Controversy surrounding Katy Perry’s music video: did the artist violate any regulations?

The best music videos of all time include Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies” and Madonna’s “Vogue.” In both cases, the singers rely not only on singing, but also on sophisticated choreography, which is often repeated and contains several characteristic gestures that make it easy to recognize the song, even without background music. Beyoncé’s left hand, turned to the beat of the music and pointing to her ring finger, has become a clear message to men who are putting off proposing to their beloved. “If you’re happy, you should put a ring here,” argues the singer, who, together with two dancers, performs complex choreography that even Justin Timberlake tried to replicate, unsuccessfully.

Difficult-to-recreate steps and ascetic black-and-white settings are also characteristic elements of Madonna’s 1990 music video for the song “Vogue.” In the boldly danced fragments, the queen of pop appears in a black suit and, in soft shots, looks directly into the camera lens, using her hands to trace a frame around her face. This gesture will be repeated in the coming decades by photographers and models participating in jewelry and advertising campaigns. The clip was filmed in 16 hours, and the dancers invited to the casting were so engaged in their roles that they managed to get the whole club to perform together, which convinced the singer to hire them for the video without thinking twice.

The aesthetics of the music video for Katy Perry’s latest song, “Lifetimes,” have nothing to do with asceticism. The singer runs carefree along the beaches of Ibiza and Formentera, sunbathes on a yacht, and travels around the island hugging the back of a speeding motorcyclist. What sparked the interest of the Spanish authorities in the colorful frames of the Christmas music video, and did the artist comply with the necessary formalities to film in the local dunes, which are under ecological protection?

Always ask permission

– This is your best song!; You look great!; The Queen is back! – was written in the comments of the post in which Katy Perry announced the premiere of her second music video this summer. In addition to the artist’s delighted fans, nature defenders also spoke out who did not like the presence of the 39-year-old in an ecologically protected area. – The dunes of Formentera are a protected area. This also applies to artists who must respect Nature!; Value the places you visit and always ask for permission to visit; You could have filmed the music video on any other beach, and not in a place that was not intended for that purpose – it was written.