Katy Perry bursts into the White House Don’t use my music to support “destruction and violence”
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Katy Perry just exploded President Trumpfor using his 2010 hit song, “Firework,” in a social media video showing missile attacks by the U.S. government.
Katy shared the fiery tweet on Saturday morning in response to the TikTok below – she said she was “deeply appalled and angry” to see the popular song as a back track for compiling video footage of military strikes.
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She added: “I did not approve of this, I was not asked to do this and I absolutely do not condone this.”
Katy even explained what the song was about, describing it as “an anthem of hope, healing, and inner strength for people going through their darkest personal moments.”
She continued: “To see a message of self-esteem and uplift used as a weapon of destruction and violence on a soundtrack is a complete violation of everything my song stands for. My music is meant to bring people together, not celebrate war.”
As you can see, the White House video included several clips of the military attacking an unknown location and setting it on fire earlier this week, without context.
This is not the first time the current administrator has been criticized for using pop songs to coincide with videos of military destruction.
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Earlier this year, Kesha let her anger be known when she called the government for using his song “Blow” in a TikTok showing fighter jets and images of military strikes with the caption “Lethality.”
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She called the video “disgusting and inhumane” and said she did not approve of it in any way.
And you might remember, Sabrina Charpentier Also slammed a White House video portraying ICE arrests with his song “Juno” in December 2025 as “evil and disgusting.”
We’ve reached out to the White House…so far, no response.
