Katy Perry Rises with new Olympic single
Katy Perry's new single Rise has been "brewing inside" her for years.
The 31-year-old singer has been silent on the music front since she released This Is How We Do in 2014, from her 2013 album Prism. But fans were delighted when she took to Twitter on Thursday night (14Jul16) to announce news of a shiny new track entitled Rise.
The single is to tie in with NBC's coverage of the Rio Olympic
Games, which kick off in Brazil next month (Aug16), and includes
lyrics such as: "When, when the fire's at my feet again, And the
vultures all start circling, They're whispering, 'you're out of
time'/ But still I rise."
In a statement following the announcement of Rise's release, Katy
explained: "This is a song that’s been brewing inside me for years,
that has finally come to the surface. I was inspired to finish it
now, rather than save it for my next album, because now more than
ever, there is a need for our world to unite.
"I know that together we can rise above the fear – in our country,
and around the world. I can’t think of a better example than the
Olympic athletes, as they gather in Rio with their strength and
fearlessness, to remind us how we all can come together, with the
resolve to be the best we can be. I hope this song can inspire us
to heal, unite, and rise together. I am honored that NBC Olympics
has chosen to use it as an anthem before and during the Rio
Games."
Rise is available to stream on Apple Music and to download at
iTunes.
Katy's new release comes after the singer hit headlines when she
appeared to involve herself in the feud between Calvin Harris and
his ex Taylor Swift. Katy has long been rumored to have beef with
Taylor, and chose to retweet a message she had posted on Twitter at
the height of the reported feud back in 2015 on Wednesday.
Calvin had responded after Taylor revealed she was responsible for
writing his and Rihanna's hit This Is What You Came For, insisting
he wouldn't let the singer "bury him" like she had attempted to do
with Katy.