Katy Perry has responded after the White House included her popular track “Firework” in a video without receiving her approval.

The 41 year old singer addressed the situation on social media Saturday, July 25, criticizing the Trump administration for placing her 2010 anthem over footage of military attacks in a White House TikTok upload. Earlier in the week, the official White House account posted a clip matching Perry’s “boom, boom, boom” lyrics with black and white bombing scenes. Its caption read, “Iran has been warned.”

“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,” Perry wrote on X. “I did not approve this, I was not asked, and I absolutely do not condone it.”

She added, “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 ended her message by stating, “My music is for bringing people together, not celebrating warfare.”

Originally issued as the third single from Perry’s 2010 record Teenage Dream, “Firework” grew into one of her biggest songs and held the No. 1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 for four separate weeks.

Perry joins many other musicians who have objected to the Trump administration using their work without consent in political content and during campaign events.

Ariana Grande condemned the White House in June after her 2024 track “Bye” appeared in a TikTok promoting arrests carried out by ICE agents. Kesha also spoke against the Trump administration earlier this year when her song “Blow” was added without permission to a TikTok showing fighter jets and military attacks under the caption “Lethality.”