Kesha is expressing her voice on a whole new platform this year.
The Grammy nominee announced Friday on X that she’s making her TED Talk debut with The Alchemy of Pop at the TED2024 Conference in Vancouver.
‘I first had the idea come to me this January when on a sociatial sabbatical in the woods of Big Sur at the Esalen Institute,’ she started.
‘I realized that making pop songs has saved me, over and over again,’ added Kesha.
‘It had made my spiritual connection stronger, provided a place I could express myself in the most authentic way, and connected me to every corner of the world.’
Kesha announced Friday that she’s making her TED Talk debut with The Alchemy of Pop at the TED2024 Conference in Vancouver; seen March 10
The TED Talk comes after Kesha taught the 2.5-week course The Alchemy of Pop Music earlier this year at Esalen
Kesha continued, ‘I also realized that I wanted to share with you the way that I do this.’
The TED Talk comes after Kesha taught the 2.5-week course The Alchemy of Pop Music earlier this year at Esalen.
‘Well, I’d spent three years on and off with Rick Rubin, and I felt like I learned so much from him when I was making my last album,’ she told V Magazine at the time.
‘I felt that my own personal stuff could be set aside. I planned this trip immediately. My love and lust for life, and specifically for music—and the art and the magic of music—started coming to me so quickly, that I couldn’t consume it fast enough.’
‘And so I had to figure out exactly what I wanted to teach, but I realized that having someone help me process my emotions in such a beautiful way on that last album, well, I wanted to help other people process their emotions too, and give them a tool that could be helpful,’ added Kesha.
She released her fifth studio album Gag Order last year, marking her final release under RCA and Kemosabe Records, both of which she signed with at 18.
On the album, Kesha explored the trauma and depression she suffered from her legal battle with former producer Dr. Luke.
Kesha first sued Dr. Luke in October 2014, accusing him of sexual assault and battery, gender violence, emotional abuse and violation of California business practices.
At the time, she filed a preliminary injunction to be released from Kemosabe Records.
On he last album Gag Order, Kesha explored the trauma and depression she suffered from her legal battle with former producer Dr Luke; seen in 2011
Last June, Kesha and Dr Luke reached a settlement in the defamation case he brought against her in response to the sexual assault allegations; seen in 2013
After her contract with Dr Luke’s Kemosabe Records expired in December, Kesha teased her upcoming album earlier this month
A New York Supreme Court Justice ruled against the request and dismissed the case next year, as the five-year statute of limitations had run out on both alleged incidents of sexual assault.
Last June, Kesha and Dr. Luke reached a settlement in the defamation case he brought against her in response to the sexual assault allegations.
‘Only God knows what happened that night as I have always said,’ she said in a statement at the time.
‘I cannot recount everything that happened. I am looking forward to closing the door on this chapter of my life and beginning a new one.’
‘I wish nothing but peace to all parties involved,’ added Kesha.
In December, Kesha celebrated her freedom with a nude photo after her contract with Kemosabe officially expired.
‘Coming back home to me,’ wrote Kesha with the photo.
Kesha teased her upcoming sixth album earlier this month.
