<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"Katy Perry has spoken about the inspiration behind her new single &amp;#039;Roar&amp;#039;.  The &amp;#039;Firework&amp;#039; star revealed that the track is inspired by her time in therapy since the release of her last album Teenage Dream.   She also described the new single - the first to be taken from her upcoming album Prism - as a &amp;quot;self-empowering type of song&amp;quot;. She told Radio 1&amp;#039;s Scott Mills: &amp;quot;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. &amp;quot;Obviously I&amp;#039;ve been through a lot of therapy since my last record and that&amp;#039;s what this is about.&amp;quot; Since the release of Teenage Dream back in 2010, the star has divorced from husband Russell Brand after 14 months of marriage. It recently emerged that Brand asked for a divorce from Perry via text message. Perry unveiled an emoji-crazy lyric video for &amp;#039;Roar&amp;#039; earlier today (August 12). Watch the video below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a506110/katy-perry-on-new-single-roar-its-about-my-time-in-therapy/>