneese audio and Perry tour footage. | The exact first post, launch date and trend reach are not established. |
Why the 2017 performance is sometimes brought up
The 2017 finale generated online commentary about Perry’s performance and dancers, which may make it seem connected to a later joke about her concert footage. But a past episode and a later meme are not the same event: the available reporting describes the TikTok format as using Wiig’s Dooneese audio, without tracing it to the 2017 broadcast.
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Know Your Meme reported that the “Swish Swish” video had 1.4 million views and “Bon Appétit” had 2.1 million views within 48 hours of upload. Those are historical figures for the 2017 SNL performance videos, not measures of the later TikTok trend.
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