Everyone understands what it’s like to have a bad day. Maybe you fought with a friend or maybe it’s more internal, regarding your feelings towards yourself. Whatever it is, no one enjoys having those negative emotions turn you into a pitiful pile of self-doubt and despair.
When a day like that pops up, a little pick-me-up can go a long way. For that reason, I put together a list of the best women empowerment songs that will boost your confidence and make you feel ready to take on anything…except maybe for a zombie apocalypse.
The most important thing to remember is to love yourself because you’re the one who has to live with yourself for the rest of your life. Plus, time goes on and problems that seem catastrophic right now will become distant memories in the future. Moreover, don’t let those catastrophic moments define you. Instead, try to move on and find something to smile about each day. Who knows, maybe it’ll be one of these songs that does the trick!
Let’s take a look at these beautiful women empowerment songs that will shine some light onto those bad days.
1. “Beautiful” by Christina Aguilera
Pick-Me-Up Line: ‘Cause we are beautiful/No matter what they say/Yes words won’t bring us down
2. “F**kin’ Perfect” by P!nk
Pick-Me-Up Line: Mistaken, always second guessing, underestimated/Look, I’m still around
3. “You Say” by Lauren Daigle
Pick-Me-Up Line: I keep fighting voices in my mind that say I’m not enough/Every single lie that tells me I will never measure up
4. “Scars To Your Beautiful” by Alessia Cara
Pick-Me-Up Line: You should know you’re beautiful just the way you are/And you don’t have to change a thing, the world could change its heart
5. “Stand By You” by Rachel Platten
Pick-Me-Up Line: And scars, show me all the scars you hide/And hey, if your wings are broken/Please take mine so yours can open too/’Cause I’m gonna stand by you
6. “1-800-273-8255” (feat. Alessia Cara & Khalid) by Logic
Pick-Me-Up Line: But you gotta live right now/You got everything to give right now
7. “Listen Before I Go” by Billie Eilish
Pick-Me-Up Line: I’m not okay, I feel so scattered/Don’t say I’m all that matters
8. “Good Life” by OneRepublic
Pick-Me-Up Line: When you’re happy like a fool/Let it take you over/When everything is out/You gotta take it in
9. “Just the Way You Are” by Bruno Mars
Pick-Me-Up Line: When I see your face/There’s not a thing that I would change ’cause you’re amazing/Just the way you are
10. “Who Says” by Selena Gomez & The Scene
Pick-Me-Up Line: But when it comes to me/I wouldn’t want to be anybody else
11. “Try” by Colbie Caillat
Pick-Me-Up Line: You don’t have to try so hard/You don’t have to bend until you break/You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up/You don’t have to change a single thing
12. “Brave” by Sara Bareilles
Pick-Me-Up Line: Let your words be anything but empty/Why don’t you tell them the truth?
13. “Respect” by Aretha Franklin
Pick-Me-Up Line: All I’m askin’/Is for a little respect when you get home
14. “Dancing Queen” by ABBA
Pick-Me-Up Line: Ooh, see that girl/Watch that scene/Dig in the dancing queen
15. “Firework” by Katy Perry
Pick-Me-Up Line: You don’t have to feel like a waste of space/You’re original, cannot be replaced
16. “Lose Yourself” by Eminem
Pick-Me-Up Line: I been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage/But I kept rhymin’ and stepwritin’ the next cipher/Best believe somebody’s payin’ the pied piper
17. “Don’t Stop Believin” by Journey
Pick-Me-Up Line: don’t stop believin’/hold on to the feelin’/streetlight people
18. “Don’t Stop Me Now” by Queen
Pick-Me-Up Line: So don’t stop me now don’t stop me/’Cause I’m having a good time, having a good time
19. “Run The World (Girls)” by Beyonce
Pick-Me-Up Line: I’m repping for the girls/Who taking over the world/Have me raise a glass/For the college grads
20. “Titanium” (ft. Sia) by David Guetta
Pick-Me-Up Line: I’m talking loud not saying much/I’m criticized but all your bullets ricochet/You shoot me down, but I get up
21. “Start Again” by OneRepublic
Pick-Me-Up Line: But I promise that we’re gonna make it somehow/I’m all in, it’s from the heart again/Open up your mind and maybe we could start again
22. “Not Afraid” by Eminem
Pick-Me-Up Line: I’mma be what I set out to be, without a doubt undoubtedly/And all those who look down on me, I’m tearin’ down your balcony
23. “Just Like Fire” by P!nk
Pick-Me-Up Line: Just like magic, I’ll be flying free/I’mma disappear when they come for me/I kick that ceiling, what you gonna say?/No one can be just like me any way/Just like fire, uh
24. “Survivor” by Destiny’s Child
Pick-Me-Up Line: Now that you’re outta my life, I’m so much better/You thought that I’d be weak without ya, but I’m stronger
25. “Stronger” by Kelly Clarkson
Pick-Me-Up Line: You didn’t think that I’d come back/I’d come back swinging/You try to break me but you see what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger
26. “Roar” by Katy Perry
Pick-Me-Up Line: Now I’m floating like a butterfly/Stinging like a bee I earned my stripes/I went from zero, to my own hero
27. “All About That Bass” by Meghan Trainor
Pick-Me-Up Line: I see the magazines working that Photoshop/We know that shit ain’t real, come on now, make it stop/If you got beauty beauty just raise ’em up/’Cause every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top
28. “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift
Pick-Me-Up Line: ‘Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play/And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate/Baby, I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake/I shake it off, I shake it off
29. “Rise Up” by Andra
Pick-Me-Up Line: And I’ll rise up/I’ll rise like the day/I’ll rise up/I’ll rise unafraid/I’ll rise up/And I’ll do it a thousand times again
30. “Unstoppable” by Sia
Pick-Me-Up Line: I’m invincible/Yeah, I win every single game/I’m so powerful/I don’t need batteries to play/I’m so confident, yeah, I’m unstoppable today
31. “Can’t Be Tamed” by Miley Cyrus
Pick-Me-Up Line: Well I’m not a trick you play/I’m wired a different way/I’m not a mistake/I’m not a fake/It’s set in my DNA/Don’t change me
32. “You Don’t Own Me” (ft. G-Eazy) by Grace
Pick-Me-Up Line: You don’t own me/Don’t try to change me in any way/You don’t own me/Don’t tie me down ’cause I’d never stay
33. “Praying” by Kesha
Pick-Me-Up Line: I’m proud of who I am/No more monsters, I can breathe again/And you said that I was done/Well, you were wrong and now the best is yet to come/’Cause I can make it on my own, oh
34. “Skyscraper” by Demi Lovato
Pick-Me-Up Line: Go on and try to tear me down/I will be rising from the ground/Like a skyscraper, like a skyscraper
35. “Rise” by Katy Perry
Pick-Me-Up Line: I won’t just survive/Oh, you will see me thrive/Can’t write my story/I’m beyond the archetype/I won’t just conform/No matter how you shake my core/’Cause my roots, they run deep, oh
36. “Fight Song” by Rachel Platten
Pick-Me-Up Line: Starting right now I’ll be strong/I’ll play my fight song/And I don’t really care if nobody else believes/’Cause I’ve still got a lot of fight left in me
37. “Warrior” by Demi Lovato
Pick-Me-Up Line: I’ve got shame, I’ve got scars/That I will never show/I’m a survivor/In more ways than you know
38. “This Is Me” by Keala Settle
Pick-Me-Up Line: When the sharpest words wanna cut me down/I’m gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out/I am brave, I am bruised/I am who I’m meant to be, this is me
39. “The Climb” by Miley Cyrus
Pick-Me-Up Line: I may not know it/But these are the moments that/I’m going to remember most yeah/Just got to keep going
40. “Issues” by Julia Michaels
Pick-Me-Up Line: ‘Cause I got issues/But you got ’em too/So give ’em all to me/And I’ll give mine to you/Bask in the glory/Of all our problems/’Cause we got the kind of love/It takes to solve ’em
41. “How Far I’ll Go” by Alessia Cara
Pick-Me-Up Line: See the line where the sky meets the sea? It calls me/And no one knows, how far it goes/If the wind in my sail on the sea stays behind me/One day I’ll know, how far I’ll go
42. “Fighter” by Christina Aguilera
Pick-Me-Up Line: Made me learn a little bit faster/Made my skin a little bit thicker/Makes me that much smarter/So thanks for making me a fighter
43. “Confident” by Demi Lovato
Pick-Me-Up Line: I used to hold my freak back/Now I’m letting go/I make my own choice/Bitch, I run this show
44. “Born This Way” by Lady Gaga
Pick-Me-Up Line: Don’t be a drag, just be a queen/Whether you’re broke or evergreen/You’re black, white, beige, chola descent/You’re Lebanese, you’re Orient/Whether life’s disabilities/Left you outcast, bullied, or teased/Rejoice and love yourself today/’Cause baby you were born this way/No matter gay, straight, or bi/Lesbian, transgendered life/I’m on the right track baby/I was born to survive
45. “Love Myself” by Hailee Steinfeld
Pick-Me-Up Line: I’m gonna put my body first/And love me so hard ’til it hurts/I know how to scream out the words/Scream the words
46. “I Love Me” by Demi Lovato
Pick-Me-Up Line: I’m my own worst critic/Talk a whole lot of shit/But I’m a ten out of ten/Even when I forget
47. “The Champion” by Carrie Underwood
Pick-Me-Up Line: I am invincible, unbreakable/Unstoppable, unshakeable/They knock me down, I get up again/I am the champion
48. “I’m a Mess” by Bebe Rexha
Pick-Me-Up Line: He don’t love me, he don’t love me/But that’s okay/’Cause I love me, yeah, I love me/Yeah, I love me
49. “S.L.U.T.” by Bea Miller
Pick-Me-Up Line: If you don’t like what I’m wearing/Well, you’re only bothered ’cause you’re staring/And you’ll never talk me into caring/’Cause it’s my own and I’ll keep owning it
50. “Truth Hurts” by Lizzo
Pick-Me-Up Line: Hey, I’m glad you’re back with your bitch/I mean who would wanna hide this?/I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever be your side chick
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