Wearing the same outfit that she sported during her Hello Katy Tour when she played Lisbon back in 2009, she told the crowd: \u201cLittle did I know when I was wearing this outfit [all those] years ago in Lisbon that I would write a song called \u2018Roar\u2019, and I\u2019d sing it all around the world for millions of people and at some point, I would lose my own roar.\u201d She\u00a0 then performed an emotive acoustic rendition of the 2013 chart-topper.<\/p>\n
Seemingly alluding to a run of negative press that she has weathered \u2013 which included scathing reviews for her 2024 seventh studio album \u2018143\u2019<\/a> and mockery for her participation in last year\u2019s all-female Blue Origin flight \u2013 she continued: \u201c\u2019Cause life goes in seasons. And sometimes you don\u2019t want to get out of bed and sometimes you can\u2019t roar. And sometimes the things that people say about you actually hurt your feelings because you\u2019re not a robot; you\u2019re a human being. That\u2019s why we have to be kind. That\u2019s why we have to choose kindness. \u2018Cause you never know what someone\u2019s going through, do you?\u201d<\/p>\n She further added: \u201cAnd I\u2019ll admit, I lost my roar for a little bit. It was just a whisper, but as I\u2019m about to release my next song next week \u2013 \u2018Watch It Burn\u2019 \u2013 I will tell you, my roar is back.\u201d<\/p>\n Due for release on June 25, the rock-inflected \u2018Watch It Burn\u2019 was performed for only the second time live, following its debut at Spain\u2019s O Son do Cami\u00f1o on June 18 \u2013 with the assistance of an oversized box of prop matches.<\/p>\n Perry has previously described the song as about \u201cgiving myself permission to be angry\u201d about her annus horribilis last year and it contains the lyrics: \u2018You know I gave and I gave \/ Now I\u2019m giving up, there\u2019s nothing more you can take \/ Don\u2019t wanna cause a scene, but give me the gasoline. Tonight\u2019s the night, I light a match \/ Throw it hard behind my back\/ Gonna try to forgive and forget \/ Light a cigarette, and watch it burn.\u2019<\/p>\n Rock In Rio Lisboa continues tonight with a line-up that includes Linkin Park,<\/a> Cypress Hill<\/a>, The Pretty Reckless<\/a>, Grandson and Kaiser Chiefs<\/a>.<\/p>\n Katy Perry played:<\/p>\n \u2018California Gurls\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Teenage Dream\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Chained to the Rhythm\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Never Really Over\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Dark Horse\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018E.T.\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Part of Me\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018I\u2019M HIS, HE\u2019S MINE\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Bon app\u00e9tit\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018bandaids\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Watch It Burn\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Heads Will Roll\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Legendary Lovers\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018The One That Got Away\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Thinking of You\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Hot n Cold\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018I Kissed a Girl\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Harleys in Hawaii\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018ALL THE LOVE\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018LIFETIMES\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Wide Awake\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Roar\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Firework\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In partnership with Rock In Rio Lisbon Katy Perry headlined Rock In Rio Lisbon last night (July 20),…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511917,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278,641],"class_list":["post-511916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music","tag-pop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FOGOS_SABADO20_2311_HUGOMOREIRA_.jpg\")
Credit: Rock In Rio Lisbo \/ Hugo Moreira<\/p>\n