The company responsible for filming the clip for a song by Katy Perry in Spain was the subject of an investigation last year after being filmed in a protected area. The company quickly settled the fine that was finally imposed on them.
The production company behind the video clip of the Katy Perry Lifetimes song was sentenced to a fine for having filmed without authorization in a protected area.
The Spanish authorities opened an investigation into the set in July 2024 after certain sequences were filmed in the dunes of the Elopalmador island, a preserved area located in the Salines National Park, on the Balearic Islands.
A year later, the investigators confirmed that the production company had not obtained the necessary authorizations from the Ministry of the Environment, Agriculture and Balearic Fishing for shooting. According to Majorca Daily Bulletin, the group was sentenced to a fine of 6,001 euros.
Although the offense was deemed “serious”, civil servants did not impose any additional sanctions because no lasting damage was discovered in the area and the company quickly settled the fine.
Societies refer the ball
In the Lifetimes clip, Katy Perry appears on bikini beaches and cliffs and takes advantage of parties in nighttime places in Ibiza and Formentera. At the announcement of the Spanish survey in the press, a spokesperson for the singer’s label, Capitol Records, insisted that they thought they had the necessary authorizations to film on the beach.
“The local production company assured us that all the permits necessary for the production of the video were in good standing,” he insisted at the time with The Independent. “We have learned since a license was under treatment, although we have received verbal authorization to move forward.” The representatives also said that they had respected “all the rules associated with filming in this area” and had “the greatest respect for this place and the officials responsible for protecting it”.