On Friday I got 36 spam calls with an identical A.I. voicemail about health insurance. But I just discovered that one of them didn't play the auto-voicemail, and I shit you not, I got to hear several men in a call center having a spirited discussion about Toy Story 3.
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. 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.