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YouTuber Information
Profile	kesha
Style	Music
Date joined	November 14, 2005
Twitter / X	@KeshaRose
Facebook	Kesha
Instagram and Threads	@kesha
Other media	Deezer YouTube Music Spotify Apple Music TikTok Live Tour Website Website
Videos	273+
Schedule	Unscheduled
Status	Active
Associates	Flo Rida • Pitbull • Macklemore LLC • The Flaming Lips • Wrabel • Big Freedia • 3OH!3 • Walker Hayes • Vivziepop
Username	Kesha
Personal information
Full name	Kesha Rose Sebert
Nationality	American
Location	Los Angeles, California, United States
Pronouns	she/her
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Conjuring Kesha - Official Trailer
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Ke$ha - TiK ToK
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Ke$ha - TiK ToK

Kesha Rose Sebert (born: March 1, 1987 (1987-03-01)), better known professionally as simply Kesha, (also known as Ke$ha) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actress who performs the genres of pop, electropop, dancepop, synth-pop, rock, pop rock, rap, pop rap, and hip hop. She was introduced to music at a young age by her mother, Pebe, a songwriter. Her mother's most notable songwriting success was "Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You," which was a hit for Joe Sun and Dolly Parton.

Career

Since she began her career in 2005, she's released a total of four studio albums, including Animal, (2010), Warrior, (2012), Rainbow, (2017), and High Road, (2020), one remix album, which is I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album, (2011), and two extended plays, which included Cannibal, (2010), and Deconstructed, (2012). She's best known for her hit singles TikTok, Blah Blah Blah, Your Love is My Drug, Take It Off, and Praying.

Early life

At the age of 17, Kesha dropped out of high school to pursue a music career. She changed her name to Kesha and relocated to Los Angeles to work with producer Dr. Luke, who had previously worked on hit songs for Katy Perry and Kelly Clarkson, among others. "I thought her voice was unique, and I fell in love with her personality," Dr. Luke told Entertainment Weekly. "She had the same sass and irreverence she has today." Kesha was determined to get into the business. According to one story, she paid a gardener to enter music legend Prince's home and leave one of her demos for him. She also got some work as a backup vocalist, singing on Britney Spears and Paris Hilton songs.

Commercial Breakthrough

Kesha soon signed a record deal with RCA following her collaboration with Flo Rida. She released her first single, "Tik Tok," later that year. The party anthem quickly gained a following, becoming one of the most downloaded songs in America and eventually reaching the top of the Billboard pop charts in January 2010. Kesha has faced criticism for some of her lyrics, particularly those about drinking and alcohol, due to her popularity among young people. "I'm not a babysitter," the singer explained. "It is the parents' responsibility to care for their children." Kesha draws inspiration for her songs from her own life. "I'll hang out with my friends and get rowdy... I am not sorry, and I will write about it."

Her debut album, Animal, peaked at number one on the charts after its release in January 2010. In addition to "Tik Tok," Kesha had two other top ten hits: "Blah Blah Blah" and "Your Love Is My Drug." This work was accompanied by the extended play release Cannibal. She built on her initial success with 2012's Warrior, which included the single "Die Young." A companion extended work, Deconstructed, was published in 2013.

Controversy

Dr. Luke's sexual assault

Kesha faced some personal issues in 2014. In January, she sought help for her eating condition. Later that year, Kesha filed a lawsuit against producer Dr. Luke, saying he drugged and then sexually assaulted her, among other things. Dr. Luke has sued Kesha and her mother for slander. During this difficult period, Kesha has received support from other singers such as Adele and Lady Gaga. Taylor Swift even gave $250,000 to the singer following a February 2016 court judgment that denied Kesha an injunction that would have released her from her contract with Dr. Luke's label at Sony Music. While the court refused Kesha's plea, it was clear that Sony Music has been working to resolve the matter behind the scenes. A lawyer from Sony Music told the New York Times, "Sony has made it possible for Kesha to record without any connection, engagement, or interaction with Luke whatsoever, but Sony is not in a position to terminate the contractual agreement between Luke and Kesha."

Kesha and Dr. Luke reached a settlement on June 30, 2023, in a defamation case following a nearly ten-year legal struggle that started with Kesha's 2014 allegations against him. The settlement comes after the New York Court of Appeals recently ruled that Dr. Luke, a.k.a Lukasz Gottwald, is a public figure and that in order to prevail in his defamation lawsuit against Kesha, he must demonstrate "actual malice." The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, spearheading a media alliance, had pushed the court to make that ruling, claiming that previous rulings that the music producer is a private individual were incorrect.

The real perniciousness standard, established by the U.S. Supreme Court in Modern York Times v. Sullivan, requires public figures and public authorities to prove that a defamatory statement was made with knowledge of its lie or reckless disregard for the truth. Private figures must also prove that a defamatory explanation was made with carelessness. The ruling by the state's most significant court would have made it harder for Dr. Luke to win in the case if the case had gone to trial later this summer.

In 2020, a Unused York trial court ruled that Dr. Luke was not an open figure, as he never incorporated himself into the open discussion about sexual assault. After Kesha requested the decision, the Columnists Committee, along with 16 media organizations, filed three friend-of-the-court briefs against the pop star, emphasizing the impact of such a ruling on public-interest news coverage. In 2021, the re-appraising division of the Unused York Incomparable Court affirmed the lower court's ruling, prompting Kesha to request the Unused York Court of Offers, the state's most significant court. The Columnists Committee and 28 media organizations urged the court to reverse the lower court's ruling and find Dr. Luke an open figure.

The Modern York Court of Requests eventually agreed, concluding that Dr. Luke could be a limited-purpose open figure and must demonstrate genuine noxiousness. Judge Michael J. Garcia stated that Dr. Luke intentionally sought media attention for himself, his businesses, and the craftsmen he worked with, including Sebert, to advance their trade interests. After the court's ruling, Dr. Luke dropped the criticism claim against Kesha, and the case was set to go to trial in June 2023. Both Dr. Luke and Kesha reported the settlement on their social media accounts.

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

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

Collaboration albums

• Lip$ha (with The Flaming Lips) (cancelled)

Extended plays

• Cannibal (2010)
• Deconstructed (2012)
• Gag Order (Live Acoustic EP from Space) (2023)

Remix albums

• I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album (2011)
• Animal + Cannibal - the Remix Album (2011)

Compilation albums

• Animal + Cannibal (2010)

Singles

Animal

1. "TiK ToK" (2009)
2. "Blah Blah Blah (2010)
3. "Your Love Is My Drug (2010)
4. "Take It Off" (2010)

Cannibal

1. "We R Who We R" (2010)
2. "Blow" (2011)

Warrior

1. "Die Young" (2012)
2. "C'Mon" (2012)
3. "Crazy Kids" (2013)

Rainbow

1. "Praying" (2017)
2. "Learn to Let Go" (2017)
3. "Woman" (2018)

High Road

1. "Raising Hell" (2019)
2. "My Own Dance" (2019)
3. "Resentment" (2019)
4. "Tonight" (2020)

Gag Order

1. "Eat the Acid" / "Fine Line" (2023)
2. "Only Love Can Save Us Now" (2023)

Sixth studio album

1. "Joyride" (2024)

Non-album singles

1. "True Colors" (2016)
2. "This Is Me" (2017) (released on The Greatest Showman: Reimagined)
3. "Here Comes The Change" (2019)
4. "Rich, White, Straight Men" (2019)
5. "Since I Was Young" (2020)
6. "Drop Dead" (2021)

Tours

Headlining

• Get $leazy 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)

Co-headlining

• North American Tour 2013 (with Pitbull) (2013)
• The Adventures of Kesha and Macklemore (with Macklemore) (2018)

Residency

• Kesha's Weird & Wonderful Rainbow Ride (2019)

Supporting

• Rihanna – Last Girl on Earth Tour (2010)

Cancelled

• High Road Tour (2020)
• Kesha's Weird & Wonderful Rainbow Ride Round 2 (2022)

Trivia

• She is part Hungarian.
• As of 2023, she has written approx. 15,000 songs throughout her career.
• She is vegetarian.
• She is a feminist.
• Her favorite color is chartreuse.
• She is an ordained minister and has performed legal commitment ceremonies for both same-sex and opposite-sex couples.
• She spoke about her sexual orientation with Seventeen magazine in 2013, "I don't love just men. I love people. It's not about gender". She made a similar statement to Out magazine in 2010, when she confessed to simply "liking people": "I wouldn't say I'm gay or straight. I don't like labeling things anyway".
• She has been involved with LGBT+ activism as well as animal rights.
• Kesha believes in God, writing for Lenny Letter that she believes that "God is 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"
• She reportedly has an IQ of 140 and scored a near perfect on her SATs, scoring a 1500. Her gold tooth, which she wore from 2010-2015, was installed after she chipped her actual tooth during some bar "rowdiness". Kesha joked E! News in 2013, "Someone was being mean to one of my dancers and I couldn't take it, so then part of my tooth came out and then the gold went on". In reality, she actually chipped it opening a beer bottle with her teeth. Kesha joked about the gold tooth being her biggest beauty regret in a 2015 Vogue interview. The gold tooth even returned in 2019.
• She used beer as an adhesive when she first started wearing body glitter, but stopped because it was giving her a skin rash. She later started using baby oil.
• Her favorite author is Tom Robbins.
• She didn't like "TiK ToK" at first and wanted to rewrite the verses. "I didn't think it was funny or clever," she explained to the Herald Sun in 2010. "I thought it kind of sucked. But everyone else liked it".
• She broke into Prince's house to leave him her demo CD.
• She drove a gold trans am, until it broke down in 2013 (shown on her TV show).
• She wrote the song, "Stephen" when she was 16 with her mother.
• She doesn't like milk.
• Sometimes when she writes songs, she lays her breast on her piano.
• She tore her ACL in 2018 after she fell onstage during a concert for the Rainbow Tour.
• Some of her biggest music idols include Bob Dylan, Dolly Parton, Iggy Pop, and The Rolling Stones.
• She would like to collaborate with Kendrick Lamar or Cardi B.
• Artists that make her happy are Cardi B, Lizzo, and Ariana Grande.
• She carries edibles in her purse and smokes weed regularly.
• She voices Beelzebub in Helluva Boss.

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