NEW POLL! "Roar" vs. "Brave"

I hate Roar, but I hate Brave more.

I have been trying for over a week to think of anything interesting to say about either of these songs and have come up empty. Good luck making an entire podcast out of this

David P

voted Roar, I just think it's neat

Thomas R

I'd never heard Brave before, so I had to listen to fifteen seconds of it (randomly in the middle until I heard the chorus) so I could justify voting it over Roar

When I was leaving the Boston Women's March in 2017, I was feeling both hopeful and inspired but also a bit irritated at performative feminism because there was a lot of that at the time. There was music playing as we left, and - you guessed it - one of the songs was Roar. Hearing Katy Perry's bland-ass empowerment song framed as a feminist song at a protest happening because her candidate didn't win is something I will never forget. In that moment, its bland inoffensiveness became offensive, it became the symbol of everyone at the time that claimed to be a feminist or progressive but was all "we need to hear both sides" "don't fight hate with hate". I didn't even know Katy Perry was one of those people, but it doesn't surprise me at all. So I voted for it. At least it makes me feel something.

I hate both of these

What’s the audio equivalent of watching paint dry because that’s these songs

I refuse to believe anyone has strong feelings about this.

Brave makes me ok with climate change causing our collective end relatively soon. Roar is fine ig, I mean its there and not making fawn over the apocalypse. So Imma go with Roar

Yurple

I voted for Brave over Roar, because the Blessed Unrest was my favorite album in high school, and it still holds a special place in my heart. That said, I usually skip Brave when I listen to it now.

I hated Roar until I got dragged to a Katy Perry concert. I'd had a rough day; my boss called me a bitch, amongst other things. Anyway, I was tolerating this Katy Perry gig until she sang Roar. Something about the day I'd had made the song suddenly strike a chord with me, even though I know it has empty lyrics that really mean nothing. So Katy Perry scores the win for me. She has some sort of ninja stealth skill that makes her songs sneak under your guard.