katy perry criticizing the president donald trumpThe administration highlighted a video after her hit song “Firework” was featured in a video on the White House’s official TikTok account. Ongoing US military attacks in Iran.
“I am horrified and angry to see ‘Firework’ used as the backing track to video footage of military attacks on the @whitehouse TikTok account,” the 41-year-old singer said. written through x On Saturday, July 25. “I didn’t approve of it, I wasn’t asked to, and I don’t accept it at all.”
He continued, “I wrote this song to be an anthem of hope, healing, and inner strength for those who are going through their darkest personal moments. To see a message of self-worth and upliftment as a weapon for destruction and violence is a complete violation of everything my song stands for. My music is meant to bring people together, not to celebrate war.”
On Thursday, July 24, the White House shared declassified footage of US air strikes on Iran’s military infrastructure. The video, which shows the missile attacks in black and white, is set to Perry’s songs, focusing on her lyrics “Boom Boom” and “Brighter than the Moon”. (Perry sold the rights to his music A reported $225 million in 2023.)
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“Iran has been warned,” the White House captioned the video. When asked to comment on Perry’s claim that she was not consulted about the use of her song in the video, a White House spokesperson said We To A video shared via X Previous music videos have featured Perry as an American soldier.
@white House Iran has been warned. 🎆
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Trump, 80, and his administration are facing increasing scrutiny over the unpopular decision to go to war with Iran – according to a July Washington Post-ISOS pole68 percent of Americans say the war in Iran is not worth fighting. Despite the tremendous power of the American army, Iran has been successful in this closing the strait of hormuzA major route for various goods, due to gas prices and this Cost of other essential items to skyrocket.
To date, Trump has Claimed at least 32 times That the war was ending, nearing its end or over, yet according to their Department of Defense the conflict continues with no end in sight Requests additional $67 billion In supplementary funding.
Perry, for her part, is the latest in a growing list of artists and entertainers to condemn Trump and his White House for using their art without express permission.
“Please don’t ever use my music in connection with this barbaric, inhumane, heinous shit. Fck [f***] snow,” Ariana Grande Wrote in direct response to a pro-immigration enforcement video shared by the White House in June, which shows her son saying “goodbye.” The 33-year-old singer’s spokesperson confirmed this We In fact, after Grande wrote the comment, the White House removed the audio from the controversial video.
singer Kesha She also criticized Trump and the White House for using her song “Blow” in another pro-war TikTok video ahead of the conflict in Iran.
“It has come to my attention that the White House has used one of my sons on TikTok to incite violence and threaten war,” he wrote in March. “Trying to make light of war is disgusting and inhumane. I do not condone my music being used to promote violence of any kind.”
White House Communications Director, steven cheungresponded to Kesha at the time, claiming the artist was simply “falling for it.”
“It gives us more attention to our videos and more view counts because people want to see what they’re complaining about,” Cheung claimed before using Trump’s signed social media sign-off. “Thank you for your attention to this matter.”