The social gathering don’t cease for Kesha‘s largest hit, “Tik Tok,” which has remained one of the vital standard songs from the late 2000s greater than a decade later. However in accordance with the pop star, she initially thought the observe was “too dumb” when she first wrote it.
Whereas serving as a visitor on The Jennifer Hudson Present Tuesday (Could 13), Kesha recalled being blown away by the success of “Tik Tok” after it dropped in 2009. “No, oh my god,” she stated when requested whether or not she ever anticipated it to turn into such an enormous hit.
“Once I was writing ‘Tik Tok,’ it was bizarre, as a result of the dumber it acquired, the higher it acquired,” the “Praying” singer continued. “Which was complicated, as a result of I like to consider myself as a reasonably clever human being. Nevertheless it simply acquired dumber and dumber and higher and higher.”
Kesha added, “Once I listened to the ultimate product, I used to be like, ‘That is too dumb.’”
Regardless, there was nothing dumb about what the observe would do for her profession. “Tik Tok” would launch the California native to famous person standing, turning into not simply her first solo Billboard Hot 100 entry, however her first No. 1 on the chart. It could additionally stay within the high spot for 9 weeks, her longest run on the chart’s summit, and helped Kesha’s first album, Animal, debut atop the Billboard 200.
Fifteen years later, the musician is gearing as much as launch her sixth studio album, . (Interval), her first LP beneath her personal label, Kesha Data. Her departure from Dr. Luke’s Kemosabe Data — the founding father of which additionally produced a lot of Animal — comes after a yearslong authorized battle with Dr. Luke over Kesha’s claims that he drugged and raped her in 2005, after which he sued her for defamation whereas calling the allegations “false and stunning.” Their ensuing authorized battle continued for 9 years earlier than the 2 events lastly reached a settlement in 2023.
Of lastly attending to launch music totally on her personal phrases, Kesha advised Hudson, “I’m actually excited for the world to listen to this, as a result of I’ve been answerable for all the things.”
“It’s been all of my imaginative and prescient, all of my phrases, lots of onerous work, lots of pleasure,” she continued, tearing up. “Actually coming again dwelling to myself and feeling what freedom actually seems like, seems like, feels like.”
Watch Kesha’s dialog with Hudson under.