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The video for Katy Perry's "Dark Horse" premiered today and, whether you believe that the world's pop stars have all sold their souls to the devil or not, there are a lot of Illuminati references here. "Dark Horse" is set in Egypt, which already lends itself to a lot of occult imagery, but even putting that aside there's a lot for conspiracy theorists to go off of. The song itself isn't all that subtle — the "Like a bird without a cage" line refers to birdcage imagery, which is a symbol for mind control. And when Juicy J says "She's a beast/I call her karma," the Beast is the Devil.

In December, many Illuminati watchers were appalled by Perry's performance of "Dark Horse" at the Grammys. Alex Jones' InfoWars said "it was essentially an Illuminati-themed occult ritual." Now the video is out, and it leaves nothing to the imagination. Perry is either an active Illuminator or this is her ham fisted audition video.

The All Seeing Eye

This is the most obvious symbol of the Illuminati, and it's everywhere. It's in Katy's hair:

Her weird fan-thing:

Katy. Really.

Pyramids and Obelisks

Pyramids are almost as clearly Illuminati as the "eye," and they're represented in Perry's video by a towering obelisk and a pyramid made of Twinkies.

And here's Illuminatrix on obelisks: