Katy Perry has criticised the White House after it used her hit song Firework in a TikTok video featuring footage of US military strikes on Iran, saying she was never asked for permission and condemning what she described as the use of a song written to inspire hope alongside footage of military action.
The singer said she was 'deeply appalled and angry' after the official White House TikTok account posted the video, which paired footage of the strikes with Firework and the caption, 'Iran has been warned.' Perry said she neither approved nor supported the video's use of the song, arguing that it contradicted the message she intended when writing it.
