RISE

The Rio Olympics is in a few weeks and Katy just released this NBC anthem for this year. Brilliant. Inspiring. Goosebumps-inducing.

Also and most importantly, this song (and her tweet) is a very timely subtle sideswipe in the thick of this whole Taylor-Kim-Kanye saga.

Genius.

Never change, Katy. Never change.

I won’t just survive

Oh, you will see me thrive

Can’t write my story

I’m beyond the archetype

I won’t just conform

No matter how you shake my core

‘Cause my roots they run deep, oh

Oh, ye of so little faith

Don’t doubt it, don’t doubt it

Victory is in my veins

I know it, I know it

And I will not negotiate

I’ll fight it, I’ll fight it

I will transform

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

This is no mistake, no accident

When you think the final nail is in

Think again

Don’t be surprised

I will still rise

I must stay conscious

Through the madness and chaos

So I call on my angels

They say

Oh, ye of so little faith

Don’t doubt it, don’t doubt it

Victory is in your veins

You know it, you know it

And you will not negotiate

Just fight it, just fight it

And be transformed

‘Cause 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

This is no mistake, no accident

When you think the final nail is in

Think again

Don’t be surprised

I will still rise

Don’t doubt it, don’t doubt it

Oh, oh, oh, oh

You know it, you know it

Still rise

Just fight it, just fight it

Don’t be surprised

I will still rise