Singer Katy Perry strongly criticized the White House on Saturday for using her song "Firework" without her authorization as background music in a TikTok video depicting U.S. bombings during the war in Iran.

"I am deeply appalled and outraged to see that 'Firework' was used on the @WhiteHouse TikTok account as background music for a video of military strikes. I did not authorize this, I was not consulted, and I do not approve of it at all," the artist wrote on X.

The performer condemned the eight-second video published on Thursday by the White House on TikTok, which shows U.S. bombings in Iran accompanied by the line "Boom, boom, boom, even brighter than the Moon" from her 2010 single.

"Iran was warned," the White House wrote in the post, which as of Saturday morning still featured Perry's music alongside a fireworks emoji.

The artist rejected this use of her work, arguing that she wrote "this song to be an anthem of hope, healing, and inner strength for people going through their darkest personal moments."

"Seeing a message of self-esteem and empowerment instrumentalized as a soundtrack for destruction and violence is an absolute violation of everything my song stands for. My music is meant to bring people together, not to celebrate war," she stated.

Perry's complaint adds to those of other artists who have criticized President Donald Trump or his political campaign team for using their music without authorization, including ABBA, Beyoncé, Céline Dion, and Sabrina Carpenter—the latter having called it "evil and disgusting" when her song "Juno" was used in a video regarding immigration raids.

The video featuring the song "Firework" depicted one of the U.S. military strikes amid the escalation of the war with Iran after Trump terminated the memorandum of understanding he signed in June for a ceasefire.