Praying launched her incredibly well-received comeback; helping her to net a US No1 album with Rainbow and now, two Grammy Awards nominations. Before she sings it at the New York ceremony, she said on Twitter: “when i wrote praying, with ben abraham and ryan lewis, i just felt as if i had gotten a huge […]
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Kesha gave the most powerful performance of Grammy night with ‘Praying’
Kevin Winter/Getty Images for NARAS Kesha performed “Praying” at the 2018 Grammy Awards Sunday night on CBS. It was the most powerful performance of the night. The song was written after her career stalled when she accused her producer Dr. Luke of sexual assault. She returned in 2017, and her album “Rainbow” charted at No. […]
Kesha Relishes Being a “Motherfucking Woman” in New Track and Video
Kesha has released “Woman,” the second single from her upcoming album, and while it’s less (seemingly) specifically topical than “Praying,” it bears a similar harnessing of pop’s potential for explosive feminist revelation. As in “Praying,” Kesha again vocally lets loose, bolstered by horns that slink through the song then rejoice in bursts. These come via the […]
Kesha Announces New Album, Releases Track About Her Last Few Years
Kesha has released her first solo effort since 2013, a gap borne of tumultuous years of lawsuits and court appearances in the ongoing attempt to free herself and her art from the label that belonged to Dr. Luke, the superproducer the musician accused of raping her and holding her career hostage. In the interim, Kesha […]
Kesha is done making internet trolls her ‘higher power’
“Over the past couple years, I feel like I’ve become a woman in a lot of ways,” said Kesha during her SXSW 2017 panel, “because I’m reclaiming my personal space, my body, my confidence, my music, my life.” To say this period has been hard for Kesha, the musician behind hits like “Tik Tok” and […]
“I’m a Motherfucking Woman Who Can Be Every Single One of Those Things”: Kesha on Internet Self-Care, Activism, and Feminism
AUSTIN, TX: “I’ve never done like a talking… thing,” laughed Kesha at the beginning of her SXSW panel Tuesday afternoon, going on to explain that while she’s done talk shows and interviews and the like, she’s rarely sat down for as long a conversation as the one she was participating in that day. But it’s […]
