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Listen to BRAND NEW Katy Perry on KiSS breakfast this morning at 6:50 and 7:50 coming out of What’s Trending.

surprised fans by releasing a new song called “Rise” last night on iTunes and Apple Music. “When the fire’s at my feet again, and the vultures all start circling/ They’re whispering, ‘You’re out of time,’ but still I rise,” she sings on the track. “Rise,” which is Perry’s first single in two years, will be used as an anthem before and during the 2016 Rio Olympics. “This is a song that’s been brewing inside me for years, that has finally come to the surface,” she said in a statement. “I was inspired to finish it now, rather than save it for my next album, because now more than ever, there is a need for our world to unite. I know that together we can rise above the fear–in our country, and around the world. I can’t think of a better example than the Olympic athletes, as they gather in Rio with their strength and fearlessness, to remind us how we ALL can come together, with the resolve to be the best we can be.”

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