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* ''Series/{{Glee}}'' not only covered several of these songs, but also had an original entitled "[[CoolLoser Loser Like Me]]".

* "Can't Be Tamed" and "The Climb" by Music/MileyCyrus.

** "Hellion" by [[Music/{{Wasp}} W.A.S.P.]] (that is, if you are aspiring to be a hard-partying [[BadassBiker motorcycle-driving badass]]).

* Music/{{Beyonce}}: She's Queen Bey for a reason. One notable example is from her song "***Flawless", which contains excerpts of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's audio adaptation of "We Should All Be Feminists"

* Music/{{Beyonce}}: She's Queen Bey for a reason. One notable example is from her song "***Flawless", which contains excerpts of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's audio adaptation of "We Should All Be Feminist"

Let's face it, being a teenager is hard. With all of the pressure on you to succeed, plus the fact that you might be [[HollywoodHomely ugly]], [[HollywoodPudgy fat]], [[{{Gayngst}} closeted]], [[TransTribulations trans]][[TransRelationshipTroubles gender]], a [[HollywoodNerd nerd]], the child of AbusiveParents, [[DarkAndTroubledPast someone with a dark past]] or different in any other way could completely destroy any ounce of confidence that you have.

-->--"Firework", '''Music/KatyPerry'''

** "Firework"; the video makes it especially apparent. Throughout it, a group of people become confident about themselves (symbolized by lighting up like fireworks). Shown are a young girl with cancer, siblings with abusive parents, a pair of gay boys, a pudgy girl, and a [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking street magician]].

** Music/{{Disturbed}}'s newest album, ''Immortalized'', has a few of these, including ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yvwo8f3SXKA What Are You Waiting For?]]'' and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwzDPVTRklQ The Light]]''. ''What Are You Waiting For?'' also doubles as YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre.

* Music/LadyGaga's "Born This Way". While it can be applied to almost any minority, including the disabled and homely, it's obvious target is those who are in sexual minorites. It's very popular due to it being the first main stream song that had this as its message.
* "Mean" by Music/TaylorSwift. The song's lyrics are basically a TakeThat agaisnt a critic who claims that she can't sing, but in the video it shows several other people bullied because they're different, and the message essentially becomes "we're going to be famous even though you look down on us, but you're going nowhere because you're a {{jerkass}}".

Let's face it, being a teenager is hard. With all of the pressure on you to succeed, plus the fact that you might be [[HollywoodHomely ugly]], [[HollywoodPudgy fat]], [[{{Gayngst}} closeted]], [[TransTribulations trans]][[TransRelationshipTroubles gender]], a [[HollywoodNerd nerd]], the child of AbusiveParents or different in any other way could completely destroy any ounce of confidence that you have.

** "Firework"; the video makes it especially apparent. Throughout it, a group of people become confident about themselves (symbolized by lighting up like fireworks). Shown are a young girl with cancer, siblings with abusive parents, a pair of gay boys, a pudgy girl, and a...[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking street magician?]]

Let's face it, being a teenager is hard. With all of the pressure on you to succeed, plus the fact that you might be [[HollywoodHomely ugly]], [[HollywoodPudgy fat]], [[{{Gayngst}} closeted]], a [[HollywoodNerd nerd]] or different in any other way could completely destroy any ounce of confidence that you have.

Let's face it, being a teenager is hard. With all of the pressure on you to succeed, plus the fact that you might be [[HollywoodHomely ugly]], [[HollywoodPudgy fat]], [[{{Gayngst}} closeted]], or a [[HollywoodNerd nerd]] could completely destroy any ounce of confidence that you have.

However, it seems like the artists of today have noticed this trend, and there are more artists today writing optimistic feel-good-about-yourself songs than you could shake a stick at. They tell the listeners that [[Music/ChristinaAguilera they are beautiful]], that they were [[Music/LadyGaga born this way]], YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre, and that it doesn't matter if they're not popular because FreakyIsCool.

A majority of them apparently focus more on teenage girls, since that's who the media seem to "target" the most. There do seem to be more appearing that address guys as well, but mostly gay guys for whatever reason. Can sometimes overlap with PepTalkSong and FemaleEmpowermentSong.

** "Firework"; the video makes it especially apparent. Throughout it, a group of people become confident about themselves (symbolized by lighting up like fireworks). Shown are a young girl with cancer, siblings with abusive parents, a pair of gay boys, a pudgy girl, and a...[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking street magician?]][[note]][[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} No place is perfect.]][[/note]]

A majority of them apparently focus more on teenage girls, since that's who the media seem to "target" the most. There do seem to be more appearing that address guys as well, but mostly gay guys for whatever reason. Can sometimes overlap with PepTalkSong.

* Music/LadyGaga's "Born This Way". While it can be applied to almost any minority, including the disabled and homely, it's obvious target is those who are in sexual minorites. It's very popular due to it being the first main stream song that had this as it's message.

** "Break the Curse" and "H. M. Powered Man" by Music/IronSavior. Yes, the "H. M." [[HeavyMeta stands for Heavy Metal.]]