History Main / SelfEmpowermentAnthem

* "Fly" by HilaryDuff is a self empowerment song to the ninth degree.

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

* Several examples from the Music/HeavyMetal genre:

** Pink does a lot of these; "Perfect" and "Stupid Girls" are pretty good examples.

* "Brave New Girl" by Britney Spears celebrates taking control of you life

** "Rock Hard, Ride Free" by JudasPriest.

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

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* Music/{{Pink}}'s song "Raise Your Glass" is an excellent example of this. It's an anthemic song about how FreakyIsCool.
* Music/KatyPerry's "Firework" is another example, and the video makes it especially apparent. Throughout it, a group of people becoem confident about themselves (symbolized by lighting up like fireworks). Shown are a young girl with cancer, sibblings with abusive parents, a pair of gay boys, a pudgy girl, and a...[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking street magician?]]

* Of course ''Series/{{Glee}}'' is going to not only cover several of these songs, but also wirte one of their own, entitled "[[CoolLoser Loser Like Me]]".

* We R Who We R by {{Kesha}}, celebrates being yourself despite haters.
* Born To Try by DeltaGoodrem, celebrates taking choices in your life
* Brave New Girl by Britney Spears celebrates taking control of you life
* Fly by HilaryDuff is a self empowerment song to the ninth degree.
* What You Want by {{Evanescence}} could apply.

* "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 eve though you look down on us, but you're going nowhere because you're a {{jerkass}}".

* "Mean" by Music/TaylorSwift. The song's lyrics are basically a TakeThat agaisnt a critic who 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 eve though you look down on us, but you're going nowhere because you're a {{jerkass}}".

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 only gay guys, [[SarcasmMode because they're the only ones who have confidence issues]].

** "Stay Hungry" by TwistedSister.

* "Stand Up And Shout" by [[Music/RonnieJamesDio Dio]].

* Music/{{Pink}}'s song "Raise Your Glass" is an excellent example of this, and half of the TropeNamer. It's an anthemic song about how FreakyIsCool.
* Music/KatyPerry's "Firework" is the other half of the trope namer, and the video makes it especially apparent. Throughout it, a group of people becoem confident about themselves (symbolized by lighting up like fireworks). Shown are a young girl with cancer, sibblings with abusive parents, a pair of gay boys, a pudgy girl, and a...[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking street magician?]]

* Music/ChristinaAguilera has "You are Beautiful", another one that people who don't like the way they look.
* "More Beautiful You" by Music/JohnnyDiaz is Christian-oriented, but the message is
basically "you're already beautiful".