<P> The song was mixed by Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios . `` Roar '' was recorded in four other studios : Luke 's in the Boo , Playback Recording Studio and Secret Garden Studios , all located in the state of California , as well as MXM Studios in Stockholm , Sweden Perry co-wrote the song with Bonnie McKee and its producers Dr. Luke , Max Martin , and Cirkut . All its development took place in March 2013 . McKee told MTV that `` Roar '' is `` kind of a ' pick yourself up and dust yourself off and keep going ' , female - empowerment song '' and `` kind of an epiphany song . '' Perry said she wrote the song after undergoing therapy , saying she was `` sick of keeping all these feelings inside and not speaking up for myself '' . </P>
theme of the song roar by katy perry
' pick yourself up and dust yourself off and keep going ' , female - empowerment song '' and `` kind of an epiphany song . ''