In a becoming method to ring in Independence Day, Kesha has dropped her new single “Joyride,” marking her first launch as an indie artist since parting methods with Dr. Luke’s Kemosabe Records and RCA.
The single, which she debuted at Brooklyn’s Planet Pride this previous weekend, is a departure from the extra experimental nature of final yr’s “Gag Order,” an album that pushed into extra arthouse territory for the pop singer. “Joyride” is an electro-banger completely timed to summer season, a callback to her early hits like “Tik Tok” and “We R Who We R,” with quotable lyrics like “You want kids? Well I am mother.”
“Joyride” marks a brand new starting for Kesha. In December, Variety reported that she had parted methods with each her label Kemosabe and Vector Management. The information got here six months after she settled a number of lawsuits together with her former producer and label proprietor Dr. Luke, which stretched over practically 10 years however have been settled out of courtroom. Both Kesha and Dr. Luke issued statements on social media, with Kesha explaining she was “closing the door on this chapter of my life and beginning a new one.”
Kesha launched 5 full-length albums and three EPs by way of Kemosabe, although she tried to be launched from the contract after claiming that Luke sexually assaulted her. He denied her claims, and she or he in the end acknowledged that she didn’t absolutely keep in mind the occasions of the night.
In March, she tweeted, “First day I’ve owned my voice in 19 years. Welcome.” Now, together with her previous behind her, Kesha not too long ago celebrated her liberation with a efficiency to kick off Pride weekend at WeHo’s Outloud Fest, the place she informed the gang, “This is my first show as a free motherfucking woman.” During the efficiency, she debuted two new songs together with “Mother” and “Freedom.”