Roar (song)

"Roar" is a song by American pop singer-songwriter Katy Perry. The lyrics are about standing up for oneself and self-empowerment. 

The song received mixed reviews from critics. "Roar" became Perry's eighth number-one hit song on the Billboard Hot 100.  The song also topped charts internationally, in countries such as Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia, where "Roar" became the bestselling song of 2013.

The song was released on August 10, 2013.

 Music video 
The music video shows Katy Perry inside a cargo plane with another male that suddenly crashes in a jungle. Her male counterpart doesn't care about the situation and gives Katy the luggage while taking selfies . A tiger acts him suddenly . Katy screams and flees with the tiger chasing after her she ditches the tiger and is nearly eaten by a crocodile and has a spider crawl on her . After this Katy sees fireflies in the bushes who all come out and form a tiger . It cuts to the next shot wear she bathes with  help from an elephant and makes. friends with a money. She also turns berries into lipstick and uses her shoe to make a hunting tool . She catches a banana and then goes exploring .She reads prehistoric cave art with a tiger's roar being stronger than men . He then emerges in different clothes and a leaf skirt and starts swing from vines and brushes a crocodiles teeth and also she paints an elephant's toe nails . She calls all the animals and uses a parrots feather to lure the tiger into a trap and proves her roar stronger than his . Katy is then named queen of the jungle with her tiger and various animals as her pets . The next shot cuts to her waking up in the crashed plane surrounded by animals.

Credits and Personnel
Credits adapted from Prism album liner notes. 

 Katy Perry – vocals and songwriting
 Bonnie McKee – lyrics
 Dr. Luke – songwriting and production
 Max Martin – songwriting and production
 Cirkut – songwriting and production
 Michael Ilbert – recording
 Sam Holland – recording
 Peter Carlsson – recording
 Clint Gibbs – recording
 Elliott Lanam – recording assistant
 Justin Fox – recording assistant
 Rachael Findlen – recording assistant
 John Hanes – mixing
 Serban Ghenea – mixing
 Chris Gehringer – mastering
 Irene Richter – production coordinator

Awards and nominations
 Year Organization Award Result Ref. 2014 NRJ Music Awards Favourite International Song  ASCAP Pop Music Awards Most Performed Song Billboard Music Awards Top Hot 100 Song  Top Digital Song  Top Radio Song  Top Streaming Song (Video)  BMI Awards Award Winning Song Grammy Awards Song of the Year  Best Pop Solo Performance MTV Video Music Awards Japan Video of the Year  Best Female Video  Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards Favourite Song People's Choice Awards Favorite Song  Favorite Music Video  Premios Juventud Favourite Song Not In Spanish   Radio Disney Music Awards Song of the Year 

References

Other websites
 Lyric video on Vevo



Category:Katy Perry songs
Category:2013 songs
Category:Pop songs
Category:Songs with feminist themes