I am deeply appalled and angry to see โFireworkโ used on the @WhiteHouse TikTok account as a backing track for video footage of military strikes. I did not approve this, I was not asked, and I absolutely do not condone it.
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.
Listening to Watch It Burn and reading the lyrics, but thinking it's actually about Capitol Records instead of about Orlando, makes the song even more interesting.
โThe One That Got Awayโ by Katy Perry gained 3,722,254 streams on Spotify yesterday, its biggest day ever!
It also rose at #11 (+2) on the Spotify Global Charts ๐