Summary
Is it art if no one sees or hears it? In this chat, musician Kesha joins Fearne to talk about our sometimes obsessive relationship with feedback, and why your own opinion of your work is the only one that should really matter.
As the artist behind pop track Tik Tok, Kesha had been known for being a burst of high energy for her fans, but more recently she’s been compelled to expose different sides of herself, including the ‘ugly’ emotions and behaviours, as she calls them. In this chat, she and Fearne both share their experiences of eating disorders and panic attacks.
Kesha’s new album, Gag Order, sees her getting intimate with herself at a time when she’s had a lot of outside noise to contend with, and it's out now.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Fun Cotton and this is Happy Place. |
| 0:04.7 | The show that gives voice to the parts of ourselves |
| 0:07.4 | we're not always proud of, |
| 0:09.4 | but that we need to embrace with kindness. |
| 0:12.9 | Today, I'm meeting Kesha. |
| 0:15.4 | Just someone that like validates. |
| 0:17.9 | It's like you're not crazy. |
| 0:20.4 | I hear you, I see you, keep going, |
| 0:23.6 | and no, we're not putting auto tune on your voice |
| 0:25.4 | you don't need it. |
| 0:26.3 | Like I can't even tell you how many times I would beg |
| 0:28.4 | for auto tune. |
| 0:29.2 | It's like you don't need it, |
| 0:30.2 | and then the engineer would be like you don't need it. |
| 0:32.2 | And that kind of blew my mind. |
| 0:34.5 | It was about the same time I was like, |
| 0:36.5 | huh, maybe I don't have to wear a wicks. |
| 0:40.2 | Maybe I could just have my hair. |
| 0:41.7 | Like it was an unraveling of all of these illusions |
| 0:45.9 | and it was really cool. |
| 0:47.2 | As the artist behind the iconic pop track, TikTok, |
| 0:51.3 | Kesha's aware that she's been known |
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