The I Kissed A Girl hitmaker has regularly cited Mercury - who died in 1991 - as the biggest influence on her musical career.
And Perry is planning a tribute to her idol with a unique piece of body art.
She says, "I nearly got a huge tattoo of Freddie Mercury’s face on my back a few years ago. It’s probably for the best that I didn’t get it done, but I still want to do it.”
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