Katy Perry’s ‘Roar’ Music Video Reaches 4 Billion YouTube Views
She’s obtained the eye of the tiger, and that is why Katy Perry‘s “Roar” tunes film has skyrocketed to 4 billion YouTube views, marking the most of any lady artist on the technique.
In the 2013 clip, Perry embarks on an animal-stuffed frolic through the jungle in which the pop star befriends a monkey, showers with the assistance of an elephant, brushes a crocodile’s tooth and “roars” a tiger into submission. “I obtained the eye of the tiger, a fighter/ Dancing through the fire/ ‘Cause I am a winner, and you are gonna hear me roar,” she belts in the refrain of her empowering hit.
Upon its launch in 2013, the music has been similarly efficient on the Billboard charts. Introduced in 2013 as a single from Prism, “Roar” expended two months at No. 1 on the Billboard Scorching 100 — a feat Perry has attained nine occasions in her profession. Prism, which featured supplemental hits “Dark Horse” and “Unconditionally,” itself also topped the Billboard 200 albums chart for just 1 week in November 2013.
“I was genuinely influenced by this minor 6-moment matter by Eckhart Tolle in which he speaks about loss,” Perry explained to Billboard in a cover story at the time, referring to a video clip from the author of the ideal-supplying self-help guide, The Electricity of Now, as Perry was navigating her divorce from ex-companion Russell Model. “When you reduce something, all your foundations crumble-but that also leaves a massive hole which is open for some thing terrific to arrive as a result of.”
In 2014, “Roar” was nominated for music of the year and best pop solo effectiveness at the Grammy Awards. The tune turned certified Diamond by the Recording Market Association of America (RIAA) in 2017, generating Perry the quite 1st artist to have a couple of Diamond-certified singles in the nation, subsequent “Firework” and “Dark Horse.”
Revisit Katy Perry’s “Roar” tunes video beneath.