Singer remembered the beginning of his career and talked about artistic freedom at The Jennifer Hudson Show
During participation in The Jennifer Hudson Showaired this Tuesday (May 13), the singer Kesha revisited important moments of his trajectory, since the creation of the hit “Tik Tok” Until the production of his new album, which marks the beginning of a new phase as an independent artist.
When questioned by Jennifer Hudson If he imagined that “Tik Tok” would become a worldwide success, Kesha was straightforward:
“No, my God, no.”
“When I heard the final product, I thought, ‘This is too dumb.’ And now it’s 1.5 billion streams so far.”
She explained that during the song composition process, she was surprised by the way the song took.
“When I was writing ‘Tik Tok’, it was strange, because the stupid the music got, the better it became. Which was confused, because I like to consider myself a smart person. But it got the more dumb and the better and the better.”
Family influence and relationship with composition
During the conversation, Kesha also shared memories of her childhood and highlighted the importance of her mother, the songwriter PEBE SEBERTin your musical formation.
“My mother is a songwriter, and she taught me how to write songs since I was little. I went to the studio with her and slept inside the guitar case.”
“I was coming from school and said, ‘Mom, this boy was evil with me,’ and she said, ‘Write a song about it.’ That’s how we dealt with everything as a family.”
Kesha said that writing songs has always been a tool for dealing with personal emotions and challenges, a practice that continues to guide her music production to this day.
New album brand artistic independence
Now, at 38, Kesha is about to release her next album, . (Period)expected to reach the platforms on the day July 4, 2025. This will be the first album released totally independently, under the seal Kesha Recordsfounded by the artist herself.
“This is the first album where I have legal rights about my own voice. I’m very excited for the world to hear this, because I’ve been in control of everything. I wrote every song, co-produced everything. It’s my own label, it’s all my vision, all my words, hard work and a lot of joy.”
According to Kesha, the project represents a reunion with its artistic essence:
“It’s really coming home to myself, and feeling how freedom really is, how it really sounds.”
The next single from the album, “Boy Crazy”will be released on Friday, May 16anticipating the new work that, according to the artist, celebrates creative autonomy and maturity after years of challenges in the music industry.
Source: Rollingstone
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