History Music / Kesha

* LuckyCharmsTitle: Ke$ha (as put by ''Series/{{Glee}}'', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh4T07xoluE Ke Dollar Sign Ha]]").

Born in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles but raised in UsefulNotes/{{Nashville}}, Kesha's first reached prominence in the music industry with (uncredited, at the time) guest vocals on "Right Round" by Music/FloRida, which was released to global success in early 2009. During this time, she also wrote songs for Music/MileyCyrus ("The Time of Our Lives"), Music/TheVeronicas ("This Love"), and Music/BritneySpears ("Lace and Leather"), among others.

* ConceptAlbum: ''Animal'' is about empowerment and individuality, ''Cannibal'' is grief and strength, ''Warrior'' is magic, and ''Rainbow'' is recovery and sadness.

* TheAlcoholic: At least in her songs' lyrics.

* AntiLoveSong: Blah Blah Blah (Basically a sex and leave song), Dirty Love(Just after sex again), Thinking Of You (I loved you, broke my heart but now I'm a star), Die Young (Break up with your lover to come with me).

** "Kiss N Tell" and "Thinking of You" both call a man a slut for sleeping around, and in "Grow a Pear" inverts "Females are the weaker sex" arguments

** Appears to have resolved itself now that she's finished with rehab. The first thing she announced was that she was dropping the dollar sign from her stage name and is already working on new music. With this news, we're likely going to be hearing news of a NewSoundAlbum.

** Still, apparently, she wasn't allowed to do what she wanted there, especially in the midst of the Dr. Luke allegations. She has stated ''Rainbow'' is "truly from the inside of [her] guts", and judging by its first singles, "Praying" (a piano ballad with soul elements) and "Woman" (a funk throwback with a ClusterFBomb chorus) she means it.

* UnkemptBeauty

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[[caption-width-right:236:[[OneOfTheBoys "Because a girl should be able to down copious amounts of liquor and puke in the bathtub the next morning just like a guy, dammit!!"]]]]

Kesha Rose Sebert (pronounced as Kesh-uh, born March 1, 1987), is a singer/rapper known by the mononym of Kesha (2009-present) (formerly stylized as [=Ke$ha=]). Kesha was born in Los Angeles, but raised in [[DeepSouth Nashville, Tennessee]]. Her breakthrough single came in early 2009 after appearing on Flo Rida's number one single "Right Round". She wrote songs for Music/MileyCyrus (Time Of Our Lives) Music/TheVeronicas (This Love) and worked on "Lace And Leather" for Music/BritneySpears before she hit the big time. Her debut single, "[=TiK ToK=]", and album, ''Animal'' followed shortly afterwards in 2009 and 2010 respectively. Later, she released an EP, ''Cannibal'', which featured successful songs such as "We R Who We R", "Blow", and "Sleazy". She currently finished the Get Sleazy Tour then released a second album.

Her SignatureStyle can be roughly summed up as {{Retraux}}-style SynthPop with [[TheLadette tomboyish]] [[OneOfTheBoys lyrical themes]] and AutoTune up the wazoo. She typically includes satirical lyrics that objectify men to point out how many male singers and rappers objectify women. She also incorporates a a healthy dose of rock influence, and has collaborated with famous rock musicians such as Music/IggyPop, Music/AliceCooper, and Music/FlamingLips. (Alice Cooper noted that she wasn't a pop diva so much as a rock star). She also frequently incorporates a talky style of rapping with exaggerated phrasing and enunciation. [[GenreRoulette She tends to experiment a bit]].

In February 2016 a long running dispute with her producer and record company exploded messily into the news and onto Twitter after a judge's ruling. To avoid controversy, [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement that's all we're going to say here]], see Wiki/TheOtherWiki for details.

Her third full-length, ''Rainbow,'' was released on August 11th, 2017.

** ''Deconstructed'' (2012), an acoustic EP

!!Kesha and her music provide examples of the following tropes:

* GenreRoulette: ''Rainbow'' holds '''nothing''' back in this department.

** Still, apparently, she wasn't allowed to do what she wanted there, especially in the midst of the Dr. Luke allegations. She has stated ''Rainbow'' is "truly from the inside of [her] guts", and its first singles, "Praying" (a piano ballad with soul elements) and "Woman" (a funk throwback with a ClusterFBomb chorus) proved she meant it. The album wound up dipping into rock, gospel, country, funk and more, and it's hard to reconcile this album with the girl that did "Blah Blah Blah."

* UnkemptBeauty: Which only endears her to fans, who find her more down-to-earth than most pop stars.

In February 2016 a long running dispute with her producer and record company exploded messily into the news and onto twitter after a judge's ruling. To avoid controversy, [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement that's all we're going to say here]], see Wiki/TheOtherWiki for details.

** Still, apparently, she wasn't allowed to do what she wanted there, especially in the midst of the Dr. Luke allegations. She has stated ''Rainbow'' is "truly from the inside of [her] guts", and judging by its first singles, "Praying" (a piano ballad with soul elements) and "Woman" (a funk throwback with a ClusterFBomb chorus) she means it.

* UnkemptBeauty

** Still, apparently, she wasn't allowed to do what she wanted there, especially in the midst of the Dr. Luke allegations. She has stated ''Rainbow'' is "truly from the inside of [her] guts", and judging by its first single "Praying" (a piano ballad with soul elements) she means it.

* NewSoundAlbum: In [[http://www.freshyesh.com/post/kesha-in-this-months-rolling-stone/ an interview with Rolling Stone]], [=Ke$ha=] claims that her new album will be influenced by ''The Music/FlamingLips and Music/ArcadeFire.'' She also confirmed that it would be influenced by '70s cock-rock, and that she wants to move pop into a rock direction with the album.
** Now that the album is released, it's better to say that she split it between heavy dance tracks for half of the album, and then [[MoodWhiplash mood whiplashes]] us into the cock-rock (and occasional ballad without Auto-Tune) out of nowhere with the help of [[Music/TheStooges Iggy Pop]]. And it is glorious.

* TheParody:

** Possibly her entire career.

* AutoTune: Embodies this almost as much as Music/TPain.

* ConceptAlbum: Animal is about empowerment and individuality, Cannibal is grief and strength and Warrior is magic.

* CuteKitten: Used these to troll her fans about art work for her Warrior Album.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Her Warrior album has a parental advisory sticker, not for no reason...

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar/ FunWithAcronyms: I'll ''C U Next Tuesday''.

** Now that the album is released, it's better to say that she split it between heavy dance tracks for half of the album, and then [[MoodWhiplash mood whiplashes]] us into the cock-rock out of nowhere with the help of [[Music/TheStooges Iggy Pop]]. And it is glorious.
** Still, apparently, she wasn't allowed to do what she wanted there. We may well expect a NewSoundAlbum in the future.

* RecordProducer: Dr. Luke & Benny Blanco co-wrote and produced most of her songs so far.

* '''Rainbow'' (2017)

In February 2016 a long running dispute with her producer and record company exploded messily into the news and onto twitter after a judge's ruling. To avoid controversy, [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement that's all we're going to say here]], see TheOtherWiki for details.

** There are some [[EpilepticTrees epileptic tree]] theories that JohnTravolta is her father, based on some photo comparisons and some facts like that her mom was a singer/songwriter in Los Angeles at the time of her conception.

* RefugeInAudacity: She's been described as "the degenerate HannahMontana"; whereas other pop artists would deny their crude, party-girl image, she completely embraces it (just watch the video for "[[HardDrinkingPartyGirl TiK ToK]]") in what she calls "the war on pretension".

'''Kesha Rose Sebert''' (pronounced as Kesh-uh, born March 1, 1987), is a singer/rapper known by the mononym of '''Kesha''' (2009-present) (formerly stylized as [=Ke$ha=]). Kesha was born in Los Angeles, but raised in [[DeepSouth Nashville, Tennessee]]. Her breakthrough single came in early 2009 after appearing on Flo Rida's number one single "Right Round". She wrote songs for Music/MileyCyrus (Time Of Our Lives) Music/TheVeronicas (This Love) and worked on "Lace And Leather" for Music/BritneySpears before she hit the big time. Her debut single, "[=TiK ToK=]", and album, ''Animal'' followed shortly afterwards in 2009 and 2010 respectively. Later, she released an EP, ''Cannibal'', which featured successful songs such as "We R Who We R", "Blow", and "Sleazy". She currently finished the Get Sleazy Tour then released a second album.

* [[FanNickname Detractor Nickname]]: In-universe. The video for "Blow" prominently features [[DawsonsCreek James Van Der Beek]], who she calls "James Van Der Douche"

* SpiritualSuccessor: Easily fits into BritneySpears shoes, fun pop star, who likes to release cutting edge pop music with a more BeYourself leaning, who wants to create epic stage shows and has some instrumental training/talent.

* LuckyCharmsTitle

** Her twitter was 'keshasuxx' before changing to 'KeshaRose'.
** See also her [[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/5e27224abb/disneys-princess-kesha Funny Or Die]] video. Part Parody, part TakeThatMe[=/=]EmbraceTheHate.

* SheCleansUpNicely: On her performances and promotional pictures, she's always as dirty as possible. [[http://i44.tinypic.com/2dvqrr5.jpg Other]] [[http://i41.tinypic.com/6nrnr5.jpg times]], it's possible to see why Maxim put her on their [[http://www.maxim.com/girls-of-maxim/keha "Hot 100" list]].

Her SignatureStyle can be roughly summed up as {{Retraux}}-style SynthPop with [[TheLadette tomboyish]] [[OneOfTheBoys lyrical themes]] and AutoTune up the wazoo. She typically includes satirical lyrics that objectify men to point out how many male singers and rappers objectify women. She also incorporates a a healthy dose of rock influence, and has collaborated with famous rock musicians such as Music/IggyPop, Music/AliceCooper, and Music/TheFlamingLips. (Alice Cooper noted that she wasn't a pop diva so much as a rock star). She also frequently incorporates a talky style of rapping with exaggerated phrasing and enunciation. [[GenreRoulette She tends to experiment a bit]].

* LoonyFan: [[http://www.billboard.com/news/features/breaking-entering-ke-ha-1004048466.story Before she was famous]], she found and sneaked into {{Prince}}'s house and left a demo tape on his table.

* [[MisogynySong MisandrySong]]: Blah Blah Blah, and Boots N Boys are the heaviest examples of this.

* MisandrySong: Blah Blah Blah, and Boots N Boys are the heaviest examples of this.

* IsraelisWithInfraredMissiles: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVVte550dyU This]] [[MemeticMutation famous]] clip features a squad of them dancing to her music while on a patrol.

* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: The American flag t-shirt, as well as a sparkly cape with an American flag design on the inside she wore for a SaturdayNightLive performance.

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[[caption-width-right:300:[[OneOfTheBoys "Because a girl should be able to down copious amounts of liquor and puke in the bathtub the next morning just like a guy, dammit!!"]]]]