Sara Bareilles: Katy Perry ‘Roar’ Song Didn’t Steal From ‘Brave’

Sara Bareilles says Katy Perry’s “Roar” song didn’t steal away her success.

As previously reported by The Inquisitr, the new Sara Bareilles album debuted at number two on the charts back in July.

But some Sara Bareilles fans felt like Katy Perry’s “Roar” released in August was way too close to Sara Bareilles’ “Brave”, which released in April. “Brave” then became part of Sara Bareilles’ The Blessed Unrest album during the summer. Sara Bareilles says the inspiration for the song came from “a good friend who was struggling with coming out as an adult, so this is sort of my message to that person.”

Sara Bareilles says the Sara Bareilles, Katy Perry controversy over “Roar” is entirely in the minds of fans:

“I don’t feel like anything was taken from me artistically. I wasn’t the one having any problems with it. I’ve known Katy a long time. We are friends and she and I spoke about it. I look at it as two female artists who are releasing a message of empowerment. To be totally honest, I was sort of disappointed in how aggressive fans were being about it.”

In fact, Sara Bareilles says the controversy has only brought more attention to “Brave” so she suggests, “You guys want to go get (mad) about something and buy my music, that’s great.” Brave has already reached gold status and is number 31 on the charts.

There’s even talk from Sara Bareilles and Katy Perry about doing a “Brave/Roar” mashup just to “let everybody know we’re not mad at each other.”