Katy Perry is under fire today, as the internet runs wild claiming the singer’s latest single, ‘Roar’, is a blatant rip off of Sara Bareilles‘ track ‘Brave’, which was released three months earlier. Perry even acknowledged the Bareilles track several months back in a tweet, which you can see below:

But it’s not just the song that may be a rip-off, but the video, as Dillon Francis claims Perry’s video is based on Francis’ video for ‘Messages’:

First thoughts? Who is Sara Bareilles? The songs sound very similar. They have the same piano based beats, the same structure, etc. I don’t know if its plagiarism, but the songs are very, very similar. Like, so similar that if Perry had heard ‘Brave’ three months ago, maybe she should have re-considered releasing ‘Roar’ as a single.

Dillon Francis, though, seems to have less of a claim. Francis’ video writes out the song lyrics in text message style, which trippy emoticon based visuals during the instrumental parts. Perry’s depicts the lyrics in text message style, using emoticons to represent the lyrics. Very similar, but the idea of using emoticons and text message writing isn’t something groundbreaking or original. Also, Perry’s video is labeled as a ‘lyric video’, not a regular, full length video. If  had to guess, Perry had nothing to do with this  small video, and the real, official video will end up having a million dollar budget.

Check out all the videos below, and be your own judge: