Katy Perry has literally taken "Roar" to new heights in the No. 1 song's music video. The pop star galavants in a jungle with a Nokia phone in tow, wears animal print and unsurprisingly roars in the face of danger. The creature-filled video arrived Thursday, one day after "Roar" dethroned Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" for the top spot on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.
After her plane crashes and her male cohort gets mauled to death, Perry must adjust to the new terrain in true Tarzan style. Eventually, as her lyrics note, she roars louder than a lion to claim her leafy throne and become queen of the jungle.
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Perry performed "Roar" at last month's MTV Video Music Awards and will perform it again Sept. 30 as the closing act at London's month-long iTunes Festival.
What do you think of Perry's new video? Is it a roaring success? Or a whimper?

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BONUS: 10 Unexpected Moments You Missed on the VMAs Red Carpet
Eccentric fitness personality Richard Simmons stunned attendees with a flashy appearance on the red carpet. The 65-year-old even stopped to kiss singer Katy Perry on the hand, to which she laughed off.
The playful girls of X Factor-grown Fifth Harmony, as usual, made some quirky faces along the red carpet, like when Camila appeared to want to bite us.
VMAs' Artist to Watch winner Austin Mahone pulled out his custom red-plated iPhone for Mashable. After seeing a similar one while at a Texas radio station, he had one built just for him. The artist said he's a big fan of the CNN app.
Pre-show performer Ariana Grande rushed past fans and reporters, impressively sprinting in white heels to fulfill an on-air commitment.
The stylish guys of One Direction dressed down for the VMAs, with Liam wrapping a flannel button down around his waist, akin to some rockers from the 1990s.
This happened.
TLC's T-Boz and Chilli grooved to the background music, dancing and walking from reporter to reporter.
While the celebrities all paraded in the same direction, a black-clad Lady Gaga and her entourage confidently walked in the opposite direction.
When Mashable asked Wanz, who spits lyrics in the "Thrift Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' "Thrift Shop" hit, what his favorite line from that song is, he sang it. "I wear my grandad's clothes," he sang, before Mashable's Brian Anthony Hernandez finished the lyric with him. "I look incredible."
'N Sync wasn't the only group to reunite at the VMAs. Making the Bands' Danity Kane rejoined forces, after splitting in 2009, without D. Woods on the carpet. Shannon went shirtless underneath tuxedo blazer. And the rest were no fans of pants either.
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