Kesha Reveals Her New Music Captures 'Empowered Emotions' After Being Freed From Former Record Label: 'I Need to Reclaim My Joy'

Kesha is stepping into a brand-new chapter of her life.

In June 2023, the pop star, 37, reached a settlement with Dr. Luke and her former label that completely dismissed the record producer's defamation lawsuit against her after Kesha alleged she endured s----- harassment, assault and emotional distress. Now, she has put the past behind her and is channeling her feelings into her new music.

"This record is my little wild child," the chart topper admitted. "My last record that came out, Gag Order, was me giving the more painful emotions a voice. I was really vulnerable. Now I’m really trying to make way for the bad b----. I’m giving her the moment — because we need the space to have all the emotions safely. I capture the empowered emotions, so that I can listen back to it when I’m not feeling that way."

With her music now being produced under her own label, KESHA RECORDS, B----, the superstar has the ability to make the art she always wanted to create after enduring extraordinary hurdles. "You know the Buddhist saying that life is pain? I found that to be very true in my life," she explained.

"Everybody knows me as a fun human being. My soul is very fun. My name means ‘innocent joy.’ But, you know, there’s only so much somebody can take before just feeling wrecked....My soul needs this album. I need to reclaim my joy. Because I fought so f------ long and hard for it," Kesha emphasized.

Despite overcoming obstacles in her work, the blonde beauty was extremely candid about how hard it is to find love while being in the public eye. “I had a feeling that he was in it for the wrong reasons and was a bit of a starf-----,” Kesha recalled of a man she used to date. "I decided to test that theory and took one of my friends instead of him to Taylor Swift’s party. He came over the next day and broke up with me."

However, Kesha hasn't lost the hope of finding true romance — but she has some rules in place. "I’m only going to enter into a partnership again if someone treats me as well as I treat myself,” she said.

"I kept hearing people say, ‘I’m looking for The One.’ I kept waiting for somebody else to fill that space, and then I just stepped into it myself. You gotta be all those things to yourself — your own boyfriend, sugar daddy, rich husband, best friend, cheerleader. I started taking myself on vacations, buying myself six dozen roses, and taking myself for shopping sprees at Saint Laurent. Yes, I take myself on fucking really bougie dates, like really celebrating the f---- out of myself," the musician noted.

Elle conducted the interview with Kesha.