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* Music/{{Pink}}'s song "Raise Your Glass" is an anthemic song about how FreakyIsCool.

* Music/KatyPerry's "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]]

!!Examples

* "We R Who We R" by {Music/{{Kesha}} celebrates being yourself despite haters.

* "We R Who We R" by {Music/{Kesha}} celebrates being yourself despite haters.

* Fifth Harmony's "Bo$$" is this, empowering the modern woman.

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 [[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.

* 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 speech "We Should All Be Feminist"

* 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 speech "We Should All Be Feminist"

* 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 speech "We Should All Be Feminist"

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

* 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 speech "We Should All Be Feminist"

** "Rock Hard, Ride Free" and "You've Got Another Thing Coming" by Music/JudasPriest.

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

* "Skyscraper", "Warrior" and "Me, Myself & Time" by DemiLovato.
* "Can't Be Tamed" and "The Climb" by MileyCyrus.

** "Jade" and "Hero" by Music/XJapan are both this, directed at a person engaging in some form of self-harm (whom many believe to be [[Music/HidetoMatsumoto hide]]). The leaked lyrics of "Angel" and "LA Venus" seem to be similar, and this seems to be the general direction X Japan has taken as a band since 2010. "Born to be Free" is this about leaving a cult/repressive organization, referencing the singer's own experience in such.

* "Jade" and ''Hero'' by Music/XJapan are both this, directed at a person engaging in some form of self-harm (whom many believe to be [[Music/HidetoMatsumoto hide]]). The leaked lyrics of ''Angel'' and ''LA Venus'' seem to be similar, and this seems to be the general direction X Japan has taken as a band since 2010.

* "Jade" by Music/XJapan is this, directed at a person engaging in some form of self-harm (whom many believe to be [[Music/HidetoMatsumoto hide]]).

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

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]]. Can sometimes overlap with PepTalkSong.

* "Heard It All" by EmilieAutumn. It becomes HarsherInHindsight when you find out what EA was going through when she wrote that song. Apparently, she didn't truly believe the message of that song applied to herself.

** "Stay Hungry" and "S. M. F." by TwistedSister.

* Music/KatyPerry's "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?]]

* "We R Who We R" by {{Kesha}} celebrates being yourself despite haters.
* "Born To Try" by DeltaGoodrem celebrates taking choices in your life

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 [[ChristinaAguilera they are beautiful]], that they were [[LadyGaga born this way]], YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre, and that it doesn't matter if they're not popular because FreakyIsCool.