[13] She dropped out of school at 17 after Max Martin convinced her to return to Los Angeles to pursue a music career and earned her General Educational Development (GED) after.

[13][16][17][18][19] In addition to taking songwriting classes,[20] Kesha was also taught how to write songs by Pebe, and they often wrote together when she returned home from high school.

[19] Around this time, Pebe answered an advertisement from the American reality TV series The Simple Life looking for an "eccentric" family to host Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie.

Billboard described two of the demos in a cover story, the first as "a gorgeously sung, self-penned country ballad" and the second as "a gobsmackingly awful trip-hop track" where Kesha raps ad lib for a minute after running out of lyrics.

DAS was tasked with obtaining a major label record deal for Kesha in a year's time in exchange for 20 percent of her music income, with her having the option of ending the relationship if they failed.

[25] In 2008, Kesha appeared in the video for her friend Katy Perry's single "I Kissed a Girl", and sang background vocals for Britney Spears' "Lace and Leather".

[34] It spent nine weeks at number one in the country and became the longest running number-one by a female artist on her debut single since Debby Boone and "You Light Up My Life" in 1977.

[46] Kesha's deliberately unpolished aesthetic and juvenile stage persona,[21][47] which she described as her own personality "times ten", quickly made her a deeply polarizing figure.

[57] With two number ones and four top ten hits (among them her featured spot on 3OH!3's "My First Kiss") Kesha was named Hot 100 Artist of 2010 by Billboard magazine, with "Tik Tok" ranked as the best-performing song of the year in the US.

[64] Kesha received the Wyler Award presented by The Humane Society as a celebrity or public figure who increases awareness of animal issues via the media.

[65] She appeared alongside rock singer Iggy Pop in a campaign for PETA, protesting the clubbing of baby seals in Canada and later wrote on behalf of the organization to McDonald's over the conditions of their slaughterhouses.

[69] The album featured productions from Max Martin,[70] as well as a song by Wayne Coyne, the lead singer of the alternative band The Flaming Lips.

[76] "C'Mon", the album's second single,[77] underperformed commercially, only peaking at number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 and ending her string of top ten hits on the chart.

[86] In June 2014, Kesha claimed a seat as an expert in the American television singing competition Rising Star, alongside Brad Paisley and Ludacris.

[123] In the same month, Kesha collaborated with British rock band The Struts on the remix of their song "Body Talks", released as a single from their album Young & Dangerous (2018).

[124] On September 19, 2018, Kesha released her song "Here Comes the Change", which served as a single to promote On the Basis of Sex (2018), a biographical film about Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

[125] In October 2018, Kesha collaborated, wrote, and performed on the song "Safe" with her younger brother Sage Sebert and rapper Chika, as an homage for the Parkland high school shooting.

The line features an eyeshadow palette with each color named after her songs, two double-ended waterproof eyeliners, a red lipstick, and a lipgloss.

[142] In February 2020, Kesha's 2010 promotional single "Cannibal" gained viral status following a dance trend using it on the video sharing platform TikTok.

[152] She later released several collaborations throughout 2020 and 2021, including "Chasing Rainbows" with Big Freedia,[153] "Since I Was Young" with Wrabel,[154] "Stronger" with Dutch DJ, Sam Feldt,[155] and remixes of Walker Hayes' single, "Fancy Like",[156] and Grandson's "Drop Dead".

In her statement, Kesha says while she doesn't recall everything that happened the night of the alleged assault, she is looking forward to moving on with her life and wishes peace to all parties involved.

[178] In June 2023, Kesha was featured in the season 1 finale of the YouTube adult animated series, Helluva Boss, where she voiced Beelzebub "Queen Bee".

[179][180] On December 18, 2023, seven months after the release of her last contractual album, Variety reported Kesha had parted ways with Dr. Luke's Kemosabe Records and distributor RCA as their contract expired.

[141] Kesha wrote or co-wrote every song on her first two albums and considers herself a songwriter primarily,[199] writing for artists including Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus.

[48] Both of those albums are of the genre with catchy hooks and synthesized productions often compared to pop singer Dev by music critics, creating misunderstandings among the fans of the two.

[217] Much more experimental than Animal, her second album, Warrior, contains dubstep elements and explores erotic experiences Kesha encountered with ghosts on the song "Supernatural".

The album primarily drew from the art pop, experimental, psychedelic and electronic genres, while lyrically she dove deep into her negative emotions due to the lawsuit with Dr.

[237] The video for "Your Love Is My Drug" features animated sequences inspired by The Beatles' film, Yellow Submarine,[238] while the Get Sleazy tour was described as having a "post-apocalyptic Mad Max vibe".

[249] During a guest appearance at singer Reneé Rapp's Coachella set in April 2024, she further altered the lyric to "wake up in the morning, like, 'Fuck P. Diddy'".

"[257] According to pop culture magazine Paper, "Homophobia and false piety eventually alienated [her] from Christianity and she's since settled on a non-denominational cocktail of meditation, mindfulness, and astrology."