Katy Perry's "Firework" Came from Unexpected Inspiration for Songland's Ester Dean (Exclusive)

Songland's Ester Dean talks about the similarities between Katy Perry's songs "Firework" and "Peacock." » Subscribe for More: http://bit.ly/NBCSongland » Songland Returns Wednesday, August 14 9/8c on NBC! » Stream Anytime: https://www.nbc.com/songland/episodes SONGLAND ON SOCIAL: Like Songland on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NBCSongland Follow Songland on Twitter: http://twitter.com/NBCSongland Follow Songland on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nbcsongland Find Songland trailers, full episode highlights, previews, promos, clips, and digital exclusives here. NBC ON SOCIAL: NBC YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/nbc Like NBC: http://Facebook.com/NBC Follow NBC: http://Twitter.com/NBC NBC Instagram: http://instagram.com/nbc NBC Tumblr: http://NBCtv.tumblr.com/ NBC Pinterest: http://Pinterest.com/NBCtv/ ABOUT SONGLAND NBC's new groundbreaking series "Songland" serves as a destination for music's biggest stars to find their next hit. Undiscovered songwriters are put center stage as they pitch their original creations to top recording artists and chart-topping music producers in the hopes of creating the artists' next big hits. Featured guest recording artists include Jonas Brothers, John Legend, Charlie Puth, Meghan Trainor, will.i.am, OneRepublic, Kelsea Ballerini, Macklemore and Leona Lewis. Songwriters will perform their original tracks in front of the guest artist and three of the most sought-after producers in music: Ryan Tedder, the lead singer of OneRepublic and a four-time Grammy Award-winning songwriter and producer; Ester Dean, a Grammy-nominated songwriter and producer for Rihanna, Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj; and Shane McAnally, a Grammy-winning songwriter and producer for Kacey Musgraves, Kelly Clarkson and Sam Hunt. Katy Perry's "Firework" Came from Unexpected Inspiration for Songland's Ester Dean (Exclusive) https://youtu.be/PY5s8UdPJ24 Songland https://www.youtube.com/NBCSongland