Katy Perry is talking out after the White Home used her hit track “Firework” with out her permission.
The 41-year-old pop star took to social media on Saturday (July 25) to sentence the Trump administration for that includes the 2010 anthem in a White Home TikTok publish exhibiting footage of army strikes. Earlier this week, the White Home’s official TikTok account shared a video that synchronized Perry’s “increase, increase, increase” lyrics with black-and-white footage of bombing. The publish was captioned, “Iran has been warned.”
“I’m deeply appalled and offended to see ‘Firework’ used on the @WhiteHouse TikTok account as a backing monitor for video footage of army strikes,” Perry wrote on X. “I didn’t approve this, I used to be not requested, and I completely don’t condone it.”
She continued, “I wrote this track to be an anthem of hope, therapeutic, and internal energy for folks going via their darkest private moments. To see a message of self-worth and upliftment weaponized to soundtrack destruction and violence is a whole violation of the whole lot my track stands for.”
Perry concluded her assertion by writing, “My music is for bringing folks collectively, not celebrating warfare.”
Launched because the third single from Perry’s 2010 album Teenage Dream, “Firework” turned one of many singer’s standout hits, spending 4 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Scorching 100.
Perry is amongst dozens of artists who’ve criticized the Trump administration over the unauthorized use of their music in political movies and at marketing campaign rallies.
In June, Ariana Grande blasted the White Home for utilizing her 2024 track “Bye” in a TikTok video selling ICE brokers making arrests. Earlier this 12 months, Kesha additionally criticized the Trump administration after her track “Blow” was used with out authorization in a TikTok that includes fighter jets and army strike footage captioned “Lethality.”
Try Perry’s publish on X under.
