Katy Perry slams White House over ‘Firework’ use in Iran strike TikTook – | Music News

Katy Perry has criticized the White House after considered one of her greatest hits was featured in a TikTook video selling violent army action against Iran.

The global celebrity took to social media on Saturday, July 25, to specific her fury over the unauthorized use of her music, condemning the message of “celebrating warfare” that the Trump administration had employed it to convey. Katy posted on X, “I am deeply appalled and angry to see ‘Firework’ used on the @WhiteHouse TikTok account as a backing track for video footage of military strikes. I did not approve this, I was not asked, and I absolutely do not condone it.”

“I wrote this song to be an anthem of hope, healing, and inner strength for people going through their darkest personal moments. To see a message of self-worth and upliftment weaponized to soundtrack destruction and violence is a complete violation of everything my song stands for,” the 41-12 months-previous artist said, stories the Mirror US.

“My music is for bringing people together, not celebrating warfare,” she concluded.

The TikTook shared by the official White House account on Thursday, July 23, used Katy’s 2010 monitor over a compilation of footage exhibiting huge explosions and bombs detonating, accompanied by the caption “Iran has been warned.”

Supporters of Katy shortly responded to her publish, expressing solidarity along with her outrage. One consumer posted on X, “You know what I do Katy, and I know it will only lift your spirits a tiny bit. But I just think about how someone convinced him YMCA was the theme tune to walk out to…….. Seriously though, sue his rotting orange a–.”

Another really helpful, “Your legal team or Capitol Records can file a standard Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice directly to TikTok. TikTok almost always acts immediately on high-profile celebrity takedown requests to shield itself from corporate liability.”

A 3rd said, “Let’s go burn the white house down mother…. they can’t do this to you.”

Meanwhile, TikTook customers criticized the video itself, with one commenting, “Our country is a joke. This account is a disgrace. War is not something to be celebrated.” A second remarked, “This is such a inhumane thing to do I hope she sues yall.”

A 3rd wrote, “Why can’t we have a normal administration? Like a respectable administration. How embarrassing.”

A fourth noticed, “This country lacks any decorum or humanity, its f—— shameful.”

A fifth said, “People are dying because of this war. American people included. And you’re posting it to party tunes like it’s all a big joke. Vile.”

The White House has not yet eliminated the publish and has not addressed the pop star’s public criticism.