Katy Perry is speaking out after the White House‘s official TikTok account used her song “Firework” in a video showing footage of military strikes.
Posted Thursday, the video used lyrics from Perry’s 2010 hit “Firework,” from her Grammy-nominated album Teenage Dream, including “boom, boom, boom,” over clips of bombs exploding. The video’s caption read: “Iran has been warned.”
The singer took to X on Saturday morning to share her reaction: “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,” she continued. “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.”
Perry concluded her statement: “My music is for bringing people together, not celebrating warfare.”
