Katy Perry has been through some bullshit since her Teenage Dream days, including her marriage to & divorce from Russell Brand and willingly dating John Mayer. That alone is enough to send anyone off the deep end, but considering the great pop music that is ‘Roar’ that came out of it, I suppose it’s worth it.
From Scott Mills’ Radio 1 show:
“I wrote it because I was sick of keeping all these feelings inside and not speaking up for myself, which caused a lot of resentment.
“Obviously I’ve been through a lot of therapy since my last record and that’s what this is about.”
I know there’s been a lot of crap said about how ‘Roar’ is a lot like Sara Bareilles’ ‘Brave’ (which I just don’t hear, but maybe that’s just me?) and then Dillon Francis tried to say she copied off him with the lyric video or whatever, but all of that is stupid and the song is great and that’s all there is to it. I can’t wait for Prism and I don’t care who knows it. Haters to the left, or whatever the kids say.