At Monica Lewinsky’s podcast, the musician talks about the mental and emotional pain that he faced over a decade – and with whom he continues to manage today
During your long judicial battle against Dr. Luke, Kesha He lived in two separate realities, pretending to be only one. In one of them, it was blocked in a dispute with the producer, born Lukasz Gottwaldwho sued him for defamation after his action – supporting sexual, physical and emotional abuse – was largely rejected because he was considered too old. In the other reality, he still delivered music to his seal, the Kemosabe RecordsAnd she showed up songs with her own voice – a voice on which she had no legal rights – for the audience full of fans and supporters.
During your participation in the Podcast Complaintfrom Monica LewinskyThat airs in full today, the artist is frankly speaks of the mental and emotional pain that this dichotomy has caused within her.
In an exclusive trait of the episode, Kesha He says: “In my head it seemed the greatest mental confusion of all time.” At the moment, the Kemosabe Records The promotion, budgets, exits and other aspects relating to your catalog are checked, which included their first five studio albums, Animal (2010) up Order of Bavaglio (2023). “The recordings of my voice did not belong to me legally in the universe, for all eternity,” he says. “The only way to get out of this contract was to deliver the song, so everything was very strange.”
Kesha He admits that the experience is still difficult to elaborate. “Like, I’m doing what I like to do. I am one of the best in the world. I have all these extraordinary fans, they want me to win. I’m making it happen,” he says on the stretch, “but it was such a great mental confusion … it still makes me perplexed, because it does not make sense that the legal system does not make sense.
“It seemed inhuman. And then, in the middle of all this, it’s like: go to the stage, smile and sings ‘Tiktok’,” he adds Kesha.
And I did it, because I want my fans to have a beautiful place to connect together. But I was dying. I was really dying inside. And it seemed – and I know it’s not true – but at the moment it seemed that nobody cares. And it was difficult, and it lasted for a long time, which was all intentional, I understand it. My heart will probably continue to open up to pieces for a long time. It will be in micro tears until I could be what I was again.
The singer is going on with a new phase, even if his healing process is still in progress. Last week, he launched PeriodStylized as the punctuation sign (.), Your first album as an independent artist. For the first time since he was 18, his voice belongs only to herself.
“The taste of Kesha Pop experimentation is in full flowering Period. – Your indie debut is well programmed for the expected mainstream explosion of the genonist genre, the neon colors and everything that is together like Hyperpop “, wrote the Rolling stone In a review of the album. “Framed by caring moments, Period. It is a lively pop disc that enjoys launching things on the wall to see which glules and also enjoy any disorder that can derive from a less successful shot. “
This entry was originally published by Rolling Stone USA by Larisha Paul on July 8, 2025 and can be checked here.
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