Pop star Katy Perry called out the White House over one of her songs, and the administration has now answered with another. Days after Perry condemned the use of her hit "Firework" in a TikTok video about US strikes on Iran, the White House posted a new clip set to her 2012 track "Part of Me," intercutting scenes from the song's military-themed music video—which features Perry wearing military fatigues and training with the US Marine Corps— with images of President Trump, troops, and fighter jets, the CBC reports.
Captioned "Now look at me," a lyric from the song, the video was also shared by Trump aide Kaelan Dorr, who tagged Perry. Dorr previously mocked Perry in a post on X on Saturday, sharing a clip from the "Part of Me" video and asking, "This you?" Perry, who said she was "deeply appalled and angry" over the first video, has not commented on the latest one.
- "I did not approve this, I was not asked, and I absolutely do not condone it," Perry wrote on X on Saturday. 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. My music is for bringing people together, not celebrating warfare."
Other artists, including Ariana Grande and Bruce Springsteen, have similarly objected to their music being used. But Perry may not be able to stop the White House from using her music, CTV News reports. In 2023, she sold her music rights to Litmus Music for a rumored $225 million, including "stakes in master recordings and publishing rights for the five albums she released between 2008 and 2020," Variety reported at the time.
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