"Dark Horse" by Katy Perry is featured on Just Dance 2015, 舞力全开2015, Just Dance Unlimited, 舞力无限, Just Dance+, Just Dance Now, and Just Dance VR.
Appearance of the Dancers[]
The routine is performed by a trio dressed in Ancient Egyptian outfits with futuristic influences. All of them have shimmering outlines. In Just Dance VR, only P2 is playable.
P1/P3[]
The backup dancers, respectively named Imy and Khasut[5], are styled similar to those from the music video, serving as attendants to P2. They constantly switch appearances depending on the routine's part.
C1[]
In their C1 form, the backup dancers are named Imy and Khasut, who are women with dark reddish brown skin themed similar to the cat dancers from the music video. They have dark blue hair in a bob, with an ombre effect changing it to light blue. They wear a light cyan mask resembling a bird of prey, with dark blue lines on the sides that resemble feathers, a beak at the central end of the mask and sharp eyes on the eye holes. In addition to thick eyebrows, the mask also has a light gold ovoid at the top of the mask.
Their outfits consist of three ring-shaped necklaces, a dark blue and golden two-layered usekh collar with the upper layer having a central gem, a cyan backless bra with a golden band at the lower end, and a cyan Ancient Egyptian-styled skirt with a dark blue strap around their waist with a hanging section in the center, lined with golden edges and having a dark blue gem in the center. They are accessorized with golden arm bangles, golden wrist bangles and golden wraps on their legs. Their outlines are light red and their gloves are cyan. They appear only during the verses and pre-choruses.
C2[]
In their C2 form, the backup dancers are men with black hair in a buzzcut and a circlet-styled band in gold and black looped around their foreheads. They are shirtless, with large golden chain necklaces with a simplified version of the Eyes of Horus hanging from them. They also wear a pair of violet and pink shorts with black borders, a pair of violet ankle-length socks and violet laced shoes. Their outlines are gold and their gloves are light pink. They appear only during the intro, choruses, post-choruses and bridge, although they are not playable in the former.
In the intro, they serve as "guards" to P2. They hold golden rods with a vague silhouette of a serpent on the top and their outlines are blue. Their color schemes are also slightly lighter.
During the post-choruses and the bridge, their bodies turn black with red light shadings and their outfits have neon effects. All gold parts turn dark blue, the violet parts turn red and the pink parts turn blue. Their outlines are red and have a faint white aura-like projection and their gloves turn dark blue.
P2[]
P2 is a woman named Nefertari.[6] She resembles Katy Perry in the official music video. Like the backup dancers, her outfit constantly switch details depending on the routine's part.
C1[]
During the verses, she is in her C1 form. She has turquoise blue voluminous hair with thick red highlights. On the top of her head is a golden tiara, with curved feathers that move downwards, cyan highlights and a red circular gem at the center. Beaded threads are seen hanging from the back of her tiara. Her makeup includes black eyebrows, cyan large eyeshadows, black eyeliners styled after simplistic versions of the Eyes of Horus and golden lips. Around her neck is a golden ringed necklace and a loose golden necklace with a stylized eye hanging from it, with the eye resembling the sun.
She wears a backless cropped top, which consists of red cups, cyan base color and golden accents. The cups are bound with thin golden chains. She also wears a long, flowery turquoise blue skirt that leaves her legs exposed, with a golden hexagon plate in the center that is held tightly by four pairs of golden chains looped from the back. She also wears a pair of golden mid-leg length sandals with short heels. On her arms are golden bangles, with the left arm bangle connected to a golden wrist bangle with stiff curves through two loose gold and silver chains. Her right forearm is covered by a golden bejeweled armlet, which is adorned with red, blue and golden jewels. Her glove is red and her outline is gold.
During the bridge, C1 is also used but with black skin, inverted shadows and her outfit has neon effects. All gold parts turn rose gold, black parts turn white, red parts turn neon pink, cyan parts turn dark blue and turquoise blue parts turn bright blue. Her outline turns a shimmer blue and her glove turns neon pink.
C2[]
During the pre-choruses and choruses, she is in her C2 form. Her hair turns gold and bundled up to the back, with a golden crown now in place of her tiara. Her skin turns golden yellow and a bright light is emitted from her forehead, partially obscuring her face. She wears a golden bodysuit, with orange and purple cubic patterns on her waist and central lines on her thighs, and she wears turquoise blue knee-length strappy stiletto high heels with orange circles in the center of the knees. Additional details to her jumpsuit includes an indigo, orange and gold usekh collar, shoulder pads with golden frills, a midriff-exposing top and ringed hip pads. She also wears an orange armlet on her left forearm and turquoise blue bands on her left arm, right arm and right forearm. Her glove is dark purple, with golden rings on her thumb, index, middle and ring fingers. Her outline is magenta and more luminous than C1's outline.
Background[]
At the start of the routine, it first features a wall filled with the coaches in various poses, depicting events that happened. It features Imy, Khasut, the male backup dancers, Nefertari (holding a black triangle in one of the depictions), a sphinx in dull magenta and cyan colors, and a dull magenta pyramid in cartwheels. As the routine slowly starts, the wall is slowly burned out to reveal the next background.
In the next background, it features a cinematic forward of an Ancient Egyptian palace, where rows of guards (portrayed by the male dancers) stomp their foot and golden staves. It soon features Nefertari and rows of Imy and Khasut, who start dancing to the routine. The palace is made of sandstone, with pillars and stiff arches decorated with colorful hieroglyphs. At the back of the coaches is a wall made of sandstone, which shares the same details with the wall at the start of the routine. At the feet of the coaches is a dull red carpet that reaches to the back. It also features shimmering pools at the side of the background, and bare areas at the walls that features the sky, with the left side dark and cloudy and the right side illuminated by a rising sun. As the routine reaches to the second half of the verses, a statue of a sphinx slowly appears behind the coaches and the section of the walls slowly move. Throughout the routine, many backup dancers appear in a magical smoke-like fashion and the glyphs on the floor glow to the beat of the music.
During the pre-chorus, the background burns away to reveal a desert, which shares a similar design in the sky with the first background but with the sun in the right side of the center near the horizon. As the song progresses, the earth shakes and a large pyramid emerges from the ground, following by two smaller pyramids that emerge by it side, with all of the pyramids floating in the air. As it approaches the chorus, the large pyramid glows from its section lines and it briefly flashes into a version full of neon colors.
During the chorus and the bridge, the background completely changes into its neon version, where the floor is reflective and the pyramids are black, with neon cyan futuristic geometric designs on the surface. The sky is entirely black and large rings of neon hieroglyphs appear above the pyramid, as well as neon spotlights next to it.
At the final parts of the routine, it quickly shifts into the background chorus as soon as the next lyrics arrives. As the song ends, it quickly reverts to the first background, but with Imy, Khasut, and the male backup dancers appearing together. The routine slowly burns off, reverting back to the wall at the start of the routine.
Mashup[]
Dark Horse has a Mashup with the theme Mystic Princesses. It can be unlocked for 20 Mojocoins.
Dancers[]
[GM#] - indicates a Gold Move. The # refers to the Gold Move’s number.
- Dark Horse (P2)
- Burn
- She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)
- Iko Iko
- Where Have You Been (Extreme Version)
- Burn
- Where Have You Been
- She Wolf (Falling to Pieces) [GM1]
- Where Have You Been (Extreme Version)
- All I Want for Christmas Is You
- Iko Iko
- Where Have You Been (Extreme Version)
- Burn
- Where Have You Been
- She Wolf (Falling to Pieces) [GM2]
- Fatima
- Iko Iko
- Where Have You Been
- Dark Horse [GM3] (P2)
Gold Moves[]
Classic[]
There are 3 Gold Moves in the Classic routine, all of which are the same:
All Gold Moves: Cross your arms over your chest and then shake your head.
(Just Dance 2015)
![Gold Move 1 (Just Dance Unlimited [outdated])](/wiki/File:Darkhorse_jdu_gm_1.png "Darkhorse jdu gm 1.png (304 KB)")
(Just Dance Unlimited [outdated])
![Gold Move 1 (Just Dance Unlimited [updated]/Just Dance+)](/wiki/File:Darkhorse_jdu_gm_1_updated.png "Darkhorse jdu gm 1 updated.png (208 KB)")
(Just Dance Unlimited [updated]/Just Dance+)
(Just Dance VR)
(Just Dance 2015)
(Just Dance Unlimited/Just Dance+)
(Just Dance VR)
(Just Dance 2015)
![Gold Move 3 (Just Dance Unlimited [outdated])](/wiki/File:Darkhorse_jdu_gm_3.png "Darkhorse jdu gm 3.png (205 KB)")
(Just Dance Unlimited [outdated])
![Gold Move 3 (Just Dance Unlimited [updated]/Just Dance+)](/wiki/File:Darkhorse_jdu_gm_3_updated.png "Darkhorse jdu gm 3 updated.png (203 KB)")
(Just Dance Unlimited [updated]/Just Dance+)
(Just Dance VR)
Mashup[]
There are 3 Gold Moves in the Mashup:
Gold Moves 1 and 2: Bend over and put both your hands behind you while semi-crouching. (She Wolf (Falling to Pieces))
Gold Move 3: Cross your arms over your chest, and then shake your head. (Dark Horse [P2])
(She Wolf (Falling to Pieces))
![Gold Move 3 (Dark Horse [P2])](/wiki/File:Darkhorsemu_gm_2.png "Darkhorsemu gm 2.png (68 KB)")
Community Remix[]
Dark Horse has a Community Remix. The following are featured:
- Julia Hazama 11 [Brasil]
- JonathanGrey [USA]
- Pemafe [Italy]
- Amandamoonmu [Hong Kong]
- BadProfusion [Brasil]
- kevinshuo007 [Hong Kong]
- ailtonpjr [Brasil]
- marsu369 [Finland]
- very89 [Italy]
- soofikbm [Argentina]
- ACDCmaximo [Argentina]
- attenw [USA]
- PigBag79 [USA]
- MannerlyChalk43 [USA]
- morales360bkn [Chile]
- auoroashlie [USA]
- Bodie DC [Brasil]
- Leeh Butera 08 [Brasil]
- JustMaxiU [Chile]
- ANKIKDRES [Mexico]
- dark moth [USA]
- melonetta [USA]
- Vitorhcl [Brasil]
- dimitrol707 [Russia]
- XComigonz90 [Chile]
Appearances in Mashups[]
Dark Horse (P2) is featured in the following Mashups:
Appearances in Playlists[]
Dark Horse is featured in the following playlists:
Just Dance Now[]
Trivia[]
General[]
- Dark Horse is the eleventh song by Katy Perry in the series.
- Juicy J’s part was removed from the version of the song used in the game.
- However, he can still be heard saying "Love tripping" before the bridge.
- The line "We’re down to earth" is misinterpreted as "But down to earth".
- Dark Horse was accidentally leaked on UbiBlog and Uplay.
- It was taken off of both pages immediately.
- In the picture of the full Just Dance 2015 song list, Dark Horse was not listed.[7]
Classic[]
- Dark Horse is the first of three Classic routines for a song by Katy Perry not to be a Solo.
- It is also the second routine for a song by Katy Perry to have at least one male dancer, after I Kissed a Girl (On-Stage Mode).
- Dark Horse and The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?) are the first two Trio routines where the lead and backup dancers are recorded separately.
- Nefertari (in her C2 form) is the first coach in the series to have golden skin.
- There is a total of eleven dancers in the routine; however, only three are playable. Despite this, four backup dancers can be seen instead of the two playable ones, thus marking the first time non-playable clone backups are seen in the background of the song selection menu for a song with backups.
- The routine uses various elements in its background, costume, and choreography from the official music video.
- Nefertari is named after an Egyptian queen who was the first Great Royal Wife of Ramesses the Great.[8]
- Khasut’s name is a reference to the Egyptian title Heka Khasut, which was given to a West Asian group who ruled North Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period.[9]
- On the World Dance Floor on Just Dance 2015, whenever Dark Horse is chosen for play without voting, the backup dancers are not selectable. Instead, the player will choose between two topics (like solo routines that were chosen without voting or VIP), and the player will be advised to follow Nefertari.
- In the Mashup of Fatima, Nefertari's pictograms are pointed to a more orange color.
- Dark Horse was one of the songs that was selected for the Just Dance 2015 World Cup.[10]
- In the old Just Dance Now servers, there are four beta pictograms that use the default pictogram colors.
- Dark Horse was supposed to be featured in Just Dance Unlimited upon its launch date, as seen in a screenshot.[11] However, it was not available on the service until October 29, 2020, around five years after the first Just Dance Unlimited trailer.
- Assets were uploaded to the Just Dance Unlimited servers during the Just Dance 2017 lifespan, but the song was not released during that time.[citation needed]
- In the album coach seen in The Art of Just Dance (10th Anniversary Edition), Imy and Khasut are not present.
- In the trailer for Season 4: It’s Showtime, the original pictograms are used instead of the edited ones.[12]
- Upon the release of the map on Just Dance Unlimited, there was a pictogram error towards the end of the bridge, where a part of Khasut’s right arm is cut off. This error was fixed on an unknown date.
- Nefertari appears in the background of Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.).
- When Dark Horse was first uploaded to the old Just Dance Now servers, the original pictograms were used; however, upon its final release in the game, the updated pictograms from Just Dance Unlimited were used instead.
- The song description file reads ""JDVersion": 2016", implying that changes had already been planned upon the launch of Just Dance Unlimited.[13]
- The Just Dance Now preview still uses the original pictograms, as well as the pictogram bar and Gold Move effect from Just Dance 2016.
- The song description file reads ""JDVersion": 2016", implying that changes had already been planned upon the launch of Just Dance Unlimited.[13]
- Dark Horse was featured in the temporary Just Dance Now playlist "The Love Troupe" despite the routine not being love-themed.
- Aryana is seen wearing a slightly altered costume of Nefertari.
Mashup[]
- Dark Horse (Mashup) is the first Mashup to feature all female coaches.
- Dark Horse (Mashup) is one of the four routines in which All I Want for Christmas Is You makes an appearance, with the others being Holding Out for a Hero’s, Summer’s, and All About That Bass’s Party Master Modes.
- An unfinished pictogram for Iko Iko appears. This same pictogram also appears in The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?)’s Mashup.
- The pictogram for Gold Move 3 is a cropped version of the Gold Move 1 pictogram from the original routine, resulting in it having a red outline.
- This happens because the color of the original pictogram is similar to gold.
- In the Mashup, the coaches seem to have been enlarged.
Community Remix[]
- Similar to It’s My Birthday (Just Dance VIP) and The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?) (Community Remix), the Community Remix does not include pictograms. This is because it only counts scoring for the lead dancer.
Gallery[]
Game Files[]
(pre-Just Dance+)
(Just Dance+)
(Just Dance VR)
(Mashup)
(Community Remix)
(Just Dance 2015)
(Just Dance Unlimited)
(Just Dance VR)
(Just Dance VR)
In-Game Screenshots[]
Promotional Images[]
![舞力无限 promotional gameplay gif 1[14]](/wiki/File:DarkHorse_gameplaygif_promo.gif "DarkHorse gameplaygif promo.gif (2.94 MB)")
![舞力无限 promotional gameplay gif 2[15]](/wiki/File:DarkHorse_gameplaygif_promo_2.gif "DarkHorse gameplaygif promo 2.gif (4.01 MB)")
Behind the Scenes[]
Beta Elements[]
Others[]
(from Fatima’s Mashup)
(from Fatima’s Mashup)
(from Dark Horse’s Mashup)
(from Dark Horse’s Mashup)
(from Dark Horse’s Mashup)
.jpg "Dark Horse (escenario).jpg (110 KB)")
Videos[]
Official Music Video/Audio[]
Gameplays[]
Classic[]
Others[]
Extractions[]
References[]
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/cainceline.kitsaischoregraphes/posts/10152750701824827
- ↑ https://youtu.be/nN_1V5yMeAU?t=170s (better source needed)
- ↑ https://youtu.be/9SybrSowyT8?t=456s (better source needed)
- ↑ https://youtu.be/9W3TTpA6Mw4?t=253s (better source needed)
- ↑ File:Loremster-names.png
- ↑ File:Darkhorse p2 coachname.png
- ↑ https://youtu.be/tpaHGms0v3A
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nefertari
- ↑ https://arce.org/resource/hyksos/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150720234600/http://www.justdanceworldcup.com/en/news/list-of-songs-for-the-2015-selections/VafUwh0AAB8AEQ7T
- ↑ File:Youtu.be-qRrLGSdjX20.jpg
- ↑ https://youtu.be/jpbCzhs9iXc?t=39
- ↑ http://jsonviewer.stack.hu/#http://jdnow-api-contentapistoragest.justdancenow.com/songs/DarkHorse_1671712526127/DarkHorse.json
- ↑ https://weibo.com/7750617634/LsFgHal8K
- ↑ https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/4g8z2-6yEJ18xiZ3jzFAdQ
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