{"id":17317,"date":"2026-07-26T01:30:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T20:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=17317"},"modified":"2026-07-26T01:30:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T20:30:55","slug":"katy-perry-slams-white-house-military-strikes-video-using-firework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=17317","title":{"rendered":"Katy Perry Slams White House Military Strikes Video Using &#8216;Firework&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/katy-perry\/\" id=\"auto-tag_katy-perry_1\" data-tag=\"katy-perry\">Katy Perry<\/a> is speaking out after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/white-house\/\" id=\"auto-tag_white-house_1\" data-tag=\"white-house\">White House<\/a>\u2018s official TikTok account used her song \u201cFirework\u201d in a video showing footage of military strikes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tPosted Thursday, the video used lyrics from Perry\u2019s 2010 hit \u201cFirework,\u201d from her Grammy-nominated album <em>Teenage Dream<\/em>, including \u201cboom, boom, boom,\u201d over clips of bombs exploding. The video\u2019s caption read: \u201cIran has been warned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe singer took to X on Saturday morning to share her reaction: \u201cI am deeply appalled and angry to see \u2018Firework\u2019 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cI wrote this song to be an anthem of hope, healing, and inner strength for people going through their darkest personal moments,\u201d she continued. \u201cTo see a message of self-worth and upliftment weaponized to soundtrack destruction and violence is a complete violation of everything my song stands for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tPerry concluded her statement: \u201cMy music is for bringing people together, not celebrating warfare.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am deeply appalled and angry to see \u201cFirework\u201d used on the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WhiteHouse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@WhiteHouse<\/a> 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. <\/p>\n<p>I wrote this song to be an anthem of hope, healing, and\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KATY PERRY (@katyperry) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/katyperry\/status\/2081032309508047136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">July 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe singer joins a list of artists who have called out the Trump administration\u2019s use of their music in political videos, including Ariana Grande, Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Rodrigo, Celine Dion, Kenny Loggins and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tEarlier this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/politics-news\/kesha-slams-white-house-song-tiktok-donald-trump-blow-1236520074\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/politics-news\/kesha-slams-white-house-song-tiktok-donald-trump-blow-1236520074\/\">Kesha condemned the White House<\/a> using her song \u201cBlow\u201d on TikTok featuring fighter jets in the sky with the caption, \u201cLethality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s come to my attention that the White House has used one of my songs on TikTok to incite violence and threaten war,\u201d she wrote on Instagram and X in March. \u201cTrying to make light of war is disgusting and inhumane. I absolutely do NOT approve of my music being used to promote violence of any kind.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katy Perry is speaking out after the White House\u2018s official TikTok account used her song \u201cFirework\u201d in a video showing footage of military strikes. Posted Thursday, the video used lyrics from Perry\u2019s 2010 hit \u201cFirework,\u201d from her Grammy-nominated album Teenage Dream, including \u201cboom, boom, boom,\u201d over clips of bombs exploding. 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