Following the disastrous rollout of her recent single, “Woman’s World,” Katy Perry appears to have found herself in more hot water, this time for the unauthorized filming of her new music video, “Lifetimes,” on Spain’s Balearic Islands.
According to a translated statement from the regional government’s environmental department, an investigation has been opened after the production company responsible for the music video didn’t request the necessary authorization to film at the protected dunes at Ses Salines Natural Park.
Other parts of the music video showing Perry on various beaches, at clubs, and dancing through cities were filmed in different parts of the region, but the interior of the dune system of s’Espalmador is an especially fragile ecosystem the Balearic government describes as holding “great ecological value.”
Meanwhile, following the response to “Woman’s World,” Perry pivoted to claim that the effort was intended as satire. Her forthcoming album, 143, was created in collaboration with controversial producer Dr. Luke, and is expected to arrive on September 20th.