The 30-year-old "Hot n Cold" hitmaker took to Instagram and posted a video of herself trying and failing to balance on a Segway, reported Entertainment Weekly.
While things start out all right, Perry quickly loses control and ends up chasing the Segway through the Nevada desert.
"Obvious first time burner alert," she wrote alongside the video.
The festival takes place at Black Rock City, a temporary community erected in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada and is described as an experiment in community and art.