the video for perry’s new single lifetimes features images of the singer/songwriter frolicking on beaches, riding boats and motorcycles, and dancing in clubs on the island of ibiza and its smaller neighbour fomentera, both known for their raucous nightlife.
a website for the park calls it “an example of the richness of mediterranean biodiversity,” adding: “formentera’s vegetation is characterized by the prevalence of coastal pine and juniper groves, as well as the vegetation surrounding the lagoons, dune systems and cliffs, with a predominance of endemic communities of marine fennel. the abundance of communities typical of mobile and semi-mobile dunes is another noteworthy feature.”
while filming is not prohibited in the park, it does require prior authorization , as do research projects, scuba diving and building fires.
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in a press release translated from spanish, the local ministry of agriculture, fisheries and the natural environment stated “that in no case had the production company requested authorization from the regional ministry to carry out the filming, and that is why preliminary investigations have been initiated.”
a review of the lifetimes in business insider was equally blunt: “the song, which has eight cowriters, is generally unremarkable and noticeably repetitive. when perry sings, ‘i’m gonna love you ’til the end and then repeat it,’ she isn’t kidding. lifetimes is essentially the same five lines repeated ad nauseam for three minutes and 12 seconds.”