All four dancers are teenage girls dressed as cheerleaders. They all have sapphire blue hair and wear pink and orange cheerleader dresses, long orange socks with pink stripes, and white shoes. They all also hold large pom poms, one pink (which function as the gloves for all 4 of them) and one orange each. Each girl has a different hairstyle to distinguish them; P1 has short hair supported by a red ribbon, P2 has a long ponytail, P3 has braided hair, and P4 has her hair in a bun. P3’s dress is a one-piece, while the other girls’ outfits are two-pieces.
P1
P2
P3
P4
Aerobics Version
The dancer is a girl with purple hair, who wears a pink tight-fitting leotard, a green fanny-pack/bum-bag, some purple shorts with white stripes, some orange leggings some pink leg warmers, and a pair of white sneakers.
Fanmade
The coach is Diegho San, a man with light skin and black hair. He wears a black sleeveless hoodie, a pair of yellow pants, and black and white sneakers.
Background
Classic
Véronique stated in the Behind-the-Track interview that the background was inspired by the geometric shapes and lines from sports fields and stadiums. It features many geometrical shapes, lines and colors with placements and animations that make it look like a sport field.
Aerobics Version
The background is purple, it contains watermelons and violet and green lines. In the chorus, part of the background turns green, and some lyrics of the song appear.
Fanmade
The background for the Fanmade routine is a living room with brown wooden flooring and white walls. There are several wall pictures, a speaker with a black and orange Les Paul electric guitar on top, and a small yellow shelf. The fanmade template is purple, and on the right is San's avatar of P2 from One Thing and the Brazilian flag.
This Is How We Do has a Mashup that can be unlocked and played through the Just Dance Unlimited service starting in December 2015. The Mashup does not have a theme.
[GM#] - indicates the occurrence of a Gold Move; the pound sign indicates the chronological appearance of the Gold Move in the Mashup.
Gold Move 1: Raise your arms up. Gold Move 2: Put your hands on your hips. Gold Move 3: Same as Gold Move 2, but straight enough to make a triangle with your arms.
Gold Move 1
Gold Move 1 in-game
Gold Move 2
Gold Move 2 in-game
Gold Move 3
Gold Move 3 in-game
Aerobics Version
There are 3 Gold Moves in the Aerobics Version routine:
Gold Move 1 and 2: Punch your right hand in the air, while leaning. Gold Move 3: Put your hands together and swing them to the left and right.
Gold Moves 1 and 2
Gold Moves 1 and 2 in-game
Gold Move 3
Gold Move 3 in-game
Mashup
There is 1 Gold Move in the Mashup:
Gold Move: Point to the bottom left with both of your hands (I Want You Back).
There are 3 Gold Moves in the Fanmade routine, which are done consecutively:
Gold Move 1: Put your right arm up and bend your left leg. Gold Move 2: Punch to the bottom left with both hands, bending your both legs. Gold Move 3: Throw and cross your arms, taking a step back with your right leg.
OMI’s Cheerleader is referenced in the track’s Behind-the-Track interview before it was ultimately revealed to be a playable track in Just Dance Unlimited.[4]
"Santa Barbara Chic" is incorrectly written as "Said to Barbara chic".
This Is How We Do is the only song on Just Dance 2016 to have two alternate routines.
This Is How We Do is the first routine for a song by Katy Perry to be performed by a Dance Crew.
This Is How We Do is the last known routine performed by Stessy Emelie.
Ievan Polkka and This Is How We Do are the second and third Classic routines in the series to include an object in the coach’s hand (in this case, pom-poms). They are preceded by Professor Pumplestickle.
The coaches’ design is inspired from the cheerleaders in the music video for the song.
When all players raise their legs, their gold socks glitch and turn to white. After they put their leg down, the color fades back to normal.
Near the ending, there is one pictogram that erroneously switches P3 and P4s’ colors.
In the Autodance servers, and early version of the routine can be found. The background has much less animations and differently-designed items, and the coaches have an entirely different color scheme consisting of black hair, fuchsia and red pom-poms and navy blue suits.
Another early version that is closer to the final one can be found, too. The background has more animations, and the coaches now have purple hair, orange and fuchsia pom-poms and light blue suits.
In the preview thumbnail, the coaches are seen with their outlines fading at their feet, like most Just Dance coaches; however, in the actual gameplay, the outline does not fade.
P1’s avatar’s hair is lighter on 7th-generation consoles than on her 8th-generation counterparts.
Aerobics Version
The coach appears in the icon of Sweat & Playlist in the Just Dance 2016 menu.
The watermelons and song title in the background of the Aerobics Version are both taken from the music video.
Fanmade
This Is How We Do is the second Fanmade routine performed by Diegho San, after Turn Up the Love.
It is also the first solo routine for a Katy Perry song to have a male coach.
The Fanmade Routine was meant to have been added in Just Dance Unlimited in Just Dance 2017, according to the Just Dance Minute video about Let Me Love You.[5] However, in the actual game, it is not shown in the menu, and thus only playable on Just Dance 2016.
In the Just Dance Now .json file for the routine, there are even the hexadecimals for the menu colors that would have been used if the song hadn't been left out.
In the files for the Fanmade routine, there is an inappropriately named scoring detection file called "thisishowfan_blowj.msm".