Kesha

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Pushkin Industries

Society & Culture, Music

4.5 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Long regarded as pop music’s resident party animal, Kesha is now dead-set on slowing down and speaking up. Since debuting on the hook of Flo-Rida’s mega smash “Right Round” in 2009, Kesha has released five albums—two of which debuted at number one. And until very recently, she was involved in a decade-long court case with her former producer and label head.

Somehow despite the bitter legal battle and a public struggle with an eating disorder, Kesha has remained steadfast in sharing her art with her fans, who she affectionately refers to as her “animals.”

On today’s episode Justin Richmond talks to Kesha about how working with Rick Rubin on her new album Gag Order provided the safe space she has longed for when making music. She also talks about how she channels Dolly Parton, Iggy Pop and Beyonce when she’s in promotional mode, and how early in her career she lived in a castle with roommate Devendra Banhart.

You can hear a playlist of some of our favorite Kesha songs HERE.

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0:00.0	Pushing
0:07.0	Hello, hello everyone, Gather round.
0:12.0	Malcolm Gladwell here.
0:14.0	If you're a fan of my show, Revisionist History, then you know my deep and abiding obsession
0:19.0	with American higher education.
0:21.0	How it's broken, how it can be fixed.
0:24.0	Over our next couple of episodes, we dive into this topic again.
0:29.0	And as you will hear, one story makes me really angry.
0:33.0	And the other gives me hope.
0:36.0	Listen to Revisionist History, wherever you get your podcasts,
0:40.0	and you can always get our shows early and at-free by subscribing to Pushkin Plus.
0:59.0	Since debuting on the hook of Flow Riders, mega hit right round in 2009,
1:03.0	Kesha's released five albums, two of which debuted at number one.
1:08.0	Until very recently, she was involved in a decade-long court case with her former producer
1:13.0	and labelhead.
1:14.0	Somehow, despite that bitter legal battle and a public struggle within eating disorder,
1:19.0	Kesha's remained steadfast in sharing her art with her fans,
1:22.0	who she affectionately refers to as her animals.
1:27.0	On today's episode, I talked to Kesha about how working with Rick Rubin on her new album,
1:31.0	Gag Order, provided the safe space she's longed for when making music.
1:35.0	She also talks about how she channels Dolly Parton, Iggy Pop, and Beyonce when she's in promotion mode,
1:41.0	and how early in her career, she lived in a castle with roommate to Vendra Bannhar.
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