Also, Perry’s video is labeled as a ‘lyric video’, not a regular, full length video.

Very similar, but the idea of using emoticons and text message writing isn’t something groundbreaking or original. Perry’s depicts the lyrics in text message style, using emoticons to represent the lyrics. Francis’ video writes out the song lyrics in text message style, which trippy emoticon based visuals during the instrumental parts. Like, so similar that if Perry had heard ‘Brave’ three months ago, maybe she should have re-considered releasing ‘Roar’ as a single.ĭillon Francis, though, seems to have less of a claim. I don’t know if its plagiarism, but the songs are very, very similar. They have the same piano based beats, the same structure, etc. Perry even acknowledged the Bareilles track several months back in a tweet, which you can see below:īut it’s not just the song that may be a rip-off, but the video, as Dillon Francis claims Perry’s video is based on Francis’ video for ‘Messages’:ĭamn first steals “butters theme” music idea now steals my “messages” music video idea.What the fuck?įirst thoughts? Who is Sara Bareilles? The songs sound very similar. Katy Perry is under fire today, as the internet runs wild claiming the singer’s latest single, ‘Roar’, is a blatant rip off of Sara Bareilles‘ track ‘Brave’, which was released three months earlier.

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