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Katy Perry performs at the Kia Forum last July in Inglewood, California. (Monica Schipper\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

Pop star Katy Perry slammed the White House on Saturday for using one of her songs, \u201cFirework,\u201d in a TikTok video about U.S. military strikes in Iran.<\/p>

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The short video<\/a>, which the White House posted to its official TikTok account on Thursday, included footage of bombs going off in Iran with the caption: \u201cIran has been warned.\u201d Explosions in the video were timed to the part of \u201cFirework\u201d when Perry sings, \u201cBoom, boom, boom.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perry said she was \u201cdeeply appalled and angry\u201d to see that her 2010 hit song was being \u201cweaponized\u201d as a backing track for a video about destruction and violence in Iran. \u201cI did not approve this, I was not asked, and I absolutely do not condone it,\u201d she wrote on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Perry added that she had written \u201cFirework\u201d as \u201can anthem of hope, healing, and inner strength\u201d and that the White House\u2019s use of the song in its TikTok was \u201ca complete violation\u201d of what it stood for.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy music is for bringing people together, not celebrating warfare,\u201d Perry wrote.<\/p>\n

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment Saturday. In her post Saturday, Perry did not indicate whether she would pursue legal action to force the White House to take down the video.<\/p>

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Since February, President Donald Trump and his administration have been mired in an unpopular war against Iran<\/a> that he cannot seem to end. At least 18 U.S. service members have been killed<\/a>, including four in recently renewed hostilities<\/a> after Trump declared earlier this month that a U.S.-Iran ceasefire was \u201cover.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perry is far from the first recording artist to demand their music not be used by Trump. In June, Ariana Grande blasted the White House for using her song, \u201cBye,\u201d in another TikTok showing Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detaining people.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease do not ever use my music in relation to this barbaric, inhumane, heinous nonsense,\u201d she wrote in a comment beneath the video, adding an expletive.<\/p>\n

Sabrina Carpenter<\/a>, Olivia Rodrigo<\/a> and the rock band Semisonic<\/a> have also recently rebuked the Trump administration for using their songs in official videos promoting ICE.<\/p>

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