Katy Perry ’s free-spirited “Lifetimes” video, filmed in Ibiza and throughout Spain’s Balearic Islands, is under investigation for potential environmental damage. A press release issued by the Balearic Islands’ Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Natural Environment on Tuesday, August 13, states that the production company behind the clip “had not requested authorization” for filming. The document also claims the environmental body has received “numerous information” about “alleged violations” committed by the production company while filming at the protected sand dunes of S’Espalmador.
Us Weekly has reached out to Perry’s team for comment. The video, released on August 8, was directed by Stillz, a Colombian-American photographer and film director whose real name is Matias Vasquez . “In no case had the production company requested authorization from the Ministry to carry out the filming, and that is why preliminary investigation actions have been initiated,” the press release read.
It also clarified that unauthorized filming is not a “crime against the environment” but rather an infringement. The carefree video stars Perry, 39, who is seen heading on a ferry to the party island of Ibiza. The mom-of-one, who shares daughter Daisy Dove, 3, with fiancé Orlando Bloom , frolics on the sandy banks of a beach, likely to be the privately owned island of S’Espalmador, in a bikini before she reaches her fun-fuelled destination.
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