明星幸存者(1) Kesha : Pop - Star Survivor The singer finds her voice again after battling an eating disorder & squaring off in court over sexual assault allegations
The pop star Kesha roared onto the scene 10 years ago , infamously rap - singing about brushing her teeth with a bottle of Jack Daniel ' s on her braggadocios breakout hit " TiK ToK ." Tapping into the millennial zeitgeist , she earned a reputation as a wild child , unleashing a string of you - only - live - once party anthems , from " Your Love Is My Drug " to " Blow ."
But the party came to a record - scratching halt in 2014 when the star entered rehab for an eating disorder and sued her producer and record label executive Lukasz " Dr . Luke " Gottwald , 46 , alleging he drugged and raped her and emotionally abused her for a decade . ( Luke denies the allegations and has countersued for defamation and breach of contract . )
Their bitter lawsuit culminated in a dramatic 2016 hearing in a New York City courthouse , where Kesha broke down in sobs as a judge dismissed her request to be released from her contract with Luke ; the judge later went on to dismiss Kesha ' s claims , and she remains contractually tied to the producer , whose lawsuit is ongoing .
But the turmoil of the past few years is finally in her rear view . " You can go through s --- and come out the other side swinging ," Kesha , 32 , says now . " I want people to know that you don ' t have to be defined by your past or be a prisoner of something that you had to go through - you are allowed to find happiness ."
Indeed , Kesha made a triumphant return with her 2017 album Rainbow , which earned two Grammy nominations . And now the singer - who is launching her Kesha Rose Beauty makeup line - will return to her fun - loving roots with her fourth LP , High Road , due out Jan . 10.
" On the last record , I had a lot of serious things to address ," says Kesha . " But now I ' m ready to be joyful and happy and make people feel good with songs that capture my love of life , like : Don ' t let tomorrow get in the way of having an amazing time today , because you just don ' t know how long you have on this earth ."
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