Katy Perry has literally taken "Roar" to new heights in the No. 1 song's music video. The pop star galavants in a jungle with a Nokia phone in tow, wears animal print and unsurprisingly roars in the face of danger. The creature-filled video arrived Thursday, one day after "Roar" dethroned Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" for the top spot on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.
After her plane crashes and her male cohort gets mauled to death, Perry must adjust to the new terrain in true Tarzan style. Eventually, as her lyrics note, she roars louder than a lion to claim her leafy throne and become queen of the jungle.
Perry performed "Roar" at last month's MTV Video Music Awards and will perform it again Sept. 30 as the closing act at London's month-long iTunes Festival.
What do you think of Perry's new video? Is it a roaring success? Or a whimper?
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