{"id":69258,"date":"2026-07-25T20:16:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T20:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/25\/katy-perry-slams-white-house-over-firework-in-military-strikes-video\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T20:16:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T20:16:28","slug":"katy-perry-slams-white-house-over-firework-in-military-strikes-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/25\/katy-perry-slams-white-house-over-firework-in-military-strikes-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Katy Perry Slams White House Over &#8216;Firework&#8217; in Military Strikes Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;My music is for bringing people together, not celebrating warfare,&#8221; singer wrote Saturday in response to post<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/katy-perry\/\" id=\"auto-tag_katy-perry\" data-tag=\"katy-perry\">Katy Perry<\/a> slammed the Trump administration after the White House\u2019s TikTok account used her hit \u201cFirework\u201d on a video of military strikes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cI am deeply appalled and angry to see \u201cFirework\u201d used on the White House TikTok account as a backing track for video footage of military strikes,\u201d the singer wrote on X. \u201cI did not approve this, I was not asked, and I absolutely do not condone it.\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 \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe offending 9-second TikTok, posted two days ago by the White House account, shows \u201cunclassified\u201d video of U.S.-fired missiles hitting port targets in Iran as Perry sings \u201cBoom, boom, boom \/ Even brighter than the moon.\u201d \u201cIran has been warned,\u201d the caption read.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"\/>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\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 Perry continued in her tweet Saturday. \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 \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tPerry is the latest pop star to decry the White House social media team\u2019s unauthorized use of their music, joining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/olivia-rodrigo-slams-ice-using-song-hateful-propaganda-1235462106\/\">the likes of Olivia Rodrigo<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/white-house-sabrina-carpenter-snl-ice-video-1235479504\/\">Sabrina Carpenter<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe White House TikTok appears to be seeking out music by artists who strongly dislike Trump in their endless pursuit of shitposting; earlier this month, the White Stripes\u2019 \u201cSeven Nation Army\u201d \u2014 written by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/jack-white-donald-trump-oval-office-1235409948\/\">avowed Trump critic<\/a> Jack White \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@whitehouse\/video\/7663173231901232398?lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">soundtracked a different White House TikTok<\/a> about military action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cMy music is for bringing people together, not celebrating warfare,\u201d Perry wrote Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/katy-perry-white-house-firework-military-strikes-tiktok-1235598831\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;My music is for bringing people together, not celebrating warfare,&#8221; 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