Katy Perry Outraged: Her Anthem Used in Explosive White House Video

Katy Perry has condemned the White House after it used her hit song 'Firework 'in a social media video showing military strikes. On July 23, the White House's official TikTok account shared a clip featuring footage of missiles exploding while the 41-year-old's 2010 anthem played in the background. The clip was timed to the lyrics "boom, boom, boom" as explosions appeared on screen and carried the caption: "Iran has been warned." Katy Perry has slammed the White House after it used her hit song 'Firework 'in a social media video showing military strikes. Credit: Jared C. Tilton - FIFA / Getty Two days later, Perry addressed the video in a post on X , writing: "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." The pop songstress went on to explain why the video's use of the song was especially upsetting. "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," Perry continued. "My music is for bringing people together, not celebrating warfare." She joins a growing list of artists Perry is far from the first musician to publicly object to the administration using their music in official social media posts. Last month, Ariana Grande criticized the White House after it uploaded a TikTok promoting its immigration crackdown featuring footage of ICE officers making arrests set to her song 'Bye'. The video was captioned: "Bye-bye �� President Trump has delivered the most secure border in history." Grande responded in the comments: "Please do not ever use my music in relation to this barbaric, inhumane, heinous nonsense. f*** ice," Variety reported. Although her comment later disappeared from public view, representatives confirmed to the publication that she had posted it. The audio was later removed from the TikTok. Following Grande's criticism, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson defended the administration's use of the song. "We'll say this one last time: what's actually barbaric, inhumane, and heinous are the criminal illegal aliens who have injured and murdered innocent American citizens," Jackson said in a statement shared with Variety. The response also appeared to reference Grande's song 'One Last Time'. Ariana Grande told the White House not to use her music in relation to ICE anymore. Credit: SAVERIO MARFIA / Getty Kesha, Olivia Rodrigo and Sabrina Carpenter have also spoken out Earlier this year, Kesha blasted the White House after her song 'Blow' was used in a TikTok featuring a fighter jet firing a missile. "It's come to my attention that the White House has used one of my songs on TikTok to incite violence and threaten war," she wrote on Instagram Stories. "Trying to make light of war is disgusting and inhumane." White House Communications Director Steven Cheung responded on X by writing: "All these 'singers' keep falling for this. This just gives us more attention and more view counts to our videos because people want to see what they're b***hing about." Olivia Rodrigo also hit out at the administration after her song 'All-American B***h' was used in a video encouraging undocumented migrants to "self-deport." "Don't ever use my songs to promote your racist, hateful propaganda," she wrote. Sabrina Carpenter later called out officials after her track 'Juno' appeared in another ICE-related video, posting: "This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda." Featured image credit: Marleen Moise / Getty