Kesha#Awards and nominations

Kesha Rose Sebert was born on March 1, 1987, in Los Angeles.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kesha-mn0000080358/biography|title=Kesha {{!}} Biography & History|work=AllMusic|access-date=June 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627024010/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kesha-mn0000080358/biography|archive-date=June 27, 2020|url-status=live}}{{cite book|last1=Hatschek|first1=Keith|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zKVoDwAAQBAJ&q=kesha%2520march%25201987&pg=PA167|title=Historical Dictionary of the American Music Industry|last2=Wells|first2=Veronica A.|date=September 15, 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-5381-1144-4|pages=167|language=en|access-date=November 14, 2020|archive-date=March 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301023352/https://books.google.com/books?id=zKVoDwAAQBAJ&q=kesha%2520march%25201987&pg=PA167|url-status=live}} Her mother, Rosemary Patricia "Pebe" Sebert, is a singer-songwriter who co-wrote the 1978 single "Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You"{{cite magazine|first=Brittany|last=Spanos|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/kesha-rainbow-album-battle-cry-of-many-colors-w496733|title=Kesha's Battle Cry of Many Colors|magazine=Rolling Stone|page=53|date=August 24, 2017|number=1294|access-date=November 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104041817/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/kesha-rainbow-album-battle-cry-of-many-colors-w496733|archive-date=November 4, 2017|url-status=live}} with Hugh Moffatt for Joe Sun, made popular by country music artist Dolly Parton on her 1980 album Dolly, Dolly, Dolly. Pebe, a single mother, struggled financially while supporting herself, Kesha, and Kesha's older brother Lagan; they relied on welfare payments and food stamps to get by.{{cite news|first=Elizabeth|last=Day|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/nov/29/kesha-interview-elizabeth-day|title=She's a walking, talking living dollar|date=November 29, 2010|access-date=November 29, 2010|newspaper=The Guardian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017211648/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/nov/29/kesha-interview-elizabeth-day|archive-date=October 17, 2013|url-status=live}} When Kesha was an infant, Pebe would often have to look after her onstage while performing.{{cite web|first=Nick|last=Axelrod|url=http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/kesha-sebert-hard-candy-2248492|title=Kesha Sebert: Hard Candy|work=Women's Wear Daily|publisher=Fairchild Fashion Group|date=August 26, 2009|access-date=October 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091217194159/http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/kesha-sebert-hard-candy-2248492/|archive-date=December 17, 2009|url-status=live}} Kesha says she has no knowledge of her father's identity. In 2011, a man named Bob Chamberlain who called himself her father approached Star with pictures and letters, claiming they proved that he and Kesha had been in regular contact as father and daughter before she turned 19.{{cite web|first=Jennifer|last=Still|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a299462/keha-dad-she-lied-about-knowing-me.html|title=Ke$ha dad: 'She lied about knowing me'|work=Digital Spy|date=January 21, 2011|access-date=September 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509021557/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a299462/keha-dad-she-lied-about-knowing-me.html|archive-date=May 9, 2013|url-status=dead}} Her mother is mostly of Hungarian descent.{{cite web|first=Rachel|last=Brodsky|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2303977/kesha-vinny-guadagnino-interview/|title=Ke$ha Once Snuck Into Prince's House & 5 Other Fascinating Things We Learned From Her Interview With Vinny Guadagnino (Video)|work=MTV|date=April 15, 2013|access-date=October 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119221608/http://www.mtv.com/news/2303977/kesha-vinny-guadagnino-interview/|archive-date=November 19, 2015|url-status=dead}} One of Kesha's great-grandfathers was Polish.{{cite web|url=http://muzyka.wp.pl/interviewId,557100,page,2,title,Potrafie-imprezowac-naprawde-mocno-rozmowa-z-Kesha,wywiad.html?ticaid=1a22b|title=Potrafię imprezować naprawdę mocno" (rozmowa z Keshą)|work=Wirtualna Polska|language=pl|trans-title=I Can Really Party (Interview with Kesha)|date=January 15, 2010|access-date=July 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017052458/http://muzyka.wp.pl/interviewId,557100,page,2,title,Potrafie-imprezowac-naprawde-mocno-rozmowa-z-Kesha,wywiad.html?ticaid=1a22b|archive-date=October 17, 2013|url-status=dead}}

Pebe moved the family to Nashville in 1991 after securing a new publishing deal for her songwriting. She frequently brought Kesha and her brothers along to recording studios and encouraged Kesha to sing after noticing Kesha do so. Kesha attended Franklin High School and Brentwood High School, and said she did not fit in, explaining that her unconventional style (such as homemade purple velvet pants and purple hair) did not endear her to other students.{{cite magazine|first=Tanner|last=Stransky|url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/01/21/kesha-quotes/|title=Ke$ha tells us all kinds of awesome, crazy stuff: 'Have I made out with chicks? Hell yeah.'|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=January 21, 2010|access-date=May 31, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613055000/http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/01/21/kesha-quotes/|archive-date=June 13, 2011|url-status=dead}} She played the trumpet and later the saxophone in the school marching band, and has said she was a diligent student.

She dropped out of school at 17 after Max Martin convinced her to return to Los Angeles to pursue a music career and earned her General Educational Development (GED) after.{{cite web|first=Sophie|last=Barnett|url=http://www.mtv.com.au/news/586564b8-mtv-meets-kesha/|title=MTV Fashion File: Kesha|work=MTV|date=March 24, 2010|access-date=April 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329021152/http://www.mtv.com.au/news/586564b8-mtv-meets-kesha/|archive-date=March 29, 2010|url-status=dead}} In a 2024 interview, Kesha contradicted past statements, saying that she never earned her GED.{{cite magazine|first=Mathias|last=Rosenzweig|url=https://vmagazine.com/article/catching-up-with-professor-kesha/|title=Catching Up With Professor Kesha|magazine=V Magazine|date=February 17, 2024|access-date=February 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218012033/https://vmagazine.com/article/catching-up-with-professor-kesha/|archive-date=February 18, 2024|url-status=live}} After attaining a near-perfect score on her SAT, she was offered a scholarship to Barnard College, an affiliate college of Columbia University, but decided to pursue her music career.{{cite web|first=Stephen|last=Marche|url=http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a17125/kesha-warrior-album-review-14817446/|title=Kesha Warrior Album Review|work=Esquire|date=December 4, 2012|access-date=January 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225185823/http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a17125/kesha-warrior-album-review-14817446/|archive-date=February 25, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|first=Leah|last=Greenblatt|url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/09/07/kesha-high-school-band-camp/|title=Kesha before the $: See the high school footage unearthed on YouTube|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=September 7, 2010|access-date=January 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110116033001/http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/09/07/kesha-high-school-band-camp/|archive-date=January 16, 2011|url-status=dead}}

In addition to taking songwriting classes, Kesha was also taught how to write songs by Pebe, and they often wrote together when she returned home from high school.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122610692|title=Superstar Kesha Tops Charts|work=NPR|date=January 16, 2010|access-date=January 29, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020121831/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122610692|archive-date=October 20, 2011|url-status=live}} Kesha began recording demos, which Pebe gave to people she knew in the music business.{{cite magazine|first=Roxanne|last=Rubell|url=http://www.venicemag.com/news/index/view/155|title=Untamed|magazine=Venice Magazine|date=February 2010|access-date=July 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324134226/http://www.venicemag.com/news/index/view/155|archive-date=March 24, 2012|url-status=dead}} Kesha was also in a band with Lagan. Kesha and Pebe co-wrote the song "Stephen" when Kesha was 16. Kesha then tracked down David Gamson, a producer she admired from Scritti Politti, who agreed to produce the song. Around this time, Pebe answered an advertisement from the American reality TV series The Simple Life looking for an "eccentric" family to host Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie. The episode featuring the Sebert family aired in 2005.{{cite episode|title=Wedding Planner|series=The Simple Life|series-link=The Simple Life|network=Fox|airdate=May 12, 2005|season=3|number=15}} Martin had received one of Kesha's demos from Samantha Cox, senior director of writer/publisher relations at Broadcast Music Incorporated, and was impressed. Billboard described two of the demos in a cover story, the first as "a gorgeously sung, self-penned country ballad" and the second as "a gobsmackingly awful trip-hop track" where Kesha raps ad lib for a minute after running out of lyrics. It was the latter track that attracted attention.

{{See also|List of awards and nominations received by Kesha}}

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In 2005, at age 18, Kesha was signed to the music publishing company Prescription Songs.{{cite magazine|first=Bill|last=Werde|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/959321/keha-the-billboard-cover-story|title=Kesha: The Billboard Cover Story|magazine=Billboard|date=February 19, 2010|access-date=February 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217083143/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/959321/keha-the-billboard-cover-story|archive-date=February 17, 2013|url-status=live}} Kesha later sang background vocals for Paris Hilton's single, "Nothing in This World".{{cite magazine|first=Joseph|last=Lynch|url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/12/11/kesha-tik-tok-interview/|title=Kesha: A Music Mix Q&A|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=December 11, 2009|access-date=December 12, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114104956/http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/12/11/kesha-tik-tok-interview/|archive-date=January 14, 2010|url-status=dead}} Kesha then signed with David Sonenberg's management company, DAS Communications Inc., in 2006. DAS was tasked with obtaining a major label record deal for Kesha in a year's time in exchange for 20 percent of her music income, with her having the option of ending the relationship if they failed. She worked with several writers and producers while at the company and ended up co-writing Australian pop group the Veronicas' single "This Love" with producer Toby Gad.{{cite web|first=Hussein|last=Moses|url=http://www.mtv.co.nz/news/3348a757-kesha-hearts-nz/|title=Kesha Hearts NZ!|work=MTV|date=December 9, 2009|access-date=October 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719193708/http://www.mtv.co.nz/news/3348a757-kesha-hearts-nz/|archive-date=July 19, 2011|url-status=dead}} While furthering her career in the studio, Kesha earned her living as a waitress. While struggling to get by, she began stylizing her name as 'Ke$ha', explaining the dollar sign as an ironic gesture.{{cite web|first=Jane|last=Stevenson|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/K/Kesha/2010/01/19/12529526-qmi.html|title=Pop sensation Ke$ha gutsy, fearless|publisher=QMI Agency|access-date=December 30, 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719144251/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/K/Kesha/2010/01/19/12529526-qmi.html|archive-date=July 19, 2012|url-status=dead}}

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In 2008, Kesha appeared in the video for her friend Katy Perry's single "I Kissed a Girl", and sang background vocals for Britney Spears' "Lace and Leather".{{cite web|first=Matt|last=Sullivan|url=http://www.esquire.com/the-side/qa/kesha-pics-081309|title=Kesha and the Not-Quite-72 Virgins in Her Own Personal Heaven|work=Esquire|date=August 13, 2009|access-date=October 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101115181103/http://www.esquire.com/the-side/qa/kesha-pics-081309|archive-date=November 15, 2010|url-status=dead}} DAS soon attracted the attention of songwriter and A&R Kara DioGuardi, who wanted to sign Kesha to Warner Bros. Records. The deal fell through due to her existing contract with Kemosabe. Kesha parted ways with DAS and returned to Dr. Luke. Kesha would appear on rapper Flo Rida's number-one single "Right Round" in early 2009, which exposed her to some mainstream attention.{{cite magazine|first=Sandra|last=Gordon|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/266593/breaking-entering-keha|title=Breaking & Entering: Kesha|magazine=Billboard|date=November 25, 2009|access-date=November 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524110532/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/266593/breaking-entering-keha|archive-date=May 24, 2013|url-status=live}}

According to the parties present, the collaboration happened by accident; she had simply walked into a recording session for the song and Flo Rida happened to have wanted a female voice on it.{{cite web|first=Nicke|last=Levine|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/interviews/a186156/keha.html|title=Interview – Kesha|work=Digital Spy|date=November 13, 2009|access-date=November 13, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091115070542/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/interviews/a186156/keha.html|archive-date=November 15, 2009|url-status=live}} It was reported that Flo Rida liked the result so much that he recorded one more track with Kesha for his album.{{cite magazine|first=Alysia|last=Mazzella|url=http://www.21-7magazine.com/issue_archive_3/kesha.html|title=Kesha: Crazy, Sexy & Too Fuckin' Cool|magazine=21–7 Magazine|date=March 9, 2009|access-date=November 9, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222050223/http://www.21-7magazine.com/issue_archive_3/kesha.html|archive-date=February 22, 2011|url-status=dead}} However, she is not credited for her feature on the United States release of "Right Round" and did not collect any money for the part. She also refused to appear in the video, explaining to men's magazine Esquire that she wanted to make a name for herself on her own terms.

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After failing to negotiate with Lava Records and Atlantic Records in 2009, Kesha signed a multi-album deal with RCA Records. Having spent the previous 6 years working on material for her debut album,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.seventeen.com/fun-stuff/17-buzz/kesha-interview|title=Meet 'Tik Tok' Singer Ke$ha|magazine=Seventeen|date=January 11, 2010|access-date=January 16, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116060459/http://www.seventeen.com/fun-stuff/17-buzz/kesha-interview|archive-date=January 16, 2010|url-status=dead}} she began putting finishing touches to the album. For the album, she wrote approximately 200 songs. It was certified Platinum in the United States and had sold two million albums worldwide by September of that year.{{cite web|url=http://www.columbia.co.uk/releases/2085/|title=Ke$ha Animal + Cannibal - Special Edition - Album|work=Columbia Records UK|date=January 31, 2011|access-date=September 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123045753/http://www.columbia.co.uk/releases/2085/|archive-date=January 23, 2013|url-status=dead}} The album's lead single, "Tik Tok", broke the record in the United States for the highest sales week for a single, with 610,000 digital downloads sold in a single week, the highest ever by a female artist since digital download tracking began in 2003.{{cite magazine|first=Silvio|last=Pietroluongo|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/news/e3id839769e9efdcc3a016054e8f40e084f|title=Ke$ha Sets Female Download Record|magazine=Billboard|date=December 30, 2009|access-date=March 3, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525184203/https://www.webcitation.org/65txdaC4f?url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/news/e3id839769e9efdcc3a016054e8f40e084f|archive-date=May 25, 2024|url-status=dead}}

It spent nine weeks at number one in the country and became the longest running number-one by a female artist on her debut single since Debby Boone and "You Light Up My Life" in 1977.{{cite magazine|first=Daniel|last=Kreps|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ke-has-tik-tok-continues-record-breaking-run-20100212|title=Tik Tok continues record-breaking run|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=February 12, 2010|access-date=February 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109023205/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ke-has-tik-tok-continues-record-breaking-run-20100212|archive-date=November 9, 2017|url-status=live}} As of 2019, "Tik Tok" has sold about 14 million copies worldwide,{{cite magazine|first=Steven|last=Horowitz|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474664/kehas-warrior-the-billboard-cover-story |title=Ke$ha's 'Warrior': The Billboard Cover Story|magazine=Billboard|date=September 14, 2009|access-date=February 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618231620/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474664/kehas-warrior-the-billboard-cover-story|url-status=live|archive-date=June 18, 2020}} becoming the best-selling single in digital history and the best-selling digital single in history by a female solo artist.{{cite web|first=Paul|last=Grein|url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-aug-19-2012-songs-swift-set-203143800.html|title=Week Ending Aug. 19, 2012. Songs: Swift Makes Digital History|publisher=Yahoo! Music|date=August 22, 2012|access-date=August 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825014317/http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-aug-19-2012-songs-swift-set-203143800.html|archive-date=August 25, 2012|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110106006565/en/Nielsen-Company-Billboard%E2%80%99s-2010-Music-Industry-Report|title=The Nielsen Company & Billboard's 2010 Music Industry Report|work=Nielsen Company & Billboard|publisher=Business Wire|date=January 6, 2011|access-date=September 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501095035/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110106006565/en/Nielsen-Company-Billboard%E2%80%99s-2010-Music-Industry-Report|archive-date=May 1, 2011|url-status=dead}} Subsequent singles from the album ("Blah Blah Blah", "Your Love Is My Drug" and "Take It Off") achieved similar commercial success, each reaching the top ten in Australia,{{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Ke$ha+feat.+3OH!3&titel=Blah+Blah+Blah&cat=s|title=Ke$ha feat. 3OH!3 – Blah Blah Blah|work=ARIA Top 50 Singles|access-date=February 2, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241126202647/https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Ke$ha+feat.+3OH!3&titel=Blah+Blah+Blah&cat=s|archive-date=November 26, 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Ke$ha&titel=Your+Love+Is+My+Drug&cat=s|title=Ke$ha – Your Love Is My Drug|work=ARIA Top 50 Singles|access-date=February 2, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130170205/https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Ke$ha&titel=Your+Love+Is+My+Drug&cat=s|archive-date=November 30, 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Ke$ha&titel=Take+It+Off&cat=s|title=Ke$ha – Take It Ofd|work=ARIA Top 50 Singles|access-date=February 2, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250126203456/https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Ke$ha&titel=Take+It+Off&cat=s|archive-date=January 26, 2025|url-status=live}} Canada,{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/kesha/chart-history/ctf/|title=Kesha Chart History (Canada CHR/Top 40)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 2, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012115836/https://www.billboard.com/artist/kesha/chart-history/ctf/|archive-date=October 12, 2023|url-status=dead}} and the United States.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/kesha/chart-history/hsi/|title=Kesha Chart History Billboard Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 2, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241201091302/https://www.billboard.com/artist/kesha/chart-history/hsi/|archive-date=December 1, 2024|url-status=live}} Kesha was also featured on two top ten singles by musician Taio Cruz and electropop duo 3OH!3.{{cite web|first=Mesfin|last=Fekadu|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20100630/us-music-keha/|title=Kesha wants to be more than pop's party girl|work=HuffPost|date=June 30, 2010|access-date=February 2, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714151613/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20100630/us-music-keha/|archive-date=July 14, 2010|url-status=live}}

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Kesha's deliberately unpolished aesthetic and juvenile stage persona, which she described as her own personality "times ten", quickly made her a deeply polarizing figure. Some of her critics found her output to be unsophisticated, while others felt that she was manufactured and lacked credibility.{{cite web|first=Dana|last=Venerable|url=http://thedartmouth.com/2010/03/01/arts/kesha|title=Ke$ha album lacks variety, novelty|work=The Dartmouth|date=March 1, 2010|access-date=September 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202025454/http://thedartmouth.com/2010/03/01/arts/kesha|archive-date=February 2, 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|first=Dan|last=Cairns|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7048552.ece|title=Kesha demands a pinch of respect and mirth|work=Times Newspapers Ltd.|date=March 7, 2010|access-date=March 11, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615200408/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7048552.ece|archive-date=June 15, 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|first=Priya|last=Elan|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/mar/20/kesha-tik-tok-manufactured-pop|title=Tik Tok: Ke$ha's time in the spotlight may already be running out|newspaper=The Guardian|date=March 20, 2010|access-date=August 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105000730/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/mar/20/kesha-tik-tok-manufactured-pop|archive-date=November 5, 2013|url-status=live}} In May 2010, Kesha's former managers from DAS Communications Inc. filed a lawsuit against her, seeking $14 million from her for commissions on her RCA Records deal, alleging that she had extended the deadline for them to get her a major record label contract and squeezed them out of her career.{{cite web|first=Jennifer|last=Peltz|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/29/keha-sued-by-former-manag_n_594331.html|title=Ke$ha Sued By Former Managers|work=HuffPost|date=May 28, 2010|access-date=February 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041532/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/29/keha-sued-by-former-manag_n_594331.html|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead}}

Kesha launched her own lawsuit in October, citing the California-exclusive Talent Agencies Act and asking the California Labor Commissioner to declare her contract with DAS void because it had acted as an unlicensed talent agent while procuring work for her in California, where only licensed agents can do so.{{cite magazine|first=Matthew|last=Bellon|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/955292/keha-blasts-former-manager-in-legal-dispute|title=Ke$ha Blasts Former Manager in Legal Dispute|magazine=Billboard|date=October 5, 2010|access-date=November 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330052904/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/955292/keha-blasts-former-manager-in-legal-dispute|archive-date=March 30, 2013|url-status=live}} The case was settled in 2012 before the release of her second album.{{cite web|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/ke-ha-settles-lawsuit-with-former-managers/10335839|title=Ke$ha Settles Lawsuit With Former Managers|work=Artist Direct|date=December 11, 2012|access-date=February 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213121140/http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/ke-ha-settles-lawsuit-with-former-managers/10335839|archive-date=December 13, 2012|url-status=dead}} Kesha held a benefit concert on June 16, 2010, where all proceeds went to aid victims of the 2010 Tennessee floods in her hometown Nashville.{{cite web|url=http://www.keshasparty.com/us/news/keha-announces-nashville-flood-benefit-concert|title=Kesha Announces Nashville Flood Benefit Concert|publisher=Sony Music Entertainment|date=June 17, 2010|access-date=June 23, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007170920/http://www.keshasparty.com/us/news/keha-announces-nashville-flood-benefit-concert|archive-date=October 7, 2010|url-status=dead}} She raised close to $70,000 from the event.{{cite web|first=Michelle|last=Castillo|url=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38565388/ns/today-entertainment/|title=Kesha – from band geek to life of the party|work=MSNBC|date=August 12, 2010|access-date=August 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100816124220/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38565388/ns/today-entertainment|archive-date=August 16, 2010|url-status=dead}} She was a supporting act on the summer North American leg of Rihanna's Last Girl on Earth and was awarded Best New Act at the 2010 MTV Europe Music Awards.{{cite magazine|first=Mariel|last=Concepcion|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/958717/rihanna-announces-tour-with-nicki-minaj-keha|title=Rihanna Announces Tour With Nicki Minaj, Kesha|magazine=Billboard|date=April 6, 2010|access-date=June 26, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524110634/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/958717/rihanna-announces-tour-with-nicki-minaj-keha|archive-date=May 24, 2013|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=James|last=Montgomery|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1651714/20101107/story.jhtml|title=Ke$ha Says EMA Is 'The First Thing I've Ever Won'|work=MTV|date=November 8, 2010|access-date=December 7, 2010|archive-date=December 11, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101211194828/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1651714/20101107/story.jhtml|url-status=dead}}

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In November 2010, Animal was re-released with a companion extended play, Cannibal.{{cite web|first=James|last=Montgomery|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1649918/20101013/kesha_.jhtml|title=Kesha To Return With Cannibal On November 22. Animal companion will feature eight new songs|work=MTV|date=October 13, 2010|access-date=October 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101016074427/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1649918/20101013/kesha_.jhtml|archive-date=October 16, 2010|url-status=dead}} The lead single taken from Cannibal, "We R Who We R", debuted at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States.{{cite magazine|first=Leah|last=Greenblatt|url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/11/03/kesha-we-r-who-we-r-billboard-hot-100/|title=Ke$ha's 'We R Who We R' debuts at No. 1 on 'Billboard' Hot 100|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=November 3, 2010|access-date=November 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101207003254/http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/11/03/kesha-we-r-who-we-r-billboard-hot-100/|archive-date=December 7, 2010|url-status=dead}} With two number ones and four top ten hits (among them her featured spot on 3OH!3's "My First Kiss") Kesha was named Hot 100 Artist of 2010 by Billboard magazine, with "Tik Tok" ranked as the best-performing song of the year in the US.{{cite magazine|first=Mikael|last=Wood|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/949453/keha-billboards-qa-with-the-hot-100-artist-of-the-year|title=Ke$ha: Billboard's Q&A with the Hot 100 Artist of the Year|magazine=Billboard|date=December 10, 2010|access-date=August 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402175422/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/949453/keha-billboards-qa-with-the-hot-100-artist-of-the-year|archive-date=April 2, 2013|url-status=live}} The follow-up single from Cannibal, "Blow", also charted in the top ten on the Hot 100. By June 2011, Kesha had sold almost 21 million digital single downloads in the United States alone.{{cite magazine|first=Chris|last=Molanphy|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/introducing-the-queen-of-pop-20110629?page=3|title=Introducing the Queen of Pop|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=June 29, 2011|access-date=July 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404073105/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/introducing-the-queen-of-pop-20110629?page=3|archive-date=April 4, 2018|url-status=live}}

In February 2011, Kesha embarked on her first headlining world tour, the Get Sleazy Tour.{{cite magazine|first=Megan|last=Vick|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/photos/live/951389/keha-to-get-sleazy-on-first-headlining-tour|title=Kesha to 'Get Sleazy' on First Headlining Tour|magazine=Billboard|date=November 9, 2010|access-date=November 27, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523020310/http://www.billboard.com/articles/photos/live/951389/keha-to-get-sleazy-on-first-headlining-tour|archive-date=May 23, 2013|url-status=live}} The tour was expanded with a summer leg due to the first leg selling out and spanned three continents.{{cite web|first=James|last=Montgomery|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1661235/kesha-get-sleazy-tour.jhtml|title=Kesha Extends Get Sleazy Tour 'I'm pulling out an ass-ton more glitter with blue lipstick to spare,' singer says of added North American dates|work=MTV|date=April 4, 2011|access-date=April 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406075152/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1661235/kesha-get-sleazy-tour.jhtml|archive-date=April 6, 2011|url-status=dead}} Kesha co-wrote the song "Till the World Ends" for American popstar Britney Spears and was featured on the remix of the song along with rapper Nicki Minaj.{{cite web|first=James|last=Dinh|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1662570/britney-spears-kesha-nicki-minaj-til-the-world-ends-remix.jhtml|title=Britney Spears, Nicki Minaj And Ke$ha 'Till The World Ends' Remix Leaks|work=MTV|date=April 22, 2011|access-date=April 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425021300/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1662570/britney-spears-kesha-nicki-minaj-til-the-world-ends-remix.jhtml|archive-date=April 25, 2011|url-status=dead}} After meeting Kesha at the 2010 Grammy Awards and guesting at a number of her concerts, rock singer Alice Cooper asked her to write lyrics for and vocally perform as a devil character on their duet track, "What Baby Wants", on Cooper's album Welcome 2 My Nightmare (2011).{{cite news|first=Paul|last=Lester|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/oct/06/alice-cooper-kesha|title=Ke$ha: 'You don't tell Alice Cooper what to do'|newspaper=The Guardian|date=October 6, 2011|access-date=November 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306170102/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/oct/06/alice-cooper-kesha|archive-date=March 6, 2016|url-status=live}}

Kesha was named rights group Humane Society of the United States's first global ambassador for animal rights, for which she is expected to bring attention to such practices as cosmetics testing on animals and shark finning.{{cite web|first=Caroline|last=Walker|url=http://act.mtv.com/posts/kesha-goes-global-for-the-animals-as-humane-society-ambassador/|title=Ke$ha Goes Global For The Animals as Humane Society Ambassador|work=MTV|date=October 10, 2011|access-date=November 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529121158/http://act.mtv.com/posts/kesha-goes-global-for-the-animals-as-humane-society-ambassador/|archive-date=May 29, 2012|url-status=dead}} Kesha received the Wyler Award presented by The Humane Society as a celebrity or public figure who increases awareness of animal issues via the media. She received the award March 23, 2013, at The 2013 Genesis Awards Benefit Gala.{{cite web|url=http://www.humanesociety.org/about/events/genesis_awards/wyler_award.html|title=Ke$ha Receives The Wyler Award : The Humane Society of the United States|work=Humane Society|access-date=September 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929034955/http://www.humanesociety.org/about/events/genesis_awards/wyler_award.html|archive-date=September 29, 2015|url-status=dead}} She appeared alongside rock singer Iggy Pop in a campaign for PETA, protesting the clubbing of baby seals in Canada and later wrote on behalf of the organization to McDonald's over the conditions of their slaughterhouses.{{cite web|first=Travis|last=Donovan|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/14/kesha-iggy-pop-peta-seal-hunt-canada_n_849257.html|title=Ke$ha, Iggy Pop Team Up With PETA To Fight Baby Seal Massacre In Canada (Photos/Graphic Video)|work=HuffPost|date=April 14, 2011|access-date=February 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403184518/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/14/kesha-iggy-pop-peta-seal-hunt-canada_n_849257.html|archive-date=April 3, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Becca|last=Frucht|url=http://act.mtv.com/posts/kesha-mcdonalds-peta-letter/|title=Exclusive Ke$ha & McDonald's Clash Over Animal Welfare|work=MTV|date=October 14, 2011|access-date=November 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606153157/http://act.mtv.com/posts/kesha-mcdonalds-peta-letter/|archive-date=June 6, 2012|url-status=dead}}

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Kesha's second studio album, Warrior, was released on November 30, 2012.{{cite magazine|first=Symphony|last=Barnes|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/keshas-warrior-album-songs-ranked/|title=Kesha's 'Warrior' at 10: Every Song Ranked From Worst to Best|magazine=Billboard|date=November 30, 2022|access-date=February 2, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207115615/https://www.billboard.com/lists/keshas-warrior-album-songs-ranked/|archive-date=February 7, 2023|url-status=live}} She began writing for the album while on her own headlining tour in 2011.{{cite news|first=Jon|last=Caramanica|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/23/arts/television/kesha-my-crazy-beautiful-life-a-documentary-on-mtv.html|title=A Star, Vital and Vulnerable|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 22, 2013|access-date=February 2, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411000811/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/23/arts/television/kesha-my-crazy-beautiful-life-a-documentary-on-mtv.html|archive-date=April 11, 2021|url-status=live}} The album featured productions from Max Martin, as well as a song by Wayne Coyne, the lead singer of the alternative band The Flaming Lips.{{cite web|first=Evan|last=Sawdey|url=https://www.popmatters.com/165932-keha-warrior-2495794493.html|title=Ke$ha: Warrior|work=PopMatters|date=December 2, 2012|access-date=February 2, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814031558/https://www.popmatters.com/165932-keha-warrior-2495794493.html|archive-date=August 14, 2024|url-status=live}} Coyne had reached out to Kesha for a collaboration after hearing that she was a fan of the band.{{cite web|first=Larry|last=Fitzmaurice|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/46048-wayne-coyne-talks-new-flaming-lips-album-working-with-keha-and-coldplay-blood/|title=Wayne Coyne Talks New Flaming Lips LP, Working With Ke$ha, Blood|work=Pitchfork|date=April 5, 2012|access-date=May 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528163729/http://pitchfork.com/news/46048-wayne-coyne-talks-new-flaming-lips-album-working-with-keha-and-coldplay-blood/|archive-date=May 28, 2012|url-status=dead}} Besides working on Kesha's album, they recorded the song "2012 (You Must Be Upgraded)" for the band's album, The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends (2012). To coincide with the release of the album, Kesha released the illustrated autobiography My Crazy Beautiful Life through Touchstone Books in November 2012. The first single taken from Warrior was "Die Young".{{cite web|first=Nicole|last=James|url=http://www.fuse.tv/2012/09/kesha-die-young-new-single|title=Ke$ha Announces New Single, "Die Young"|work=Fuse|date=September 6, 2012|access-date=September 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022145157/http://www.fuse.tv/2012/09/kesha-die-young-new-single|archive-date=October 22, 2012|url-status=live}} The song debuted at number thirteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and eventually peaked at number 2.{{cite magazine|first=Gary|last=Trust|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474594/psy-still-stuck-at-no-2-as-maroon-5-tops-hot-100|title=PSY Still Stuck At No. 2 as Maroon 5 Tops Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=October 17, 2012|access-date=October 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421014118/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474594/psy-still-stuck-at-no-2-as-maroon-5-tops-hot-100|archive-date=April 21, 2013|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|first=Gary|last=Trust|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474494/maroon-5-spend-one-more-week-atop-hot-100|title=Maroon 5 Spend 'One More' Week Atop Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=October 24, 2012|access-date=October 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515200924/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474494/maroon-5-spend-one-more-week-atop-hot-100|archive-date=May 15, 2019|url-status=dead}} The song also charted across Europe and the English-speaking world and reached the top ten in Australia, Canada, and Belgium.{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/10389e/Ke$ha-Die-Young|title=Ultratop.be – Ke$ha – Die Young|publisher=Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.|access-date=October 22, 2012|language=nl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103180921/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/10389e/Ke$ha-Die-Young|archive-date=January 3, 2015|url-status=live}}

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"C'Mon", the album's second single,{{cite web|first=Mickey|last=Woods|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/kehas-new-single-cmon-is-just|title=Ke$ha's New Single "C'Mon" Is Just What You Need To Cure Monday Blues|work=Glamour|date=January 7, 2013|access-date=February 2, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703004105/https://www.glamour.com/story/kehas-new-single-cmon-is-just|archive-date=July 3, 2022|url-status=live}} underperformed commercially, only peaking at number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 and ending her string of top ten hits on the chart. Despite this, "C'Mon" continued Kesha's streak of top ten hits (with nine) on the Mainstream Top 40 Pop Songs chart, also graphed by Billboard.{{cite magazine|first=Gary|last=Trust|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1481232/bruno-mars-marks-a-chart-first-with-hot-100-leader-heaven|title=Bruno Mars Marks a Chart First With Hot 100 Leader 'Heaven'|magazine=Billboard|date=December 26, 2012|access-date=December 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605100315/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1481232/bruno-mars-marks-a-chart-first-with-hot-100-leader-heaven|archive-date=June 5, 2021|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/ke$ha/chart-history/|title=Kesha Biography, Music & News|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 14, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127060528/https://www.billboard.com/artist/ke$ha/chart-history/|archive-date=November 27, 2024|url-status=live}} In July 2013, Kesha started the Warrior Tour, which would support the album. The North American leg was co-headlined with American rapper Pitbull.{{cite web|first=James|last=Montgomery|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1704191/kesha-pitbull-tour.jhtml|title=Ke$ha And Pitbull Team Up For North American Tour The unlikely duo — 'Kitbull?' — announce they're hitting the road together in May.|work=MTV|date=March 22, 2013|access-date=April 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324105100/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1704191/kesha-pitbull-tour.jhtml|archive-date=March 24, 2013|url-status=dead}} Kesha's third single from Warrior, "Crazy Kids", was released in April 2013 and also under-performed, peaking at number 40 on the Hot 100, number 19 on the Mainstream Top 40, yet did achieve massive success in South Korea and Belgium, peaking at numbers 2 and 5 in those countries, respectively. A TV documentary, Kesha: My Crazy Beautiful Life, began airing on MTV also in April 2013.{{cite web|first=James|last=Montgomery|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1700998/kesha-my-crazy-beautiful-life.jhtml|title=Ke$ha Brings 'My Crazy Beautiful Life' To MTV: Watch A Preview!|work=MTV|date=January 29, 2013|access-date=February 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022233732/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1700998/kesha-my-crazy-beautiful-life.jhtml|archive-date=October 22, 2013|url-status=dead}}

In July 2013, The Flaming Lips stated their intention of releasing a full-length collaborative album with Kesha, called Lipsha. However, the project eventually cancelled in the winter of the same year.{{cite magazine|first=Kyle|last=McGovern|url=https://www.spin.com/2013/04/flaming-lips-kesha-album-reddit-ama/|title=Wayne Coyne Confirms New Flaming Lips Album With Ke$ha|magazine=Spin|date=April 3, 2013|access-date=April 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712104357/http://www.spin.com/2013/04/flaming-lips-kesha-album-reddit-ama/|archive-date=July 12, 2015|url-status=live}} Kesha sent a message to a fan expressing how it was out of her control and that she wanted to release the material, even for free, saying that she did not care about the money.{{cite magazine|first=Eric|last=Spitznagel|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ke-ha-chats-vaginal-exorcism-and-dr-luke-controversy-20131024|title=Ke$ha Talks Vaginal Exorcism and Dr. Luke Controversy|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=October 24, 2013|access-date=February 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504000454/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ke-ha-chats-vaginal-exorcism-and-dr-luke-controversy-20131024|archive-date=May 4, 2018|url-status=live}} On October 7, 2013, Kesha and Pitbull released a collaboration, "Timber", which became an international commercial success and Kesha's third number-one and tenth top-ten single on the Billboard Hot 100.{{cite web|first=Mike|last=Wass|url=http://www.idolator.com/7486324/keha-and-pitbull-join-forces-on-future-classic-timber|title=Ke$ha And Pitbull Join Forces On Future Classic "Timber"|work=Idolator|date=September 26, 2013|access-date=February 11, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131201144953/http://www.idolator.com/7486324/keha-and-pitbull-join-forces-on-future-classic-timber|archive-date=December 1, 2013|url-status=dead}}

{{further|Kesha v. Dr. Luke}}File:Kesha Planes Fire & Rescue premiere July 2014 (cropped).jpgIn January 2014, Kesha checked into a rehabilitation center for bulimia nervosa and began to work on her third studio album. After rehab, she switched to using her birth name, Kesha, rather than her previous moniker, Ke$ha.{{cite web|first=Jordana|last=Ossad|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/518732/ke-ha-is-no-more-singer-drops-the-dollar-sign-and-changes-twitter-handle-after-leaving-rehab|title=Ke$ha Is No More, Singer Drops the Dollar Sign and Changes Twitter Handle After Leaving Rehab|work=E!|date=March 7, 2014|access-date=April 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414083824/http://www.eonline.com/news/518732/ke-ha-is-no-more-singer-drops-the-dollar-sign-and-changes-twitter-handle-after-leaving-rehab|archive-date=April 14, 2014|url-status=live}} In her 2014 Teen Vogue cover interview, Kesha revealed she recorded 14 new songs while in rehab.{{cite web|first=Lily|last=Harrison|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/554407/kesha-opens-up-about-eating-disorder-going-to-rehab-was-the-scariest-thing-i-ve-ever-done|title=Kesha Opens Up About Eating Disorder: Going to Rehab Was the "Scariest Thing" I've Ever Done|work=E!|date=June 25, 2014|access-date=February 2, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422161510/https://www.eonline.com/news/554407/kesha-opens-up-about-eating-disorder-going-to-rehab-was-the-scariest-thing-i-ve-ever-done|archive-date=April 22, 2024|url-status=live}} In June 2014, Kesha claimed a seat as an expert in the American television singing competition Rising Star, alongside Brad Paisley and Ludacris.{{cite web|first=Michael|last=O'Connell|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/abcs-rising-star-include-kesha-703680|title=ABC's 'Rising Star' to Include Kesha, Ludacris, Josh Groban and Brad Paisley|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=May 16, 2014|access-date=February 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325101241/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/abcs-rising-star-include-kesha-703680|archive-date=March 25, 2020|url-status=live}} In October 2014, Kesha sued producer Dr. Luke for sexual assault and battery, sexual harassment, gender violence, emotional abuse, and violation of California business practices which had occurred over 10 years working together. The lawsuit went on for nearly a year before Kesha sought a preliminary injunction to release her from Kemosabe Records. On February 19, 2016, New York Supreme Court Justice Shirley Kornreich ruled against this request.{{cite web|first=Barbara|last=Ross|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/kesha-sobs-judge-denies-sony-records-injunction-request-article-1.2537490|title=Kesha sobs as judge refuses to cancel contract with producer Dr. Luke who allegedly raped her in 2006|work=Daily News|date=February 20, 2016|access-date=February 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704142038/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/kesha-sobs-judge-denies-sony-records-injunction-request-article-1.2537490|archive-date=July 4, 2017|url-status=live}} On April 6, 2016, Kornreich dismissed the case, saying that even if the allegations of sexual assault were accepted as true, the five-year statute of limitations had run out on the two most specific rape allegations; one occurring in 2005 and the other in 2008.{{cite web|first=Jessica|last=Goldstein|url=http://thinkprogress.org/culture/2016/04/07/3767535/judge-dismisses-keshas-abuse-claims-every-rape-is-not-a-gender-motivated-hate-crime/|title=Judge Rejects All Of Kesha's Claims Against Dr. Luke|website=ThinkProgress|date=April 7, 2016|access-date=September 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412092319/http://thinkprogress.org/culture/2016/04/07/3767535/judge-dismisses-keshas-abuse-claims-every-rape-is-not-a-gender-motivated-hate-crime|archive-date=April 12, 2016|url-status=dead}}

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On August 4, 2015, Kesha signed with American performance rights organization SESAC Inc.{{cite web|url=https://www.sesac.com/News/News_Details.aspx?id=2260|title=SESAC Signs Kesha, Shawn Stockman, and Thin Lizzy/Phil Lynott Catalog|work=SESAC|date=August 4, 2015|access-date=December 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201215245/https://www.sesac.com/News/News_Details.aspx?id=2260|archive-date=December 1, 2016|url-status=live}} Kesha guest starred in the second season of the U.S. television series Jane the Virgin, which aired on October 12, 2015. The singer played Annabelle, the show's protagonist's hostile neighbor.{{cite web|url=http://www.tv3.ie/xpose/article/entertainment-news/178397/Kesha-gets-role-in-Jane-the-Virgin|title=Kesha gets role in 'Jane the Virgin'|publisher=xposé.ie|date=September 15, 2015|access-date=December 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803163437/http://www.tv3.ie/xpose/article/entertainment-news/178397/Kesha-gets-role-in-Jane-the-Virgin|archive-date=August 3, 2017|url-status=dead}} In December 2015, Kesha revealed that she had formed a country music and classic rock-influenced band called Yeast Infection and performed a live show with the band in Nashville on December 23.{{cite web|url=https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/kesha-levels-springwater-with-her-yeast-infection/article_1e738f96-b039-5b58-b3f9-99cc377e86f5.html|title=Kesha Levels Springwater With Her Yeast Infection|work=Nashville Scene|date=December 28, 2015|access-date=February 2, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112203638/https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/kesha-levels-springwater-with-her-yeast-infection/article_1e738f96-b039-5b58-b3f9-99cc377e86f5.html|archive-date=November 12, 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|first=Dayna|last=Evans|url=https://nymag.com/thecut/2015/12/kesha-yeast-infection-band.html|title=Let's Try to One-up Kesha's New Band Name|magazine=New York|date=December 24, 2015|access-date=December 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225053951/http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/12/kesha-yeast-infection-band.html|archive-date=December 25, 2015|url-status=live}}

Kesha appeared during Zedd's slot at the 2016 Coachella music festival to perform "True Colors", a track from Zedd's second studio album. The cameo marked her first high-profile public performance since her ongoing legal battle with Dr. Luke.{{cite magazine|first=Daniel|last=Kreps|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/see-kesha-perform-true-colors-with-zedd-at-coachella-20160417|title=See Kesha Perform 'True Colors' With Zedd at Coachella|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=April 17, 2016|access-date=April 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418174303/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/see-kesha-perform-true-colors-with-zedd-at-coachella-20160417|archive-date=April 18, 2016|url-status=live}} A studio version of the collaboration was released as a single on April 29, 2016.{{cite web|first=Emilee|last=Lindner|url=http://www.fuse.tv/2016/04/kesha-zedd-collaboration-instagram|title=Zedd Announces Joint Project with Kesha|work=Fuse|date=April 27, 2016|access-date=April 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127021204/http://www.fuse.tv/2016/04/kesha-zedd-collaboration-instagram|archive-date=January 27, 2017|url-status=dead}} On May 22, 2016, Kesha covered Bob Dylan's song "It Ain't Me Babe" at the 2016 Billboard Music Awards.{{cite magazine|first=Brittany|last=Spanos|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-kesha-cover-bob-dylans-it-aint-me-babe-at-billboard-music-awards-20160522|title=Watch Kesha Cover Bob Dylan's 'It Ain't Me Babe' at Billboard Music Awards|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=May 22, 2016|access-date=June 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620001509/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-kesha-cover-bob-dylans-it-aint-me-babe-at-billboard-music-awards-20160522|archive-date=June 20, 2016|url-status=live}} On June 11, 2016, Kesha performed at Pride in the Street in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Afterwards, Kesha embarked on her third worldwide concert tour, the Kesha and the Creepies: Fuck the World Tour (2016–2017). The tour commenced on July 23, 2016, in Las Vegas and ended on July 21, 2017, in Aurora, Illinois, after various shows in China as well. The tour included various covers of songs and several rock and country reworks of Kesha's own hit singles.{{cite web|first=Matthew|last=Strauss|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/66920-kesha-announces-kesha-and-the-creepies-the-fuck-the-world-tour/|title=Kesha Announces Kesha and The Creepies: The Fuck the World Tour|work=Pitchfork|date=July 19, 2016|access-date=February 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325101348/https://pitchfork.com/news/66920-kesha-announces-kesha-and-the-creepies-the-fuck-the-world-tour/|archive-date=March 25, 2020|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|first=Brittnany|last=Spanos|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kesha-announces-tour-creepy-new-music-project-w429856|title=Kesha Announces Tour, 'Creepy' New Music Project|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=July 19, 2016|access-date=December 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201211257/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kesha-announces-tour-creepy-new-music-project-w429856|archive-date=December 1, 2016|url-status=live}} During this time, it was revealed that Kesha had recorded 22 songs on her own and had given them to her label, and was in the process of recording a third studio album.{{cite web|first=Jackson|last=McHenry|url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/10/kesha-has-written-and-recorded-22-new-songs.html|title=Kesha Has Already Written and Recorded 22 New Songs That Are Just Waiting to Be Released; Dr. Luke Claims 'She Exiled Herself'|work=Vulture|date=October 26, 2016|access-date=December 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208110512/http://www.vulture.com/2016/10/kesha-has-written-and-recorded-22-new-songs.html|archive-date=December 8, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite news|first=Maeve|last=McDermott|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/10/26/kesha-wrote-22-song-album-dr-luke-new-york-times-profile/92765276/|title=Kesha wrote a 22-song album — and can't release it|newspaper=USA Today|date=October 26, 2016|access-date=December 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207232525/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/10/26/kesha-wrote-22-song-album-dr-luke-new-york-times-profile/92765276/|archive-date=December 7, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Alex|last=Ungerman|url=http://www.etonline.com/music/197883_kesha_sparks_taylor_swift_collaboration_rumors/|title=Kesha Sparks Taylor Swift Collaboration Rumors With Cryptic Photo – See What She Said!|work=Entertainment Tonight|date=September 13, 2016|access-date=December 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202170239/http://www.etonline.com/music/197883_kesha_sparks_taylor_swift_collaboration_rumors/|archive-date=December 2, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite news|first=Jess|last=Denham|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/taylor-swift-kesha-duet-collaborating-new-song-album-instagram-post-caption-release-date-a7239791.html|title=Taylor Swift and Kesha rumoured to be collaborating after mysterious Instagram post|newspaper=The Independent|date=September 13, 2016|access-date=December 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201213807/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/taylor-swift-kesha-duet-collaborating-new-song-album-instagram-post-caption-release-date-a7239791.html|archive-date=December 1, 2016|url-status=live}}

File:Kesha Billboard Music Awards 2018.png]]On July 6, 2017, Kesha released a single, titled "Praying".{{cite web|first=Zach|last=Johnson|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/865175/kesha-returns-with-praying-her-first-single-in-4-years|title=Kesha Returns With "Praying," Her First Single in 4 Years|work=E!|date=July 6, 2017|access-date=July 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706144347/http://www.eonline.com/news/865175/kesha-returns-with-praying-her-first-single-in-4-years|archive-date=July 6, 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|first=Althea|last=Legaspi|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kesha-previews-new-album-with-triumphant-song-praying-w491098|title=Kesha Previews First New Album in Five Years With Triumphant Song 'Praying'|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=July 6, 2017|access-date=July 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719192234/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kesha-previews-new-album-with-triumphant-song-praying-w491098|archive-date=July 19, 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|first=Gil|last=Kaufman|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/kesha-returns-praying-video-7857746/|title=Kesha Returns With Emotionally Charged Single 'Praying': Watch the Video|magazine=Billboard|date=July 6, 2017|access-date=February 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519173304/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/kesha-returns-praying-video-7857746/|archive-date=May 19, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|first=Dave|last=Quinn|url=https://people.com/music/kesha-debuts-song-praying-music-video/|title=Kesha Channels 'Feelings of Severe Hopelessness and Depression' into New Single, 'Praying'|magazine=People|date=July 6, 2017|access-date=February 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209022726/https://people.com/music/kesha-debuts-song-praying-music-video/|archive-date=February 9, 2019|url-status=live}} The single charted successfully at number 6 on the music charts of Australia, selling over 140,000 copies and being certified 2× Platinum in the country.{{cite web|first=Brian|last=Cantor|url=https://headlineplanet.com/home/2017/10/28/pinks-us-keshas-praying-reach-2x-platinum-australia-marshmello-khalid-platinum/|title=Pink's "What About Us," Kesha's "Praying" Reach 2× Platinum In Australia; Marshmello & Khalid Platinum|work=Headline Planet|date=October 28, 2017|access-date=February 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410213506/https://headlineplanet.com/home/2017/10/28/pinks-us-keshas-praying-reach-2x-platinum-australia-marshmello-khalid-platinum/|archive-date=April 10, 2020|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Brian|last=Cantor|url=http://headlineplanet.com/home/2017/09/02/keshas-praying-reaches-platinum-australia-khalids-young-dumb-broke-goes-gold/|title=Kesha's "Praying" Reaches Platinum In Australia; Khalid's "Young Dumb & Broke" Goes Gold|work=Headline Planet|date=September 2, 2017|access-date=February 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403150106/https://headlineplanet.com/home/2017/09/02/keshas-praying-reaches-platinum-australia-khalids-young-dumb-broke-goes-gold/|archive-date=April 3, 2019|url-status=live}} The single charted at number 22{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/kesha/chart-history/hsi/|title=Kesha Billboard Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121122501/https://www.billboard.com/artist/kesha/chart-history/hsi/|archive-date=January 21, 2022|url-status=live}} and number 11{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/kesha/chart-history/can/|title=Kesha Billboard Canadian Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121103916/https://www.billboard.com/artist/kesha/chart-history/can/|archive-date=January 21, 2022|url-status=live}} in the United States and Canada respectively, and subsequently was certified Platinum in both territories.{{cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/170641/kesha-s-praying-goes-platinum|title=Kesha's 'Praying' Goes Platinum|work=All Access|access-date=October 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027181347/https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/170641/kesha-s-praying-goes-platinum|archive-date=October 27, 2017|url-status=dead}} "Praying" was released as the lead single from Kesha's third studio album, Rainbow, which was released on August 11, 2017. Rainbow debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States, becoming her second number-one album in the country,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/kesha/chart-history/tlp/|title=Kesha Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425201610/https://www.billboard.com/artist/kesha/chart-history/tlp/|archive-date=April 25, 2022|url-status=live}} and was the subject of universal acclaim from music critics, with several complimenting the album's feminist angle and uniqueness as well as Kesha's vocal performance and ability to interweave different music genres.{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/rainbow/kesha|title=Rainbow by Kesha|website=Metacritic|access-date=February 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315150242/http://www.metacritic.com/music/rainbow/kesha|archive-date=March 15, 2022|url-status=live}} Three tracks from Rainbow were released as promotional singles ahead of the album's release; "Woman",{{cite magazine|first=Gil|last=Kaufman|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/kesha-empowerment-anthem-woman-listen-7865816/|title=Kesha Does What She Wants on Empowerment Anthem 'Woman': Listen|magazine=Billboard|date=July 13, 2017|access-date=February 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126175851/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/kesha-empowerment-anthem-woman-listen-7865816/|archive-date=January 26, 2022|url-status=live}} "Learn to Let Go",{{cite magazine|first=Mary|last=J. DiMeglio|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/kesha-new-video-learn-to-let-go-watch-7881752/|title=Kesha Shares Childhood Home Movies In New Video, 'Learn to Let Go': Watch|magazine=Billboard|date=July 27, 2017|access-date=February 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420090013/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/kesha-new-video-learn-to-let-go-watch-7881752/|archive-date=April 20, 2022|url-status=live}} and "Hymn",{{cite magazine|first=Tatiana|last=Cirisano|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/kesha-hymn-single-7889737/|title=Kesha Shares A 'Hymn' For The Hymn-less With New Single & Poignant Personal Essay|magazine=Billboard|date=August 3, 2017|access-date=February 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628145518/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/kesha-hymn-single-7889737/|archive-date=June 28, 2022|url-status=live}} all of which were released have accompanying music videos.{{cite magazine|first=Isabella|last=Castro-Cota|url=https://www.spin.com/2018/05/kesha-hymn-video/|title=Video: Kesha – "Hymn"|magazine=Spin|date=May 31, 2018|access-date=February 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921093313/https://www.spin.com/2018/05/kesha-hymn-video/|archive-date=September 21, 2022|url-status=live}} "Woman" was later released as the second single from the album in January 2018, charting in the lower regions of the record charts in the United States, Canada and Australia, and became the second platinum-certified single from the album in the US.{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=kesha|title=Gold & Platinum - RIAA - Kesha|work=RIAA|access-date=February 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122041218/https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=kesha|archive-date=January 22, 2025|url-status=live}} The album received nominations for Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Solo Performance (for "Praying") at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, marking Kesha's first Grammy nominations.{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/kesha/187816|title=Kesha Grammy Awards|website=Grammy.com|publisher=Recording Academy|access-date=February 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120200549/https://www.grammy.com/artists/kesha/187816|archive-date=January 20, 2025|url-status=live}}

To promote Rainbow, Kesha embarked on the Rainbow Tour (2017–2019),{{cite magazine|first=Taylor|last=Weatherby|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7882284/kesha-tour-north-american-dates-rainbow|title=Kesha Announces North American Rainbow Tour, Her First Solo Trek Since 2013|magazine=Billboard|date=August 1, 2017|access-date=August 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801184014/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7882284/kesha-tour-north-american-dates-rainbow|archive-date=August 1, 2017|url-status=live}} which began on September 26, 2017, in Birmingham, Alabama, and visited North America, Europe, Oceania, and Asia. She furthered promotion by joining a co-headlining concert tour with American rapper Macklemore named The Adventures of Kesha and Macklemore (2018).{{cite magazine|first=Ryan|last=Reed|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kesha-macklemore-plot-joint-2018-tour-w513743|title=Kesha, Macklemore Plot Joint 2018 Tour|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=December 11, 2017|access-date=December 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212084215/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kesha-macklemore-plot-joint-2018-tour-w513743|archive-date=December 12, 2017|url-status=live}} This tour took place in North America between June 6, 2018, and August 5, 2018. Kesha's documentary film, Rainbow: The Film, was released on Apple Music on August 10, 2018.{{cite magazine|first=Noemi|last=Griffin|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/kesha/watch-the-trailer-for-keshas-emotional-rainbow-doc|title=Watch the Emotional Trailer for Kesha's Rainbow Documentary|magazine=Paste|date=July 30, 2018|access-date=February 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808214535/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/kesha/watch-the-trailer-for-keshas-emotional-rainbow-doc/|archive-date=August 8, 2020|url-status=live}} The documentary chronicles her stint in rehab for her eating disorder and the creation of Rainbow.{{cite magazine|first=Claire|last=Valentine|url=https://www.papermag.com/kesha-rainbow-documentary-apple-music#rebelltitem4|title=Kesha's 'Rainbow' Documentary Is a Raw Look at Her Life|magazine=Paper|date=August 15, 2018|access-date=February 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413040151/https://www.papermag.com/kesha-rainbow-documentary-apple-music#rebelltitem4|archive-date=April 13, 2024|url-status=live}} In the same month, Kesha collaborated with British rock band The Struts on the remix of their song "Body Talks", released as a single from their album Young & Dangerous (2018).{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Daw|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8472543/kesha-the-struts-body-talks-artwork|title=Kesha Reveals Artwork for Upcoming The Struts Collaboration 'Body Talks'|magazine=Billboard|date=August 27, 2018|access-date=February 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804163106/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8472543/kesha-the-struts-body-talks-artwork|archive-date=August 4, 2020|url-status=live}} On September 19, 2018, Kesha released her song "Here Comes the Change", which served as a single to promote On the Basis of Sex (2018), a biographical film about Ruth Bader Ginsburg.{{cite magazine|first=Joshua|last=Bote|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/kesha-here-comes-the-change-8475937/|title=Kesha Unveils Potent Rallying Cry 'Here Comes the Change' For RBG Biopic|magazine=Billboard|date=September 19, 2018|access-date=February 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503185422/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/kesha-here-comes-the-change-8475937/|archive-date=May 3, 2024|url-status=live}} In October 2018, Kesha collaborated, wrote, and performed on the song "Safe" with her younger brother Sage Sebert and rapper Chika, as an homage for the Parkland high school shooting.{{cite magazine|first=Joshua|last=Bote|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kesha-debuts-anti-gun-violence-ballad-safe-1151916|title=Kesha Debuts Anti-Gun Violence Ballad "Safe"|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|date=October 12, 2018|access-date=February 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809032232/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kesha-debuts-anti-gun-violence-ballad-safe-1151916|archive-date=August 9, 2020|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Dennis|last=Hinzmann|url=https://www.out.com/music/2018/10/12/kesha-releases-new-anti-gun-violence-song-safe|title=Kesha Releases New Anti-Gun Violence Song, 'Safe'|magazine=Out Magazine|date=October 12, 2018|access-date=February 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717172655/https://www.out.com/music/2018/10/12/kesha-releases-new-anti-gun-violence-song-safe|archive-date=July 17, 2024|url-status=live}}

In February 2019, Kesha hosted a 4-day-long cruise called Kesha's Weird and Wonderful Rainbow Ride. Sailing on the Norwegian Pearl, the cruise set off in Tampa, Florida, and ended in Nassau, Bahamas. Special guests included Wrabel, Jonathan Van Ness, Betty Who, Detox, and Superfruit, among others.{{cite magazine|first=Allie|last=Gemmill|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/40391/1/kesha-announces-weird-wonderful-rainbow-ride-cruise|title=Kesha announces cruise festival with Queer Eye star Jonathan Van Ness|magazine=Dazed|date=June 16, 2018|access-date=February 4, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603013414/https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/40391/1/kesha-announces-weird-wonderful-rainbow-ride-cruise|archive-date=June 3, 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|first=Jon|last=Blistein|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kesha-plots-weird-and-wonderful-rainbow-ride-cruise-628773/|title=Kesha Plots 'Weird and Wonderful Rainbow Ride' Cruise|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=June 14, 2018|access-date=February 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218082135/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kesha-plots-weird-and-wonderful-rainbow-ride-cruise-628773/|archive-date=February 18, 2019|url-status=live}} On June 2, Kesha released a digital single titled "Rich, White, Straight Men".{{cite magazine|first=Shaad|last=D'Souza|url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/06/04/kesha-new-song-rich-white-straight-men-2019|title=Kesha's new song says "fuck you" to "Rich, White, Straight, Men"|magazine=The Fader|date=June 4, 2019|access-date=February 4, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331031647/https://www.thefader.com/2019/06/04/kesha-new-song-rich-white-straight-men-2019|archive-date=March 31, 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite news|first=Halle|last=Kiefer|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/06/kesha-releases-new-song-rich-white-straight-men.html|title=Kesha's New Song Asks: What If 'Rich, White, Straight, Men' Didn't Rule the World Anymore?|work=Vulture|date=June 3, 2019|access-date=June 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608114126/https://www.vulture.com/2019/06/kesha-releases-new-song-rich-white-straight-men.html|archive-date=June 8, 2019|url-status=live}} On July 25, Kesha released the promo single "Best Day" for the film The Angry Birds Movie 2.{{cite magazine|first=Gil|last=Kaufman|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/kesha-best-day-angry-birds-2-track-listen-8524021/|title=Kesha Promises The 'Best Day' Of Your Life on Sunshiny 'Angry Birds 2' Track: Listen|magazine=Billboard|date=July 26, 2019|access-date=February 4, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418033238/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/kesha-best-day-angry-birds-2-track-listen-8524021/|archive-date=April 18, 2023|url-status=live}} On November 7, Kesha officially announced her own cosmetics line in partnership with indie makeup brand Hipdot, Kesha Rose Beauty, which was released December 3. The line features an eyeshadow palette with each color named after her songs, two double-ended waterproof eyeliners, a red lipstick, and a lipgloss.{{cite magazine|first=Jeena|last=Sharma|url=https://www.papermag.com/kesha-rose-beauty#rebelltitem13|title=Kesha Wants to Raise Hell With New Beauty Line|magazine=Paper|date=November 7, 2019|access-date=February 4, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204102031/https://www.papermag.com/kesha-rose-beauty#rebelltitem13|archive-date=December 4, 2023|url-status=live}}

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High Road, Kesha's fourth studio album, was released January 31, 2020.{{cite magazine|first=Mitchell|last=Peters|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8546968/kesha-reveals-the-release-date-of-her-new-high-road-album|title=Kesha Reveals the Release Date of Her New 'High Road' Album|magazine=Billboard|date=December 22, 2019|access-date=January 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223034612/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8546968/kesha-reveals-the-release-date-of-her-new-high-road-album|archive-date=December 23, 2019|url-status=live}} The album performed moderately commercially and received positive reviews. Originally slated for December 2019,{{cite magazine|first=Lyndsey|last=Havens|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8530914/kesha-billboard-cover-story-interview-2019|title=Kesha Is Ready to 'Inspire Joy' – And Write Huge Pop Songs Again|magazine=Billboard|date=September 26, 2019|access-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927030739/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8530914/kesha-billboard-cover-story-interview-2019|archive-date=September 27, 2019|url-status=live}} Kesha released a trailer on October 21, 2019, to confirm the album's title as High Road.{{cite magazine|first=Claire|last=Shaffer|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kesha-high-road-trailer-901577/|title=Kesha Drops Trailer for Upcoming Album 'High Road'|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=October 21, 2019|access-date=October 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215015119/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kesha-high-road-trailer-901577/|archive-date=February 15, 2020|url-status=live}} Prior to its release, the album saw the release of four singles: "Raising Hell" featuring Big Freedia,{{cite magazine|first=Nick|last=Smith|url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/kesha-high-road|title=Kesha – High Road|magazine=MusicOMH|date=January 29, 2020|access-date=February 4, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621170108/https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/kesha-high-road|archive-date=June 21, 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first1=Matthew|last1=Strauss|first2=Jazz|last2=Monroe|first3=Matthew Ismael|last3=Ruiz|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-keshas-video-for-new-song-raising-hell-featuring-big-freedia/|title=Kesha Murders Abusive Husband in Video for New Song "Raising Hell"|work=Pitchfork|date=October 24, 2019|access-date=January 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116030940/https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-keshas-video-for-new-song-raising-hell-featuring-big-freedia/|archive-date=January 16, 2020|url-status=live}} "My Own Dance",{{cite magazine|first=Gil|last=Kaufman|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8544386/kesha-releases-my-own-dance-single|title=Kesha Releases 'My Own Dance' Single: Listen|magazine=Billboard|date=November 12, 2019|access-date=December 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191126091558/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8544386/kesha-releases-my-own-dance-single|archive-date=November 26, 2019|url-status=live}} "Resentment" featuring Brian Wilson, Sturgill Simpson and Wrabel,{{cite web|first=Robin|last=Bacior|url=https://consequence.net/2019/12/new-track-resentment-stream/|title=Kesha brings in Brian Wilson and Sturgill Simpson for new song "Resentment": Stream|work=Consequence|date=December 12, 2019|access-date=February 4, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702080708/https://consequence.net/2019/12/new-track-resentment-stream/|archive-date=July 2, 2022|url-status=live}} and "Tonight".{{cite web|first=Chris|last=DeVille|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2071779/kesha-tonight/music/|title=Kesha – "Tonight"|work=Stereogum|date=January 28, 2020|access-date=February 4, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417085928/https://www.stereogum.com/2071779/kesha-tonight/music/|archive-date=April 17, 2023|url-status=live}} She was to embark on her fifth headlining tour, the High Road Tour in 2020, but it was ultimately cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.{{cite web|first=Madison|last=Bloom|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/kesha-cancels-2020-high-road-tour-due-to-covid-19/|title=Kesha Cancels 2020 High Road Tour Due to COVID-19|work=Pitchfork|date=May 1, 2020|access-date=February 4, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250127012538/https://pitchfork.com/news/kesha-cancels-2020-high-road-tour-due-to-covid-19/|archive-date=January 27, 2025|url-status=live}}

In February 2020, Kesha's 2010 promotional single "Cannibal" gained viral status following a dance trend using it on the video sharing platform TikTok. Following this, the song became a top 40 single in Canada and a new lyric video for the song was released.{{cite magazine|first=Hugh|last=McIntyre|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2020/03/26/10-years-after-it-was-first-released-keshas-cannibal-hits-the-top-40-thanks-to-tiktok/|title=10 Years After It Was First Released, Kesha's 'Cannibal' Hits The Top 40 Thanks To TikTok|magazine=Forbes|date=March 26, 2020|access-date=April 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327142113/https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2020/03/26/10-years-after-it-was-first-released-keshas-cannibal-hits-the-top-40-thanks-to-tiktok/|archive-date=March 27, 2020|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|first=Rania|last=Aniftos|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9328390/kesha-cannibal-lyric-video|title=Kesha's 'Cannibal' Lyric Video: Watch|magazine=Billboard|date=March 4, 2020|access-date=April 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605170142/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9328390/kesha-cannibal-lyric-video|archive-date=June 5, 2020|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|first=Jael|last=Goldfine|url=https://www.papermag.com/kesha-cannibal-tiktok-dance-2645384807.html?rebelltitem=7#rebelltitem7?rebelltitem=7|title=TikTok Is Giving Kesha's Old Hits the Second Life They Deserve|magazine=Paper|date=March 4, 2020|access-date=April 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605171300/https://www.papermag.com/kesha-cannibal-tiktok-dance-2645384807.html?rebelltitem=7#rebelltitem7?rebelltitem=7|archive-date=June 5, 2020|url-status=live}} While self-isolating in her home due to the coronavirus pandemic, Kesha created a song titled "Home Alone".{{cite web|first=Alex|last=Gallagher|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-to-new-kesha-song-about-home-alone-2648522|title=Listen to a new Kesha song, 'Home Alone'|work=NME|date=April 17, 2020|access-date=April 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420205657/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-to-new-kesha-song-about-home-alone-2648522|archive-date=April 20, 2020|url-status=live}} On April 18, 2020, she performed at the One World: Together at Home benefit event.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/niall-horan-kesha-andra-day-one-world-together-at-home-live-stream-9361170/|title=Niall Horan, Kesha & Andra Day Kick Off 'One World: Together at Home' Live Stream: Watch Here|magazine=Billboard|date=April 18, 2020|access-date=February 4, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127025342/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/niall-horan-kesha-andra-day-one-world-together-at-home-live-stream-9361170/|archive-date=November 27, 2024|url-status=live}}

Kesha announced the creation of her own podcast, Kesha and the Creepies, with an announcement video on November 13, 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.iheartmedia.com/press/kesha-and-iheartmedia-launch-kesha-and-creepies-podcast-series-nov-20|title=Kesha and iHeartMedia To Launch "Kesha and the Creepies" Podcast Series Nov. 20|work=iHeartRadio|access-date=February 4, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622224600/https://www.iheartmedia.com/press/kesha-and-iheartmedia-launch-kesha-and-creepies-podcast-series-nov-20|archive-date=June 22, 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|first=Joey|last=Nolfi|url=https://ew.com/podcasts/kesha-creepies-podcast/|title=Kesha gets into ghostly groove on Kesha and the Creepies podcast|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=November 13, 2020|access-date=February 4, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716231647/https://ew.com/podcasts/kesha-creepies-podcast/|archive-date=July 16, 2024|url-status=live}} The podcast explores supernatural subjects and alternative lifestyles with pop culture guests and supernatural experts such as Alice Cooper, Demi Lovato,{{cite magazine|first=Rania|last=Aniftos|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/keshas-hobby-aliens-demi-lovato-9511742/|title=Kesha's 'New Hobby' Is Summoning Aliens, Thanks to Demi Lovato|magazine=Billboard|date=January 14, 2021|access-date=February 4, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241205011232/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/keshas-hobby-aliens-demi-lovato-9511742/|archive-date=December 5, 2024|url-status=live}} Tyler Henry, Ben Folds and more.{{cite web|url=https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-kesha-and-the-creepies-73389791/episode/brains-in-jars-with-ben-folds-82807763/|title=Brains in Jars with Ben Folds|work=iHeartRadio|access-date=February 4, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020111743/https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-kesha-and-the-creepies-73389791/episode/brains-in-jars-with-ben-folds-82807763/|archive-date=October 20, 2021|url-status=live}} The series launched on November 20, 2020, with new episodes premiering almost every Friday. The first season ran for 30 episodes, with the final episode airing on June 10, 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-kesha-and-the-creepies-73389791/|title=Kesha and the Creepies|work=iHeartRadio|access-date=February 4, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120183811/https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-kesha-and-the-creepies-73389791/|archive-date=January 20, 2025|url-status=live}}

She later released several collaborations throughout 2020 and 2021, including "Chasing Rainbows" with Big Freedia,{{cite web|first=Lake|last=Schatz|url=https://consequence.net/2020/02/big-freedia-kesha-chasing-rainbows-song-video/|title=Big Freedia and Kesha Team Up Again on New Song "Chasing Rainbows": Stream|work=Consequence|date=February 20, 2020|access-date=February 4, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127184848/https://consequence.net/2020/02/big-freedia-kesha-chasing-rainbows-song-video/|archive-date=January 27, 2023|url-status=live}} "Since I Was Young" with Wrabel,{{cite web|first=Evan|last=Minsker|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/kesha-and-wrabel-share-new-song-since-i-was-young-listen/|title=Kesha and Wrabel Share New Song "since i was young": Listen|work=Pitchfork|date=July 8, 2020|access-date=February 4, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605011352/https://pitchfork.com/news/kesha-and-wrabel-share-new-song-since-i-was-young-listen/|archive-date=June 5, 2023|url-status=live}} "Stronger" with Dutch DJ, Sam Feldt,{{cite web|first=Will|last=Lavin|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/kesha-teams-up-with-sam-feldt-for-powerful-new-song-stronger-2868576|title=Kesha teams up with Sam Feldt for powerful new song 'Stronger'|work=NME|date=January 30, 2021|access-date=February 4, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527070852/https://www.nme.com/news/music/kesha-teams-up-with-sam-feldt-for-powerful-new-song-stronger-2868576|archive-date=May 27, 2023|url-status=live}} and remixes of Walker Hayes' single, "Fancy Like",{{cite web|first=Tricia|last=Despres|url=https://tasteofcountry.com/walker-hayes-keshea-fancy-like-music-video/|title=Walker Hayes and Kesha Throw a Poppin' Redneck Party in 'Fancy Like' Video [Watch]|work=Taste of Country|date=October 7, 2021|access-date=February 4, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607232528/https://tasteofcountry.com/walker-hayes-keshea-fancy-like-music-video/|archive-date=June 7, 2023|url-status=live}} and Grandson's "Drop Dead".{{cite magazine|first=Mike|last=Wass|url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/grandson-kesha-travis-barker-drop-dead-remix-behind-the-scenes-1235102212/|title=Behind the Scenes of Grandson's Uplifting 'Drop Dead' Remix Video Featuring Kesha and Travis Barker|magazine=Variety|date=November 2, 2021|access-date=February 4, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610054535/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/grandson-kesha-travis-barker-drop-dead-remix-behind-the-scenes-1235102212/|archive-date=June 10, 2023|url-status=live}}

Following the cancellation of the High Road Tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Kesha embarked on her fifth headlining tour, Kesha Live (2021) with Betty Who serving as the opening act. The tour began on August 13, 2021, in Billings, Montana, and was originally to have 11 shows in the U.S., but got extended to 22, ending on September 12, 2021.{{cite web|first=Sarah|last=Pittman|url=https://www.pollstar.com/article/kesha-live-tour-announced-for-august-21-148198|title='Kesha Live' Tour Announced For August '21|work=Pollstar|date=June 6, 2021|access-date=October 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021012043/https://www.pollstar.com/article/kesha-live-tour-announced-for-august-21-148198|archive-date=October 21, 2021|url-status=dead}} Seven more tour dates were announced for late March 2022, which was to be followed by Kesha's second cruise tour, scheduled to set sail on April 1, 2022.{{cite web|first=Jacob|last=Uitti|url=https://americansongwriter.com/kesha-announces-spring-2022-tour-dates/|title=Kesha Announces Spring 2022 Tour Dates|work=American Songwriter|date=December 15, 2021|access-date=January 10, 2022|archive-date=January 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111014423/https://americansongwriter.com/kesha-announces-spring-2022-tour-dates/|url-status=live}} However, the cruise and the spring tour dates were cancelled due to undisclosed reasons.{{cite web|url=https://www.keshasrainbowcruise.com/|title=Kesha's Weird & Wonderful Rainbow Ride|access-date=February 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201205231/https://www.keshasrainbowcruise.com/|archive-date=February 1, 2022|url-status=live}}

In late August 2021, Kesha served as executive producer and starred in the scripted podcast, Electric Easy, a musical neo-noir science fiction show set in a futuristic Los Angeles in which humans struggle to co-exist with robots, known as "electrics". The podcast also starred actor Mason Gooding and singer Chloe Bailey and featured original music from Kesha.{{cite magazine|first=Emma|last=Specter|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/kesha-electric-easy-podcast-interview|title=Kesha on Her New Sci-Fi Podcast, Working With Chloe Bailey, and Discovering a New Perspective on A.I.|magazine=Vogue|date=August 30, 2021|access-date=February 4, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204211204/https://www.vogue.com/article/kesha-electric-easy-podcast-interview|archive-date=December 4, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://podsauce.com/articles/kesha-and-chloe-bailey-star-in-musical-sci-fi-drama-cast-electric-easy/|title=#SpookySZN: Kesha and Chloe Bailey star in musical sci-fi drama-cast 'Electric Easy'|work=Podsauce|date=October 21, 2021|access-date=February 4, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029050046/https://podsauce.com/articles/kesha-and-chloe-bailey-star-in-musical-sci-fi-drama-cast-electric-easy/|archive-date=October 29, 2021|url-status=live}} The show was created by Vanya Asher and executively produced by Kesha.{{cite web|url=https://qcodemedia.com/electric-easy|title=Electric Easy — QCODE|website=QCODE Media|date=June 11, 2021|access-date=February 4, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029050046/https://qcodemedia.com/electric-easy|archive-date=October 29, 2021|url-status=live}} The podcast premiered on August 30, 2021.

Kesha provided vocals for the song, "Taste So Good", which also featured Hayley Kiyoko, Vincint, and MNEK.{{cite magazine|first=Bernardo|last=Sim|url=https://www.out.com/music/2022/6/01/gus-kenworthy-kornbread-get-cozy-new-music-video|title=Gus Kenworthy & Kornbread Get Cozy in New Music Video|magazine=Out|date=June 1, 2022|access-date=February 4, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601152538/https://www.out.com/music/2022/6/01/gus-kenworthy-kornbread-get-cozy-new-music-video|archive-date=June 1, 2022|url-status=live}} The song was released on June 1, 2022, and was used to promote the cannabis infused drink, Cann. She starred in and produced the show, Conjuring Kesha, which premiered on July 8, 2022, on Discovery+. In the show, Kesha and her guests explore paranormal hotspots.{{cite web|first=Alejandra|last=Gularte|url=https://www.vulture.com/2022/06/watch-conjuring-kesha-trailer-discovery-plus.html|title=Kesha Enters Her Next Supernatural Era: Ghosthunting|work=Vulture|date=June 3, 2022|access-date=February 4, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603054119/https://www.vulture.com/2022/06/watch-conjuring-kesha-trailer-discovery-plus.html|archive-date=June 3, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Brian|last=Truitt|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2022/07/28/conjuring-kesha-pop-star-and-friends-discovery-spiritual-journey/10140916002/|title=Who you gonna call? 'Conjuring Kesha' takes pop star and her friends on a 'spiritual journey'|newspaper=USA Today|date=July 28, 2022|access-date=February 4, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220801125857/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2022/07/28/conjuring-kesha-pop-star-and-friends-discovery-spiritual-journey/10140916002/|archive-date=August 1, 2022|url-status=live}}

On an Instagram Livestream in February 2023, Kesha previewed a 30-second snippet of a new song.{{cite web|first=Peyton|last=Gatewood|url=https://www.papermag.com/kesha-new-music-2659498376#rebelltitem4|title=A New Kesha Era Is Upon Us|magazine=Paper|date=March 3, 2023|access-date=February 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725000730/https://www.papermag.com/kesha-new-music-2659498376#rebelltitem4|archive-date=July 25, 2024|url-status=live}} On her 36th birthday, the singer wiped her Instagram feed, and updated her profile picture to her new logo. In a second livestream, she revealed four new song titles: "Living in My Head", "Fine Line", "The Drama", and "Eat the Acid", and shared snippets of the latter two.{{cite web|url=https://www.ks95.com/kesha-teases-new-songs-off-upcoming-fifth-studio-album/|title=Kesha teases new songs off upcoming fifth studio album|date=March 9, 2023|access-date=February 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241128111219/https://www.ks95.com/kesha-teases-new-songs-off-upcoming-fifth-studio-album/|archive-date=November 28, 2024|url-status=live}}

The singer announced the album's title to be Gag Order, along with unveiling its artwork on April 25, 2023.{{cite web|first=Rachel|last=Brodsky|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2221533/kesha-announces-new-album-gag-order-produced-by-rick-rubin/news/|title=Kesha Announces New Album Gag Order Produced By Rick Rubin|work=Stereogum|date=April 25, 2023|access-date=February 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802080607/https://www.stereogum.com/2221533/kesha-announces-new-album-gag-order-produced-by-rick-rubin/news/|archive-date=August 2, 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|first=Hannah|last=Dailey|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/kesha-new-album-gag-order-release-date-cover-art-1235314563/|title=Kesha Undergoes 'Emotional Exorcism' on New Album Gag Order: Here's When It Arrives|magazine=Billboard|date=April 25, 2023|access-date=February 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816044637/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/kesha-new-album-gag-order-release-date-cover-art-1235314563/|archive-date=August 16, 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Eddie|last=Fu|url=https://consequence.net/2023/05/kesha-only-love-can-save-us-now-stream/|title=Kesha's "Only Love Can Save Us Now" Looks to Higher Power|work=Consequence|date=May 17, 2023|access-date=June 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517172231/https://consequence.net/2023/05/kesha-only-love-can-save-us-now-stream/|archive-date=May 17, 2023|url-status=live}} The album was released on May 19, 2023, and three singles, "Eat the Acid", "Fine Line", both were released as a dual single, and "Only Love Can Save Us Now". Produced by Rick Rubin, the project sees Kesha at her most vulnerable and digs into her "uglier" emotions. The album focused on overcoming trauma and depression from the lawsuit with her former producer, Dr. Luke.{{cite magazine|first=Brenna|last=Ehrlich|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/kesha-new-album-gag-order-interview-rick-rubin-1234719932/|title=Kesha Reveals Her New Album: 'I Really Dug Into My Uglier Emotions'|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=April 25, 2023|access-date=February 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111035258/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/kesha-new-album-gag-order-interview-rick-rubin-1234719932/|archive-date=January 11, 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Manuela|last=López Restrepo|url=https://www.npr.org/2023/05/24/1177887150/kesha-gag-order-dr-luke-legal-battle-new-album|title=Kesha's new album pushes her personal struggles to the forefront|work=NPR|date=May 24, 2023|access-date=February 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227112221/https://www.npr.org/2023/05/24/1177887150/kesha-gag-order-dr-luke-legal-battle-new-album|archive-date=February 27, 2024|url-status=live}} To promote the album, Kesha would embark on her sixth headlining tour, the Gag Order Tour, which would later be renamed the Only Love Tour, following the settlement of her lawsuit.{{cite web|first=Rebekah|last=Gonzalez|url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2023-09-14-kesha-changes-name-of-her-gag-order-tour-after-a-transformative-year/|title=Kesha Changes Name Of Her 'Gag Order' Tour After A 'Transformative Year'|work=iHeartRadio|date=September 14, 2023|access-date=February 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808000610/https://www.iheart.com/content/2023-09-14-kesha-changes-name-of-her-gag-order-tour-after-a-transformative-year/|archive-date=August 8, 2024|url-status=live}}

Through a joint statement, Kesha and Dr. Luke announced on June 22, 2023, that their case was officially settled, a month before the case was to go to trial. In her statement, Kesha says while she doesn't recall everything that happened the night of the alleged assault, she is looking forward to moving on with her life and wishes peace to all parties involved. Dr. Luke continued to deny Kesha's original claims in his statement. Details of the settlement were not revealed immediately.{{cite web|first=Ashley|last=Cullins|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/kesha-dr-luke-settle-legal-battle-1235521879/|title=Kesha and Dr. Luke Settle Legal Battle Ahead of Trial|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 22, 2023|access-date=February 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406183615/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/kesha-dr-luke-settle-legal-battle-1235521879/|archive-date=April 6, 2024|url-status=live}} This came after The Court of Appeals in New York ruled that Dr. Luke is a limited public figure. Dr. Luke would have needed to prove that Kesha acted in malice when she filed her lawsuit, and she would've been able to recover fees for the litigation beginning in 2020.{{cite web|first=Daniel|last=Wiessener|url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/ny-top-court-hands-win-kesha-dr-luke-defamation-case-2023-06-13/|title=New York top court hands win to Kesha in Dr. Luke defamation case|work=Reuters|date=June 13, 2023|access-date=February 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705043926/https://www.reuters.com/legal/ny-top-court-hands-win-kesha-dr-luke-defamation-case-2023-06-13/|archive-date=July 5, 2023|url-status=live}}

Following the settlement, Kesha went on her social media and expressed her gratitude to her supporters and said she was excited for the "beautiful things to come".{{cite magazine|first=Meredith|last=Nardino|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/kesha-speaks-out-after-settling-dr-luke-lawsuit-details/|title=Kesha Breaks Silence After Settling Dr. Luke Lawsuit, Thanks Fans for Support: 'Beautiful Things to Come'|magazine=US Weekly|date=June 28, 2023|access-date=October 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629033059/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/kesha-speaks-out-after-settling-dr-luke-lawsuit-details/|archive-date=June 29, 2023|url-status=live}} The next day, she announced her third extended play, Gag Order (Live Acoustic EP from Space) and revealed its cover art. The EP contains four live acoustic performances from her album.{{cite web|first=Michael|last=Major|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Videos-Kesha-Shares-GAG-ORDER-Live-Acoustic-EP-From-Out-Space-20230630|title=Experience Kesha's 'Gag Order' Songs From Outer Space: Watch the Acoustic Performance|work=BroadwayWorld|date=June 30, 2023|access-date=February 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711034327/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/kesha-speaks-out-after-settling-dr-luke-lawsuit-details/|archive-date=July 11, 2023|url-status=live}} In June 2023, Kesha was featured in the season 1 finale of the YouTube adult animated series, Helluva Boss, where she voiced Beelzebub "Queen Bee".{{cite web|first=Abigail|last=Stevens|url=https://screenrant.com/helluva-boss-episodes-ranked-list/|title=Every Episode Of Helluva Boss, Ranked Worst To Best|work=Screen Rant|date=January 15, 2025|access-date=February 2, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250116085535/https://screenrant.com/helluva-boss-episodes-ranked-list/|archive-date=January 16, 2025|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Alise|last=Herndon|url=https://screenrant.com/hazbin-hotel-season-1-voice-actor-recastings-explained/|title=Hazbin Hotel's Controversial Season 1 Group Recasting Explained|work=Screen Rant|date=January 19, 2025|access-date=February 2, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250116085535/https://screenrant.com/helluva-boss-episodes-ranked-list/|archive-date=January 16, 2025|url-status=live}}

On December 18, 2023, seven months after the release of her last contractual album, Variety reported Kesha had parted ways with Dr. Luke's Kemosabe Records and distributor RCA as their contract expired. At the same time, Kesha also amicably split with Vector Management. She released a statement thanking her former manager, Jack Rovner.{{cite magazine|first=Jem|last=Aswad|url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/kesha-leaves-dr-luke-kemosabe-label-rca-vector-management-1235844218/|title=Kesha Parts Ways With Dr. Luke's Kemosabe Label, RCA Records and Vector Management|magazine=Variety|date=December 18, 2023|access-date=December 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220013611/https://variety.com/2023/music/news/kesha-leaves-dr-luke-kemosabe-label-rca-vector-management-1235844218/|archive-date=December 20, 2023|url-status=live}}

Kesha taught a two-and-a-half week songwriting course called 'The Alchemy of Pop Music' at the Esalen Institute in early 2024.

It was reported in early February 2024 that Kesha had officially signed with Crush Management.{{cite magazine|first=Lyndsey|last=Havens|url=https://www.billboard.com/business/management/kesha-signs-management-deal-crush-1235601039/|title=Kesha Signs With Crush Management|magazine=Billboard|date=February 6, 2024|access-date=February 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240705070247/https://www.billboard.com/business/management/kesha-signs-management-deal-crush-1235601039/|archive-date=July 5, 2024|url-status=live}} In an interview with V Magazine, Kesha shared that she has been writing new music and stated, "There is a day marked on my calendar when I am free to release music."

On June 29, 2024, Kesha announced her new single, "Joyride", which was released on July 4 through her self-titled label, Kesha Records. This marks her first release after parting ways with Kemosabe and RCA Records.{{cite magazine|first=Althea|last=Legaspi|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kesha-teases-joy-ride-song-1235050370/|title=Kesha Teases 'Joy Ride,' Which Arrives on Independence Day|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=June 29, 2024|access-date=February 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704065131/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kesha-teases-joy-ride-song-1235050370/|archive-date=July 4, 2024|url-status=live}} "Joyride" became her first song to chart on the UK Singles Chart since 2017, while also reaching the top-ten on three component charts in the United States, and has accumulated over 100 million streams on Spotify.{{cite web|url=https://kworb.net/spotify/artist/6LqNN22kT3074XbTVUrhzX_songs.html|title=Kesha - Spotify Top Songs|website=Kworb|date=February 2, 2025|access-date=February 2, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250117223728/https://kworb.net/spotify/artist/6LqNN22kT3074XbTVUrhzX_songs.html|archive-date=January 17, 2025|url-status=live}} Her sixth studio album is slated for a 2025 release. Kesha's independent record label entered a distribution deal with Alternative Distribution Alliance, owned by Warner Music Group, in September 2024.{{cite magazine|first=Steven J.|last=Horowitz|url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/kesha-independent-launch-kesha-records-new-album-1236153506/|title=Kesha Enters Independent Era With Launch of Kesha Records, Plots New Album for 2025|magazine=Variety|date=September 23, 2024|access-date=February 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002192029/https://variety.com/2024/music/news/kesha-independent-launch-kesha-records-new-album-1236153506/|archive-date=October 2, 2024|url-status=live}}

On October 14, 2024, Kesha was featured on the remix of Charli XCX's song, "Spring Breakers", which was featured on her album, Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat.{{cite magazine|first=Gil|last=Kaufman|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/charli-xcx-kesha-spring-breakers-remix-1235800881/|title=Charli XCX and Kesha Get Down and Dirty on Surprise 'Spring Breakers' Remix: 'We the Party Girl Gods'|magazine=Billboard|date=October 15, 2024|access-date=February 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241111052831/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/charli-xcx-kesha-spring-breakers-remix-1235800881/|archive-date=November 11, 2024|url-status=live}} The following day, a cover of Lindsey Buckingham's song, "Holiday Road" was released as part of Spotify Singles Holiday.{{cite magazine|first=Jack|last=Irving|url=https://people.com/kesha-covers-lindsey-buckingham-holiday-road-spotify-8728644|title=Kesha Covers Lindsey Buckingham's 1983 Hit 'Holiday Road' with an Electrifying Spin for Spotify|magazine=People|date=October 15, 2024|access-date=February 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241210065204/https://people.com/kesha-covers-lindsey-buckingham-holiday-road-spotify-8728644|archive-date=December 10, 2024|url-status=live}} "Holiday Road" reached number 38 on the UK Singles Chart and number 88 on the US Billboard Hot 100.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/kesha/|title=Kesha - Biography, Music & News - Billboard|magazine=Billboard|date=February 2, 2025|access-date=February 2, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102133439/https://www.billboard.com/artist/kesha/|archive-date=January 2, 2025|url-status=live}} She released "Delusional" on November 29 as the second single from her sixth album.{{cite web|first=Liberty|last=Dunworth|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-to-kesha-defiant-new-single-delusional-3817196|title=Listen to Kesha's defiant new single 'Delusional' |work=NME|date=November 29, 2024|access-date=February 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202221533/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-to-kesha-defiant-new-single-delusional-3817196|archive-date=December 2, 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Kaelen|last=Bell|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/kesha-shares-new-song-delusional|title=Kesha Shares New Song "Delusional"|work=Exclaim!|date=November 29, 2024|access-date=February 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203232015/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/kesha-shares-new-song-delusional|archive-date=December 3, 2024|url-status=live}} On January 24, 2025, Kesha released the song, "Dear Me", which was written by Diane Warren.{{cite magazine|first=Paul|last=Grein|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/kesha-releases-diane-warren-song-dear-me-relentless-documentary-1235885017/|title=Kesha Releases Diane Warren Song 'Dear Me' From Documentary 'Relentless'|magazine=Billboard|date=January 27, 2025|access-date=February 7, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250128050943/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/kesha-releases-diane-warren-song-dear-me-relentless-documentary-1235885017/|archive-date=January 28, 2025|url-status=live}} On March 27, 2025, Kesha released the single, "Yippee-Ki-Yay", featuring T-Pain.{{cite magazine|first=Jack|last=Irvin|url=https://people.com/kesha-teases-upcoming-sixth-album-exclusive-11702275|title=Kesha Declares Her Upcoming Album Marks the 'First Time That I Have No One's Claws in My Back' (Exclusive)|magazine=People|date=March 24, 2025|access-date=March 25, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250324195841/https://people.com/kesha-teases-upcoming-sixth-album-exclusive-11702275|archive-date=March 24, 2025|url-status=live}} On the same day, Kesha announced her sixth studio album, Period, which will be released on July 4, 2025.{{cite web|first=Tom|last=Breihan|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2301996/kesha-announces-new-album-period-shares-t-pain-collab-yippee-ki-yay/music/|title=Kesha – Announces New Album . (Period), Shares T-Pain Collab 'Yippee-Ki-Yay'|work=Stereogum|date=March 27, 2025|access-date=March 27, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250327151357/https://www.stereogum.com/2301996/kesha-announces-new-album-period-shares-t-pain-collab-yippee-ki-yay/music/|archive-date=March 27, 2025|url-status=live}} Kesha announced The Tits Out Tour on April 3, 2025, which will be co-headlined by the Scissor Sisters and tour the United States and Canada in support of the album. The tour starts on July 1 and ends on August 10.{{cite magazine|first=Jack|last=Irvin|url=https://people.com/kesha-announces-the-tits-out-tour-with-scissor-sisters-dates-tickets-11708366|title=Kesha Announces The Tits Out Tour with Scissor Sisters for Summer 2025: Dates and How to Get Tickets|magazine=People|date=April 3, 2025|access-date=May 12, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250403184931/https://people.com/kesha-announces-the-tits-out-tour-with-scissor-sisters-dates-tickets-11708366|archive-date=April 3, 2025|url-status=live}} On May 16, 2025, the album's fourth single, "Boy Crazy", was released.{{cite web|first=Danielle|last=Chelosky|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2308258/kesha-boy-crazy/music/|title=Kesha – "Boy Crazy"|work=Stereogum|date=May 16, 2025|access-date=May 20, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250516041231/https://www.stereogum.com/2308258/kesha-boy-crazy/music/|archive-date=May 16, 2025|url-status=live}} On June 20, 2025, Kesha released "Attention!", a song with Rose Gray and Slayyyter.{{cite web|first=Margaret|last=Farrell|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2312504/kesha-attention-feat-slayyyter-rose-gray/music/|title=Kesha – “Attention!” (Feat. 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Kesha's music has been described as electropop,{{cite news|first=Ben|last=Ratliff|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/arts/music/kesha-at-roseland-ballroom-review.html|title=Who Needs a Beach When Life's a Goof?|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 14, 2011|access-date=February 5, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427000430/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/arts/music/kesha-at-roseland-ballroom-review.html|archive-date=April 27, 2023}}{{cite news|first=Mikael|last=Wood|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-kesha-release-acoustic-ep-december-4-20121114-story.html|title=Ke$ha to release 'acoustic' EP on Dec. 4|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=November 14, 2012|access-date=February 5, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123201028/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-kesha-release-acoustic-ep-december-4-20121114-story.html|archive-date=January 23, 2025}} dance-pop,{{cite magazine|first=Heather|last=O'Sullivan|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/kesha-releases-first-single-as-an-independent-artist-joyride-23036217|title=Kesha releases first single as an independent artist 'Joyride'|magazine=Hot Press|date=July 4, 2024|access-date=February 5, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704153052/https://www.hotpress.com/music/kesha-releases-first-single-as-an-independent-artist-joyride-23036217|archive-date=July 4, 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|first=Olivia J|last=Bennett|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/63132/1/is-recession-pop-making-a-comeback-kesha-charli-xcx|title=Recession pop is making a comeback|magazine=Dazed|date=July 16, 2024|access-date=February 5, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717001736/https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/63132/1/is-recession-pop-making-a-comeback-kesha-charli-xcx|archive-date=July 17, 2024|url-status=live}} synth-pop,{{cite web|first=Kyann-Sian|last=Williams|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-to-kesha-debut-independent-song-joyride-3771070|title=Listen to Kesha's playful first single as an independent artist: 'Joyride'|work=NME|date=July 4, 2024|access-date=February 5, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704175004/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-to-kesha-debut-independent-song-joyride-3771070|archive-date=July 4, 2024|url-status=live}} pop rock,{{cite news|first=Jon|last=Caramanica|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/27/arts/music/27rappers.html|title=Changing the Face (and Sound) of Rap|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 23, 2009|access-date=December 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015092630/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/27/arts/music/27rappers.html|archive-date=October 15, 2011|url-status=live}} pop rap, country, and EDM. Kesha wrote or co-wrote every song on her first two albums and considers herself a songwriter primarily,{{cite web|first=Jocelyn|last=Vena|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1662875/kesha-britney-spears-til-the-world-ends-remix.jhtml|title=Ke$ha Wants 'Till The World Ends' Remix To 'Take Over Airwaves'|work=MTV|date=April 28, 2011|access-date=July 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430144551/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1662875/kesha-britney-spears-til-the-world-ends-remix.jhtml|archive-date=April 30, 2011|url-status=dead}} writing for artists including Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus.{{cite web|first=Lewis|last=Corner|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/interviews/a326631/keha-interview-i-want-to-be-fking-perfect.html|title=Ke$ha interview: "I want to be f**king perfect"|date=July 4, 2011|access-date=July 7, 2011|work=Digital Spy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707042630/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/interviews/a326631/keha-interview-i-want-to-be-fking-perfect.html|archive-date=July 7, 2011|url-status=live}} Along with a mezzo-soprano voice,{{cite web|first=Silvia|last=Hrabkovska|url=https://www.boomsbeat.com/articles/22263/20150910/50-facts-kesha-furthering-career-studio-earned-living-waitress.htm|title=50 facts about Kesha: while furthering her career in studio, Kesha earned her living as a waitress|work=Boomsbeat|date=September 10, 2015|access-date=October 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018122302/https://www.boomsbeat.com/articles/22263/20150910/50-facts-kesha-furthering-career-studio-earned-living-waitress.htm|archive-date=October 18, 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://riverbeats.life/glitter-gold-keshas-new-sound-best-yet/|title=From Glitter to Gold: Why Kesha's New Sound is Her Best Yet|work=River Beats|date=August 18, 2017|access-date=October 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018082740/https://riverbeats.life/glitter-gold-keshas-new-sound-best-yet/|archive-date=October 18, 2018|url-status=live}} she possesses a "strong, sneering vibrato",{{cite magazine|first=Jonah|last=Weiner|url=http://www.slate.com/id/2276924/|title=Make It $top|magazine=Slate|date=December 7, 2010|access-date=September 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412194128/http://www.slate.com/id/2276924|archive-date=April 12, 2011|url-status=live}} with a distinct yodel-like quality to her voice;{{cite web|first=Akshay|last=Bhansali|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1635217/kehas-singing-awesome-taio-cruz.jhtml|title=Ke$ha's Singing Is 'Awesome,' Taio Cruz Says|work=MTV|date=March 31, 2010|access-date=August 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624023322/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1635217/kehas-singing-awesome-taio-cruz.jhtml|archive-date=June 24, 2012|url-status=dead}} she employs actual yodeling on the songs "Tik Tok" and "Cannibal".{{cite news|first=Paule|last=Lester|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/oct/02/new-band-kesha|title=Ke$ha (No 640)|newspaper=The Guardian|date=October 2, 2009|access-date=September 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104233146/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/oct/02/new-band-kesha|archive-date=November 4, 2013|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Jocelyn|last=Vena|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1651590/keha-cannibal-on-her-new-track.jhtml|title=Ke$ha Is A 'Cannibal' On Her New Track|work=MTV|date=November 5, 2010|access-date=September 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110308112958/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1651590/keha-cannibal-on-her-new-track.jhtml|archive-date=March 8, 2011|url-status=dead}} Having previously done country, pop rock, and electro, she had a clear idea of the synth-pop sound that she wanted for her debut album.{{cite magazine|first=Chris|last=Willman|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/956518/dr-luke-the-billboard-cover-story|title=Dr. Luke: The Billboard Cover Story|magazine=Billboard|date=September 3, 2010|access-date=May 31, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518060553/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/956518/dr-luke-the-billboard-cover-story|archive-date=May 18, 2013|url-status=live}} The genre was popular at the time with many of her peers releasing similar sounds. Both of those albums are of the genre with catchy hooks and synthesized productions often compared to pop singer Dev by music critics, creating misunderstandings among the fans of the two.{{cite web|first=David|last=Jeffries|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/animal-mw0001950606|title=Animal Review|work=AllMusic|access-date=February 5, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130163832/https://www.allmusic.com/album/animal-mw0001950606|archive-date=November 30, 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Stephen|last=Erlewine|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/cannibal-r2054502/review|title=Cannibal Review|work=AllMusic|access-date=May 31, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231192915/http://www.allmusic.com/album/cannibal-r2054502/review|archive-date=December 31, 2010|url-status=live}} "Party at a Rich Dude's House" and "C U Next Tuesday" have 1980s derived backing,{{cite web|first=Bill|last=Lamb|url=http://top40.about.com/od/albums/fr/Ke-Ha-Cannibal.htm|title=Kesha "Cannibal"|work=About.com|access-date=January 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315233620/http://top40.about.com/od/albums/fr/Ke-Ha-Cannibal.htm|archive-date=March 15, 2011|url-status=dead}} while "Stephen" begins with "Kansas-style vocal harmonies".{{cite web|first=Ben|last=Norman|url=http://dancemusic.about.com/od/reviews/fr/Kesha_-_Animal.htm|title=Ke$ha – Animal|work=About.com|access-date=January 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615004954/http://dancemusic.about.com/od/reviews/fr/Kesha_-_Animal.htm|archive-date=June 15, 2011|url-status=dead}} "Dinosaur" follows a verse-chorus formula, and has a "cheerleader-type tune" reminiscent of "Hollaback Girl" (2005) by Gwen Stefani and "Girlfriend" (2007) by Avril Lavigne;{{cite web|first=Cheryl|last=Chia|url=http://theurbanwire.com/2010/01/08/keha%E2%80%99s-animal-unleashed/|title=Ke$ha's Animal unleashed|work=The UrbanWire|date=January 8, 2010|access-date=May 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830195401/http://theurbanwire.com/2010/01/08/keha%e2%80%99s-animal-unleashed/|archive-date=August 30, 2012|url-status=dead}} the song uses the overt symbolism of dinosaurs, carnivory, and other primitive motifs to tell the story of an older man who preys on younger women.{{cite magazine|first=Austin|last=Scaggs|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/14639/81133|title=Party Animal: Behind Ke$ha's Big Debut|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=January 26, 2010|access-date=May 14, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121216102609/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/14639/81133|archive-date=December 16, 2012|url-status=dead}} According to Kesha, the song is based on true events. While her vocals on Animal were heavily processed with auto-tune, often to produce rapid stuttering or over-pitch corrected vocal effects, leading to questions on vocal talent,{{cite magazine|first=Monica|last=Herrera|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1069906/keha-animal|title=Kesha, "Animal"|magazine=Billboard|date=January 5, 2010|access-date=May 17, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330221604/http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1069906/keha-animal|archive-date=March 30, 2013|url-status=live}} she also expressed confidence in her abilities.{{cite magazine|first=Nitsuh|last=Abebe|url=https://www.vulture.com/2010/10/does_keha_want_to_be_an_indie.html|title=Ke$ha: 'I Have a Really Good Voice'|magazine=Vulture|date=October 14, 2010|access-date=February 5, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420063215/https://www.vulture.com/2010/10/does_keha_want_to_be_an_indie.html|archive-date=April 20, 2024|url-status=live}}

Kesha's second studio album Warrior used considerably less auto-tune, although it still showed in a number of songs. The album's piano and guitar-driven ballads such as "Love into the Light", "Wonderland" and "Past Lives" display Kesha's vocal ability. Kesha also uses a trademark talky "white-girl" rapping style with exaggerated discordant phrasing and enunciation. Her vocal technique has led her to be credited as a rapper, a topic she disagreed with until fellow rappers André 3000, Wiz Khalifa, and Snoop Dogg endorsed her. On the subject, she said: "The first time someone called me a rapper, I started laughing. I was shocked, and thought it was hilarious. It's crazy and funny to me."{{cite web|first=Angie|last=Romero|url=https://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/Entertainment/kesha-covers-vibe-magazine/story?id=17452394|title=Ke$ha Covers Vibe Magazine, Makes History As First Solo White Living Female To Do So|work=ABC|publisher=The Walt Disney Company|access-date=October 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015132106/http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/Entertainment/kesha-covers-vibe-magazine/story?id=17452394|archive-date=October 15, 2012|url-status=live}}

The New York Times said Kesha "threatens to become the most influential female rapper of the day, or at least the most popular. Pretending Kesha isn't a rapper is no longer feasible."{{cite news|first=Jon|last=Caramanica|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/24/arts/music/24nicki.html|title=Gaining an Edge in Female Rap Race|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 23, 2010|access-date=January 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118101540/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/24/arts/music/24nicki.html|archive-date=January 18, 2012|url-status=live}} "Crazy Kids" and "C'Mon" took greater shifts into "party rap".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1066721/keha-warrior-track-by-track-review|title=Ke$ha, 'Warrior': Track-By-Track Review|magazine=Billboard|date=December 4, 2012|access-date=March 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304082219/http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1066721/keha-warrior-track-by-track-review|archive-date=March 4, 2013|url-status=live}} Most of her lyrics chronicle her relationships and partying; the lighthearted subject matter of the latter and her unfiltered language saw many critics criticizing her for releasing frivolous and crass music. Jonah Weiner of Slate, however, stated that her jarring lyrics allowed her songs to become more memorable.

In "Blah Blah Blah" and "Boots & Boys", she objectifies men to poke fun at how male fronted rock bands and rappers can get away with objectifying women and not vice versa. The title track to her debut, "Animal", is more aspirational and is intended to inspire people to embrace their individuality.{{cite web|first=Dan|last=French|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/interviews/a205257/keha.html|title=Ke$ha|work=Digital Spy|date=March 1, 2010|access-date=June 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728152307/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/interviews/a205257/keha.html|archive-date=July 28, 2011|url-status=live}} Much more experimental than Animal, her second album, Warrior, contains dubstep elements and explores erotic experiences Kesha encountered with ghosts on the song "Supernatural".{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/keha-says-she-had-sexy-experiences-with-a-ghost-who-is-the-most-out-there-celebrity/|title=Ke$ha says she had 'sexy' experiences with a ghost: Who is the most 'out there' celebrity?|publisher=Fox News Channel|date=September 27, 2012|access-date=October 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006175543/http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/09/27/keha-says-had-exy-experiences-with-ghost-who-is-most-out-there-celebrity/|archive-date=October 6, 2012|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/keha/365315-keha-sex-ghost-rihanna-new-album-warrior|title=Ke$ha Admits To Having Sex With A Ghost|work=MTV|date=September 27, 2012|access-date=October 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105080304/http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/keha/365315-keha-sex-ghost-rihanna-new-album-warrior|archive-date=January 5, 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|first=Leonie|last=Cooper|url=https://www.nme.com/news/keha/66332|title=Ke$ha reveals she had sex with a ghost|work=NME|date=September 26, 2012|access-date=February 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081559/http://www.nme.com/news/keha/66332|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=live}} Overall, Kesha said the theme of Warrior is magic.{{cite web|first=Stephanie|last=Marcus|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/27/kesha-sex-with-ghost_n_1919320.html|title=Ke$ha Says She Had Sex With A Ghost|work=HuffPost|date=September 27, 2012|access-date=October 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001001003/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/27/kesha-sex-with-ghost_n_1919320.html|archive-date=October 1, 2012|url-status=live}}

Critics praised Warrior for its rock music influences,{{cite magazine|first=Nicole|last=Powell|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kehas-warrior-what-critics-are-397820|title=Ke$ha's 'Warrior': What the Critics Are Saying|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=March 22, 2013|archive-date=December 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208012440/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kehas-warrior-what-critics-are-397820|url-status=live}} despite the album being deeply rooted in technopop.{{cite web|first=Annie|last=Zaleski|url=https://www.avclub.com/ke-ha-warrior-1798175177|title=Ke$ha: Warrior – Review|newspaper=The A.V. Club|date=December 4, 2012|access-date=March 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329003252/http://www.avclub.com/articles/keha-warrior,89338/|archive-date=March 29, 2013|url-status=live}} Applauding the album's rock sound, Rolling Stone called the album Kesha's rock manifesto. Rock artists such as The Flaming Lips, Iggy Pop, and Alice Cooper have collaborated with Kesha, endorsing her as a rock singer. Cooper told Billboard, "I immediately looked at her and went, 'This girl is not a pop diva. She's a rock singer.' She would much rather be the female Robert Plant than the next Britney Spears."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/473991/keha-falls-in-dirty-love-with-iggy-pop-listen|title=Ke$ha Falls in 'Dirty Love' With Iggy Pop: Listen|magazine=Billboard|date=November 27, 2012|access-date=March 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303100101/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/473991/keha-falls-in-dirty-love-with-iggy-pop-listen|archive-date=March 3, 2013|url-status=live}} The A.V. Club said that Warrior proved Kesha a capable vocalist and songwriter. The Washington Post said that the album is "pure fun", opining that Kesha can write good hooks despite her sometimes vapid lyricism.

Her third album, Rainbow displayed a significant departure from the electro-pop sound from Kesha's previous two albums. While still primarily a pop album, it contained elements of glam rock, country pop, and pop rock. Its lyrical themes range from letting go of the past, finding forgiveness within oneself for past mistakes, self-worth, and female empowerment.{{cite web|first=Katie|last=Baillie|url=http://metro.co.uk/2017/07/06/keshas-new-album-rainbow-is-a-powerful-emotional-and-strongly-feminist-record-that-was-worth-the-4-year-wait-6759009/#ixzz4m5IQnnv6|title=Kesha's new album Rainbow is a powerful, emotional and strongly feminist record that is worth the 4-year wait|work=Metro|date=July 6, 2017|access-date=June 29, 2023}}

For her fourth album, High Road, Kesha blended her party-girl image and her more optimistic and sentimental approach on her previous album to show more range.{{cite magazine|first=Ryan Killian|last=Krause|url=https://vmagazine.com/article/kesha-paves-her-own-way-on-high-road/|title=Kesha Paves Her Own Way on 'High Road'|magazine=V Magazine|date=January 31, 2020|access-date=February 5, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716082940/https://vmagazine.com/article/kesha-paves-her-own-way-on-high-road/|archive-date=July 16, 2024|url-status=live}}

Gag Order saw her take a much darker approach, in both her music and lyrics. The album primarily drew from the art pop, experimental, psychedelic and electronic genres, while lyrically she dove deep into her negative emotions due to the lawsuit with Dr. Luke.{{cite news|first=Helen|last=Brown|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/kesha-gag-order-review-dr-luke-b2341350.html|title=Kesha, Gag Order review: Trauma squirms across this fascinating snakes' nest of trippy electronic tracks|newspaper=The Independent|date=May 18, 2023|access-date=February 5, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601210039/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/kesha-gag-order-review-dr-luke-b2341350.html|archive-date=June 1, 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Thomas H|last=Green|url=https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/album-kesha-gag-order|title=Album: Kesha – Gag Order review – lyrically wounded, sonically untethered|work=The Arts Desk|date=May 18, 2023|access-date=February 5, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603102720/https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/album-kesha-gag-order|archive-date=June 3, 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite news|first=Michael|last=Cragg|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/may/06/kesha-gag-order-interview|title='I would walk in and just cry for two hours': Kesha on cats, court cases, and the dangers of 'toxic positivity'|newspaper=The Guardian|date=May 6, 2023|access-date=February 5, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506110036/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/may/06/kesha-gag-order-interview|archive-date=May 6, 2023|url-status=live}}

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Kesha has been influenced by various genres and artists; Madonna, Queen, the Rolling Stones, the Killers, Neutral Milk Hotel, the Black Eyed Peas, Gwen Stefani, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Gary Glitter, and Beck have all influenced her music.{{cite web|first=Emma|last=Garland|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/keshas-myspace-profile-from-2008-is-better-than-dj-khaleds-snapchat/|title=Kesha's MySpace Profile from 2008 is Better Than DJ Khaled's Snapchat|work=Noisey|publisher=Vice Media|date=January 8, 2017|access-date=June 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202085722/https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/keshas-myspace-profile-from-2008-is-better-than-dj-khaleds-snapchat|archive-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=live}} Her vocal style draws heavily from the song "Tthhee Ppaarrttyy" from the 2007 Justice album Cross. After experimenting with country, pop rock, and electronic music, Kesha stuck with the latter. Thematically, her music generally revolves around escapism, partying, individuality, supernatural moments, rebellion, and grief.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1066721/keha-warrior-track-by-track-review|title=Ke$ha, 'Warrior': Track-By-Track Review|magazine=Billboard|date=December 4, 2012|access-date=February 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722185814/https://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1066721/keha-warrior-track-by-track-review|archive-date=July 22, 2020|url-status=live}}

Kesha's musical influences also consist of hip hop, punk rock, crunkcore, glam rock, pop, dance music, and classic country.{{cite web|first=Leah|last=Collins|url=http://www.dose.ca/Interview+Appetite+Construction/2465030/story.html|title=Interview: Ke$ha's Appetite for Construction|work=Dose.ca|date=January 20, 2010|access-date=May 31, 2011|publisher=Canada.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415034507/http://www.dose.ca/Interview+Appetite+Construction/2465030/story.html|archive-date=April 15, 2012|url-status=dead}} Her country influences of Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash come from her mother's country songwriting, while her older brother exposed her to hip-hop and punk bands, Fugazi, Dinosaur Jr. and the Beastie Boys.{{cite news|first=Elysa|last=Gardner|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2010-07-01-kesha01_ST_N.htm|title=Singer/rapper Ke$ha: 'Really fun,' yet serious|newspaper=USA Today|date=June 30, 2010|access-date=May 31, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018081907/http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2010-07-01-kesha01_ST_N.htm|archive-date=October 18, 2011|url-status=dead}} She credits her straightforward story-based lyrics to her love for the honest storytelling style of country music,{{cite web|first=James|last=Montgomery|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1645018/keha-may-go-country-one-day.jhtml|title=Ke$ha Says She May Go Country 'One Day'|work=MTV|date=August 3, 2010|access-date=May 31, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624023312/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1645018/keha-may-go-country-one-day.jhtml|archive-date=June 24, 2012|url-status=dead}} while the title track from her debut album was created with music of alternative rock bands The Flaming Lips and Arcade Fire in mind.{{cite magazine|first=Austin|last=Scaggs|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/party-animal-behind-ke-has-big-debut-20100126|title=Party Animal: Behind Ke$ha's Big Debut|date=January 26, 2010|access-date=May 31, 2011|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602151908/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/party-animal-behind-ke-has-big-debut-20100126|archive-date=June 2, 2011|url-status=live}}

She singled out the Beastie Boys as a major influence, telling Newsweek that she had always wanted to be like them and aspired to make "youthful, irreverent anthems" as well.{{cite magazine|first=Lorraine|last=Ali|url=http://www.newsweek.com/2010/10/07/kesha-setting-sales-records.html|title=The Anti-Gaga|magazine=Newsweek|date=October 7, 2010|access-date=May 31, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119091253/http://www.newsweek.com/2010/10/07/kesha-setting-sales-records.html|archive-date=January 19, 2011|url-status=live}} She called her debut album, Animal, a homage to the Beastie Boys' Licensed to Ill and credited the creation of the rap driven "Tik Tok" to her love for the Beastie Boys' rap music.{{cite magazine|first=Matt|last=Diehl|url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/kesha/|title=Kesha|magazine=Interview|date=April 14, 2010|access-date=April 16, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417074123/http://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/kesha|archive-date=April 17, 2010|url-status=live}} For her first headlining tour, Kesha wanted to emulate the stage theatrics of Iggy Pop.{{cite magazine|first=Kevin|last=O'Donnell|url=https://www.spin.com/2011/02/keha-talks-u-tour-its-epic-dance-party/|title=Ke$ha Talks U.$. Tour: "It's an Epic Dance Party"|magazine=Spin|date=February 11, 2011|access-date=May 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506155237/http://www.spin.com/2011/02/keha-talks-u-tour-its-epic-dance-party/|archive-date=May 6, 2015|url-status=live}} She listed Pop's The Idiot as well as Led Zeppelin and AC/DC as inspirations for her second studio album, Warrior, intended to feature 1970s rock inspired music. Warrior, to this effect, includes a collaboration with Pop himself.

She draws inspiration from films as well. Her stage makeup is characterized by dramatic glitter makeup at her right eye, inspired by A Clockwork Orange.{{cite web|first=Jane|last=Stevenson|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/K/Kesha/2010/01/19/12529686-qmi.html|title=Ke$ha: I dress like a 'wild animal'|publisher=QMI Agency|access-date=November 15, 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101034940/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/K/Kesha/2010/01/19/12529686-qmi.html|archive-date=January 1, 2013|url-status=dead}} The video for "Your Love Is My Drug" features animated sequences inspired by The Beatles' film, Yellow Submarine,{{cite web|first=James|last=Montgomery|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1638430/keha-calls-your-love-my-drug-video-psychedelic-trip-mind.jhtml|title=Ke$ha Calls 'Your Love Is My Drug' Video 'A Psychedelic Trip Of The Mind'|work=MTV|date=May 5, 2010|access-date=May 31, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624023328/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1638430/keha-calls-your-love-my-drug-video-psychedelic-trip-mind.jhtml|archive-date=June 24, 2012|url-status=dead}} while the Get Sleazy tour was described as having a "post-apocalyptic Mad Max vibe".

Kesha is a member of the LGBT community. She has previously identified as bisexual.{{cite magazine|first=Thomas|last=Stichbury|url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/article/exclusive-kesha-on-bisexuality-and-being-able-to-run-free-in-her-relationship-1/22208/|title=Exclusive: Kesha On Bisexuality And Being Able To 'Run Free' In Her Relationship|magazine=Attitude|date=November 7, 2019|access-date=October 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108004407/https://www.attitude.co.uk/article/exclusive-kesha-on-bisexuality-and-being-able-to-run-free-in-her-relationship-1/22208/|archive-date=November 8, 2019|url-status=live}} However, in 2022, she clarified that she preferred not to label her sexuality, stating, "I'm not gay. I'm not straight. I don't know what I am. I love people ... I refuse to be anything, really, except for open to it all."{{cite web|first=Danai|last=Nesta Kupemba|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/17/kesha-sexuality-gay-straight/|title=Kesha opens up about her sexuality: 'I'm not gay. I'm not straight. I don't know what I am'|website=Pink News|date=June 17, 2022|access-date=February 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021192813/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/17/kesha-sexuality-gay-straight/|archive-date=October 21, 2022|url-status=live}} She made similar statements in both 2010 and 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/02/kesha-bisexual-pop-star-doesnt-love-just-men_n_2396180.html|title=Ke$ha Bisexual: Pop Star Says She Doesn't 'Love Just Men'|work=HuffPost|date=January 2, 2013|access-date=April 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529104434/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/02/kesha-bisexual-pop-star-doesnt-love-just-men_n_2396180.html|archive-date=May 29, 2016|url-status=live}}

In her 2019 Attitude article, she goes deeper in discussing her sexuality, saying: "I have always been attracted to the soul behind a person's eyes. It has never occurred to me to care about a specific gender, or how someone is identifying, to make me wonder about whether or not I'm attracted to them."{{cite web|first=Steve|last=Brown|url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/article/exclusive-kesha-on-bisexuality-and-being-able-to-run-free-in-her-relationship-1/22208/|title=Exclusive: Kesha on bisexuality and being able to 'run free' in her relationship|magazine=Attitude|date=November 7, 2019|access-date=November 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108004407/https://www.attitude.co.uk/article/exclusive-kesha-on-bisexuality-and-being-able-to-run-free-in-her-relationship-1/22208/|archive-date=November 8, 2019|url-status=live}} She has performed legal commitment ceremonies for both same-sex and opposite-sex couples.{{cite web|first=Jeremy|last=Kinser|url=http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/music/2012/06/11/keha-performs-commitment-ceremony-lesbian-friends|title=Ke$ha Performs Commitment Ceremony for Lesbian Friends|work=The Advocate|date=June 11, 2012|access-date=July 6, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928095048/http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/music/2012/06/11/keha-performs-commitment-ceremony-lesbian-friends|archive-date=September 28, 2013|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Nicki|last=Escudero|url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/kesha-comes-to-marquee-theatre-talks-roadkill-glitter-and-snl-6592662|title=Kesha comes to Marquee Theatre; Talks Roadkill, Glitter and 'SNL'|work=Phoenix New Times|date=July 20, 2010|access-date=February 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006022335/https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/kesha-comes-to-marquee-theatre-talks-roadkill-glitter-and-snl-6592662|archive-date=October 6, 2015|url-status=live}} She has been involved with LGBT activism as well as animal rights.{{cite web|first=Megan|last=Townsend|url=http://www.glaad.org/blog/kesha-talks-attraction-and-standing-against-anti-lgbt-bullying|title=Ke$ha Talks Attraction and Standing against Anti-LGBT Bullying|work=GLAAD|date=January 2, 2013|access-date=February 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518175301/https://www.glaad.org/blog/kesha-talks-attraction-and-standing-against-anti-lgbt-bullying|archive-date=May 18, 2021|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.humanesociety.org/news/news/2015/06/kesha-stars-in-be-cruelty-free-ad.html|title=Kesha encourages guiltless glam: Recording artist takes on animal testing of cosmetics: The Humane Society of the United States|access-date=August 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906023731/http://www.humanesociety.org/news/news/2015/06/kesha-stars-in-be-cruelty-free-ad.html|archive-date=September 6, 2015|url-status=dead}} Kesha stated that she was born with a quarter inch vestigial tail, "I had a tail when I was born...they chopped it off and stole my tail...I'm really sad about that story."{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kesha-tail_n_3688269|title=Ke$ha's Tail Was Chopped Off And Stolen|work=HuffPost|date=August 1, 2013|access-date=October 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502053359/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kesha-tail_n_3688269|archive-date=May 2, 2020|url-status=live}}

Kesha supports Time's Up, an advocacy group against sexual harassment. At the 2018 Grammys, she performed "Praying" with other notable women in music in support of the movement.{{cite magazine|first=Raisa|last=Bruner|url=https://time.com/5122525/kesha-grammys-times-up/|title=Kesha Led an Incredible Group of Women in Time's Up Tribute|magazine=Time|date=January 29, 2018|access-date=February 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301072708/https://time.com/5122525/kesha-grammys-times-up/|archive-date=March 1, 2018|url-status=live}}

While performing in November 2023, Kesha altered the lyrics to her song "Tik Tok" from "Wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy" to "Wake up in the morning feeling just like me" to remove a reference to Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, a response to a lawsuit from Cassie Ventura that accused Combs of perpetuating several forms of abuse against her, including rape, over a decade-long period.{{cite magazine|first=Starr|last=Bowenbank|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/kesha-removes-diddy-name-tik-tok-lyrics-cassie-lawsuit-1235494946/|title=Kesha Removes Diddy's Name From 'TiK ToK' Lyrics Onstage After Cassie Lawsuit|magazine=Billboard|date=November 19, 2023|access-date=February 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120015435/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/kesha-removes-diddy-name-tik-tok-lyrics-cassie-lawsuit-1235494946/|archive-date=November 20, 2023|url-status=live}} During a guest appearance at singer Reneé Rapp's Coachella set in April 2024, she further altered the lyric to "wake up in the morning, like, 'Fuck P. Diddy{{' "}}. This occurred after additional lawsuits had been filed against Combs.{{cite magazine|first=Althea|last=Legaspi|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kesha-renee-rapp-tik-tok-p-diddy-lyric-change-coachella-1235004454/|title=Kesha and Reneé Rapp Change 'Tik Tok' Lyric to 'F-ck P Diddy' at Coachella|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=April 15, 2024|access-date=February 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240415052158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kesha-renee-rapp-tik-tok-p-diddy-lyric-change-coachella-1235004454/|archive-date=April 15, 2024|url-status=live}} Kesha has stated that she plans to permanently perform the song with this lyrical change going forward.{{cite magazine|first=Hannah|last=Dailey|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/kesha-says-fuck-p-diddy-lyric-change-tik-tok-permanent-1235680652/|title=Kesha Says She's Permanently Changing Diddy Lyric in 'Tik Tok': 'I Know What I Stand For'|magazine=Billboard|date=May 10, 2024|access-date=February 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511025807/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/kesha-says-fuck-p-diddy-lyric-change-tik-tok-permanent-1235680652/|archive-date=May 11, 2024|url-status=live}}

On January 3, 2014, Kesha checked into Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center in Lemont, Illinois, for eating disorder treatment.{{cite web|first=Sophie|last=Schillaci|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1719874/kesha-rehab-eating-disorder.jhtml|title=Ke$ha Checks Into Rehab For Eating Disorder|work=MTV|date=January 3, 2014|access-date=January 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104051519/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1719874/kesha-rehab-eating-disorder.jhtml|archive-date=January 4, 2014|url-status=dead}} Kesha's mother confirmed that Kesha was suffering from the eating disorder bulimia nervosa and that she has struggled with it since she was signed. She also alleged that Dr. Luke was partly to blame, saying Luke had told her to lose weight after he signed her, comparing the shape of her body to a refrigerator.{{cite magazine|first=Char|last=Adams|url=https://people.com/music/kesha-dr-luke-alleged-body-shaming-new-york-times/|title=Kesha: 'I Tried to and Almost Killed Myself' After Dr. Luke's Alleged Body Shaming|magazine=People|date=October 26, 2016|access-date=February 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709000226/https://people.com/music/kesha-dr-luke-alleged-body-shaming-new-york-times/|archive-date=July 9, 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Andrea|last=Simpson|url=http://www.celebuzz.com/2014-01-08/kehas-mom-speaks-out-she-doesnt-have-a-drinking-problem/|title=Ke$ha's Mom Speaks Out: She Doesn't Have a Drinking Problem|work=Celebuzz|date=January 8, 2014|access-date=January 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108234045/http://www.celebuzz.com/2014-01-08/kehas-mom-speaks-out-she-doesnt-have-a-drinking-problem/|archive-date=January 8, 2014|url-status=dead}} Kesha completed her treatment on March 6, 2014, after spending two months in rehab.{{cite news|first=Arienne|last=Thompson|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/03/07/keha-completes-rehab-feeling-healthy/6157471/|title=Ke$ha completes rehab, 'feeling healthy'|newspaper=USA Today|date=March 7, 2014|access-date=November 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222225952/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/03/07/keha-completes-rehab-feeling-healthy/6157471/|archive-date=December 22, 2016|url-status=live}}

In her Self magazine cover, Kesha revealed that in 2022, she was diagnosed with common variable immunodeficiency, which made her feel fatigued every day. She assumed this was a result of being overworked. Kesha also revealed she almost died in January 2023 after a complication with freezing her eggs, and a few weeks later, she felt weak after a performance and was sent to the hospital for nine days.{{cite magazine|author=Amy Rose Spiegel|url=https://www.self.com/story/kesha|title=Kesha Knows Exactly What She Wants to Say|magazine=Self|date=June 20, 2023|access-date=February 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240705175214/https://www.self.com/story/kesha|archive-date=July 5, 2024|url-status=live}}

Writing for Lenny Letter, Kesha stated that she views God as "nature and space and energy and the universe. My own interpretation of spirituality isn't important, because we all have our own. What matters is that I have something greater than me as an individual that helps bring me peace."{{cite web|author=Kesha|url=http://www.lennyletter.com/culture/a904/kesha-is-back-with-a-new-single-praying/|title=Kesha Fights Back in Her New Single, "Praying"|work=Lenny Letter|date=July 6, 2017|access-date=July 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706181516/http://www.lennyletter.com/culture/a904/kesha-is-back-with-a-new-single-praying/|archive-date=July 6, 2017|url-status=dead}} According to pop culture magazine Paper, "Homophobia and false piety eventually alienated [her] from Christianity and she's since settled on a non-denominational cocktail of meditation, mindfulness, and astrology." Kesha said she is occasionally a nihilist. She is "obsessed with religion".{{cite magazine|first=Jael|last=Goldfine|url=https://www.papermag.com/kesha-high-road-2645194946.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1|title=Don't Cry For Kesha|magazine=Paper|date=February 8, 2020|access-date=February 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221031231/https://www.papermag.com/kesha-high-road-2645194946.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1|archive-date=February 21, 2020|url-status=live}}

Kesha has been an outspoken critic of president Donald Trump. She had written her 2018 single, "Woman" in protest of his "pussy grabbing comment", according to her interview with Metro.co.uk.{{cite magazine|first=Emma|last=Blanchard|url=https://vmagazine.com/article/kesha-drops-donald-trump-inspired-song/|title=Kesha Drops A Donald Trump Inspired Song|magazine=V Magazine|date=November 10, 2021|access-date=October 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110011250/https://vmagazine.com/article/kesha-drops-donald-trump-inspired-song/|archive-date=November 10, 2021|url-status=dead}} She endorsed Joe Biden for the 2020 US Presidential Election{{cite magazine|first=Althea|last=Legaspi|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kesha-anthony-hamilton-team-joe-sings-concert-series-joe-biden-1062097/|title=Kesha, Anthony Hamilton Kickoff 'Team Joe Sings' Concert Series Supporting Biden for President|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=September 17, 2020|access-date=April 4, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241208123753/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kesha-anthony-hamilton-team-joe-sings-concert-series-joe-biden-1062097/|archive-date=December 8, 2024|url-status=live}} and Kamala Harris for the 2024 US Presidential election.{{cite magazine|first=Hannah|last=Dailey|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/musicians-endorsing-kamala-harris-president-2024/kesha-kamala-harris/|title=All the Musicians Supporting Kamala Harris in the 2024 Presidential Election|magazine=Billboard|date=November 4, 2024|access-date=February 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901220214/https://www.billboard.com/lists/musicians-endorsing-kamala-harris-president-2024/kesha-kamala-harris/|archive-date=September 1, 2024|url-status=live}}

{{Main|Kesha discography|List of songs recorded by Kesha}}

Studio albums

• Animal (2010)
• Warrior (2012)
• Rainbow (2017)
• High Road (2020)
• Gag Order (2023)
• Period (2025)

Headlining

• Get Sleazy Tour (2011)
• Warrior Tour (2013–2015)
• Kesha and the Creepies: Fuck the World Tour (2016–2017)
• Rainbow Tour (2017–2019)
• Kesha Live (2021)
• Only Love Tour (2023)
• House of Kesha (2024–2025){{cite magazine|url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kesha-house-of-kesha-australia-shows-2025-67786/|title=Kesha Returns to Australia for 'House of Kesha' Event

|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=October 21, 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/10/21/kesha-tour-uk-tickets-presale/|title=Kesha announces UK tour dates and ticket details|newspaper=PinkNews|access-date=October 21, 2024}}

Co-headlining

• North American Tour 2013 (with Pitbull) (2013)
• The Adventures of Kesha and Macklemore (with Macklemore) (2018)
• The Tits Out Tour (with Scissor Sisters) (2025–2026)

Supporting

• Rihanna – Last Girl on Earth (2010)

Cancelled

• High Road Tour (2020)

{{Main|Kesha videography}}

• Bravo Supershow (2007)
• Final Flesh (2009)
• Walt Disney's Princess Ke$ha (2011)
• Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012)
• Jem and the Holograms (2015)
• A Ghost Story (2017)
• Rainbow: The Film (2018)

{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Kesha}}

• Songs written by Kesha
• List of artists who reached number one in the United States

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