theme of the song roar by katy perry
self-empowerment standing up for oneself
title: Roar (song) text: Roar (song) "Roar" is a song by American singer Katy Perry for her fourth studio album, "Prism" (2013). It was released as the lead single from the record on August 10, 2013. Perry co-wrote the song with Bonnie McKee and its producers Dr. Luke, Max Martin, and Cirkut. It is a pop song containing elements of arena rock and lyrics centering on standing up for oneself and self-empowerment. Some critics praised the track's production while others felt that its lyrics contained "clichés". To promote the song, Perry performed under the Brooklyn Bridge at the end of the 2013 MTV Video title: Roar (song) text: also Brisbane Roar's theme song (go Roar). The song is featured as downloadable content on the dance rhythm game, "Just Dance 2014". It's also free. The song was featured on the reality television show RuPaul's Drag Race's seventh season, when contestants Kennedy Davenport and Katya had to lip-sync to "Roar" in order to avoid elimination. Davenport survived the lip-sync battle, and Katya was controversially eliminated. Credits adapted from "Prism" album liner notes. !scope="row"| France (SNEP) Roar (song) "Roar" is a song by American singer Katy Perry for her fourth studio album, "Prism" (2013). It was released as the lead single title: Roar (song) text: Music Awards, on "The X Factor Australia", at the Sydney Opera House in late October 2013, and on the German TV show "Schlag den Raab". Grady Hall and Mark Kudsi directed the song's music video, which features Perry trying to adapt to the jungle where she survived a plane crash, and taming a tiger. It garnered generally mixed reviews from music critics. "Roar" was nominated for Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. The song was a commercial success, topping charts in Australia, Austria, Canada, Ireland, Israel, Lebanon, New Zealand, Scotland, Slovenia, title: Roar (song) text: The song was mixed by Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios. "Roar" was recorded in four other studios: Luke's in the Boo, Playback Recording Studio and Secret Garden Studios, all located in the state of California, as well as MXM Studios in Stockholm, Sweden Perry co-wrote the song with Bonnie McKee and its producers Dr. Luke, Max Martin, and Cirkut. All its development took place in March 2013. McKee told MTV that "Roar" is "kind of a 'pick yourself up and dust yourself off and keep going', female-empowerment song" and "kind of an epiphany song." Perry said she wrote the song title: Roar (song) text: after undergoing therapy, saying she was "sick of keeping all these feelings inside and not speaking up for myself". Musically, "Roar" is a pop song that features elements of arena rock. Throughout the song, Perry "flexes diva-like vocals", singing the lyric "Hey!" several times in a way resemblant of The Lumineers. The song's instrumentation is composed of "pounding" pianos and "booming" bass drums. According to the sheet music published by Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. on Musicnotes.com, "Roar" is composed in the key of B major and set in a time signature at a moderate tempo of 90 beats per minute.