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Katy Perry ‘deeply appalled’ over White House using her song in Iran war video

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The Guardian reports that Katy Perry has condemned the Trump White House for using her song Firework without permission in a TikTok video of US military strikes on Iran. The post, which played her music over footage of a missile striking an Iranian naval ship and carried the caption 'Iran has been warned,' amassed over six million views. Perry says she never approved the use of her music.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/26/katy-perr...

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