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Posted on 07/01/2026 11:22:36 AM PDT by DFG
A promotional clip for pop star Katy Perry’s latest music video is raising eyebrows for juxtaposing lyrics about “watch[ing] it burn” with the backdrop of a church, which some on social media are connecting to the ongoing problem of church arsons across Canada, where Perry’s current boyfriend Justin Trudeau was Prime Minister.
On June 25 Perry released her latest single and music video, “Watch It Burn,” reportedly a sort of treatise on moving forward from trauma, symbolized by setting a city ablaze. In a TikTok clip promoting the song highlighted by journalist Harrison Faulkner, Perry is sitting in a church pew while singing the chorus, “Tonight’s the night I light a match / Throw it hard behind my back / Gonna try to forgive and forget / Light a cigarette and watch it burn.”
Elle, which published the full lyrics for review, reports that Perry says the song is about “wrestling with my darkness,” particularly her “pretty tough” last year. “I have not given myself permission to be angry my whole life over things where I should be f***ing angry about. What I’ve done is I pushed it down, but I should be f***ing angry. I’m allowed to be angry for a f***ing moment.” Elle adds that the song is speculated, though not confirmed, to be at least partly about her broken engagement with actor Orlando Bloom.
The lyrics do not mention or allude to religion, and the video does not depict religion as a target of her ire, but there is religious imagery. In the beginning, she is rushed to an emergency room where a priest in a hazmat suit appears to be giving last rites. Later, she rampages through a city street, setting fire to a magazine stand prominently featuring a Bloom lookalike on one of the covers and causing some other light destruction before collapsing in the entrance to a church, where the video ends with Perry being picked up and dropped into a baptismal pool.
Whatever Perry’s intentions may have been, Faulkner noted that “When Justin Trudeau was Prime Minister over 100 churches in Canada were burned or vandalized,” suggesting the juxtaposition of church and burning was in bad taste given what’s been going on in the real world. Perry and Trudeau have publicly been in a relationship since July 2025. “I am very in love,” Perry said according to Us Weekly.
“132 Christian churches across Canada have been vandalized, burned to the ground, or desecrated” since the announced discovery of unmarked graves near a residential school in Kamloops, British Columbia, Juno News reports, “and to this day, there has been NO national inquiry called to address this national crisis.”
Last November, Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Kelly Block introduced Private Members Bill C-255, which would increase penalties for criminals convicted of mischief directed at places of worship.
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The Liberals have been burning Canada for many years
“Katy Perry has an estimated net worth of $340 million to $400 million. She is one of the highest-paid entertainers in the world, building her wealth through a highly successful music career, lucrative television appearances, brand endorsements, and business ventures.” Relax Katy, you’re doing ok.
I MUCH prefer Miranda Lambert’s ‘Kerosene.’ Katy’s ripping her off!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB7ONnfIjaI
Birds of a feather, flock together
Spew it all up, Katy. Your time in the sun is just about over, if not already.
Yeah, when you want to make a statement song, exploit something appearing to be a Catholic church for the background, actors dressed like Catholic priests, and sings FBombs in that same church. The devil knows who his greatest enemy on earth is.
She has suffered from clinical depression and anxiety since around 2017. Was hurt by a “backlash” due to her space flight last year and lower sales and reviews for a long time.
She said once along with “pray away the gay” therapy from her church when growing up as she felt same sex attraction, she also was late in body development, she thought.
“I used to pray and pray every night, don’t leave me this way, so flat and being embarrassed. I can’t face life like this.”
One year she suddenly developed her above average figure.
“When I prayed I never thought God would bless me that much.
From nothing to when I lay down onto the bed too fast they would slap against my ears on both sides.”
How true.
Katy is an ugly whore.
Madonna went down this road long ago.
Her parents must be so proud.
It’s a scorpion tail.
Her boobs slap against both ears? Ears must be lower than normal
Sure did.
*That will be stored in my mind for when I can bring that up in a conversation with a gal.
Ditto. Without auto-tuner she’d be a like a finder down the chalkboard sound (pretty close now).
Skank.
Ha. Best of luck to you.
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