Lions, Tigers, and Katy Perry: The Video for "Roar" Is Incredible

It's even better than her phenomenal VMA finale performance.

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From stranded on an island to jungle queen, Katy Perry owns it in her new music video for "Roar." It's 4-and-a-half minutes of pure cinematic glory. 

The video, directed by Grady Hall and Mark Kudsi, is titled as a "motion theory adventure filmed in Junglescope," and some of the animation is truly incredible.

Perry has said before that "Roar" is a song about being able to finally speak up for yourself—get it? Roar? Anyway, the video ends with a crazy scene where her and a tiger have a screaming match. She wins.

Plus, she takes a selfie with a monkey: 

Prism drops on Oct. 22. Watch "Roar" above.

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