--- title: Hillary Clinton: Katy Perry's 'Roar' Featured in Campaign Ad description: Hillary Clinton has set her closing campaign ad to Katy Perry's song "Roar," airing the spot in key states in the final days of the election canonical: https://time.com/4559589/hillary-clinton-katy-perry-roar-campaign-ad/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-05T16:58:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T01:38:56.001Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Features Katy Perry's 'Roar' in Battleground Campaign Ad og:description: The ad will run in 11 key states through Election Day og:url: https://time.com/4559589/hillary-clinton-katy-perry-roar-campaign-ad/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcbf97479c44dc1ba/6988ad29bc6cfce28a3df36b/katy-perry-hillary-clinton-ad.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Katy Perry Campaigns For Hillary Clinton And Promotes Early Voting In Nevada og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Features Katy Perry's 'Roar' in Battleground Campaign Ad twitter:description: The ad will run in 11 key states through Election Day twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcbf97479c44dc1ba/6988ad29bc6cfce28a3df36b/katy-perry-hillary-clinton-ad.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Features Katy Perry's 'Roar' in Battleground Campaign Ad  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Nov 5, 2016 4:58 PM UTC  Singer Katy Perry speaks during a get out the early vote rally as she campaigns for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at UNLV on Oct. 22, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Singer Katy Perry speaks during a get out the early vote rally as she campaigns for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at UNLV on Oct. 22, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada.David Becker/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Nov 5, 2016 4:58 PM UTC Hillary Clinton has set her closing [campaign ad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PspX3VQghaU&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop) to Katy Perry’s song “Roar,” airing the spot in key states in the final days of the presidential race. The ad will run Saturday through Election Day in 11 states identified as battlegrounds: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, [according to Politico](http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/playbook/2016/11/clintons-roar-ad-trumps-argument-for-america-ralston-says-trump-has-lost-nv-how-trump-can-win-our-election-contest-weekend-reads-bday-john-harwood-217247). The minute-long spot features scenes of Clinton throughout her career and on the campaign trail, as well as images of everyday Americans with descriptions of what they’re voting for, including equality, respect and higher wages. The ad differs from [Trump’s closing argument](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vST61W4bGm8&app=desktop), which struck a darker chord. “Our movement is about replacing a failed and corrupt political establishment with a new government controlled by you, the American people,” Trump says in the spot, over dark images of Washington D.C. and Wall Street. Perry has made herself a well-known Clinton supporter throughout the presidential race, [performing at the Democratic National Convention](http://time.com/4430948/dnc-katy-perry-orlando-bloom/), campaigning to [get out the vote](http://time.com/4509391/katy-perry-voting-naked-get-people-to-polls-november-8th/) and [dressing up as](https://www.instagram.com/p/BMKy-fMA39o/?taken-by=katyperry) the Democratic nominee for Halloween. The [pop star](http://time.com/4389205/katy-perry-is-americas-ultimate-pop-star/?iid=sr-link9) is scheduled to appear at a Clinton rally in Philadelphia on Saturday, the day after Beyoncé and Jay Z [headlined a concert](http://time.com/4559543/hillary-clinton-rally-beyonce-jay-z/?xid=homepage) for Clinton in Cleveland. 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