Imitation is one the highest form of flattery, and if I was Sara Bareilles, I would be pretty flattered.

In April, Bareilles released “Brave” and Katy Perry tweeted her saying how much she loved the song and her. A few months later Perry’s “Roar” came out.

Once “Roar” leaked online, MTV’s Dave Holmes tweeted, “It’s disappointing that Katy Perry borrowed Sara Bareilles’ song instead of her general overall thing of being good at her job.”

I remembered listening to “Brave” and loving how empowering it was. I didn’t hear “Roar” before this conflict erupted so I decided to refresh my memory and listen to both songs one after the other. “Brave” was just as I remembered: cute, typical Bareilles and everything that I loved about her. After the song ended, I started to play “Roar” and the opening music was exactly like “Brave.”

I noticed the surprising similarities on BuzzFeed.com, which layered the two tracks on top of each other. The actual music had the same beat and the lyrics had the same meaning. Instead of being brave, Katy wanted her listeners to “have the eye of the tiger” and have all of her fans roaring.

RadarOnline.com reported, “The songs have nearly-identical tempos, with Roar at 92 beats per minute and Brave at 90 bpm. Both songs are in the key of B flat and move to the key of G minor. And the keyboard part — staccato eight note chords during the verses — is almost exactly the same.”

Neither of the popstars have directly addressed the issue, but both have tweets that could be about the songs. “All love, everyone. All love,” Bareilles tweeted, while Perry tweeted, “Secretly… I love how when I wrote #ROAR I was just trying to write a song about being a mega cat lady. Shhh, don’t tell anyone.”

If I was Bareilles I wouldn’t be too upset after seeing my song go from No. 66 to 46 on the Billboard Hot 100. If you want to be brave or let someone hear your roar, both of these songs are motivating and great to listen to.