Katy Perry Denounces White House Use of 2010 'Fireworks' in Iran Strike Video

3 articles · Updated · USA TODAY · Jul 25

July 25 brought Perry’s sharpest response yet: she said she was “deeply appalled and angry” that the White House used “Fireworks” without permission in a TikTok tied to U.S. strikes on Iran.
The July 23 video paired the lyric “boom boom boom” with footage of military action and the caption “Iran has been warned,” which Perry said twisted a song about “hope, healing, and inner strength” into a celebration of violence.
Kaelan Dorr, a deputy assistant to President Trump, answered by posting a clip from Perry’s 2012 “Part of Me” video showing her in military boot camp and writing, “This you?”
The post came as U.S. Central Command confirmed a 13th consecutive night of strikes on Iran, while Trump kept defending the campaign despite a 214-208 House vote to end the war and a 49-47 Senate vote backing him.
Perry joins Ariana Grande, Kesha, Olivia Rodrigo, Sabrina Carpenter and Nancy Sinatra in publicly objecting to White House or Trump social-media use of their music.