PopSugar UK — Hey Katycats! Remember when Katy Perry had a blog? Before she boasted 90 million followers on Twitter and became our spiritual sister on Instagram, she was an avid Tumblr and Vimeo user, blogging and vlogging her way to the top! Early Katycats were t... more info

Dlisted — The 2016 Summer Olympics begin in a little over two weeks in Rio, which means all those online invitations to “COME TO BRAZIL” will finally pay off. In honor of the upcoming Olympic games, Katy Perry slipped away from the high school cafeteria f... more info

TMZ — Here's the official music video for Katy Perry's new song "Rise" -- which NBC will use as an anthem during the 2016 Olympics coverage.  "This is a song that's been brewing inside me for years, that has finally come to the surface," Perry said.… ... more info

People.com — Katy Perry said she decided to release "Rise" because of "the overall mood of the world today more info

Stereogum — Katy Perry isn’t the only veteran hitmaker who came back with a new out-of-nowhere single last night. Britney Spears is only three years older than Perry, but she was making hits with Max Martin a full decade before anyone even knew who Perry was. ... more info

MSN Music — Katy Perry has just released her first new single in two years...and it's for a special occasion: the 2016 Rio Olympics. The "Roar" pop star dropped "Rise," which she also wrote, an uplifting track with a dash of electronic influence, late Thursd... more info

Idolator — Get inspired. more info

Stereogum — Katy Perry’s name has been in the news this week, but not for particularly good reasons. So her release of the swollen, inspiration-heavy new song “Rise” was particularly well-timed. Swedish chart god Max Martin produced the song, and it’s go... more info

New York Post — It could – and perhaps should – have been the definitive pop moment of the year: Katy Perry and Britney Spears releasing new songs at exactly the same time on Friday, July 15. But the divas have conspired to create a chorus of mid-summer “mehs.... more info

ET Online — "This is a song that's been brewing inside me for years." more info