Kesha has announced details of her new musical venture, Kesha and the Creepies.
A celebration of her “deep eternal love of dirty rock’n’roll and country music,” she claims this latest guise has been established for her to continue performing while her legal battle with producer Dr Luke and Sony continues.
“I thrive from making and performing music, and much like a flower with no sun, my soul slowly dies when I don’t get to create and perform,” writes Kesha, who will play a string of dates in the US in August.
“For a short ride and in mostly small intimate venues, I will be performing a new creepy creation. It’s been too long. Until I can release my own music I will be reinventing some of my old songs and some of my favourite songs from my musical idols. I’ve hand-picked songsfrom artists that have helped shape who I am and the music I make today. I have missed you, all of you, so if you would like to boogie, come join us.”
This short tour will be one of Kesha’s first performance since the onset of her contract dispute — during which she accused producer Dr Luke, whose real name is Lukasz Gottwald, of sexual assault, battery, harassment and emotional distress. The producer denies the claims. In April a court ruled against the singer with regard to her Sony contract.
The pop star’s creative output has been relatively muted throughout the ongoing legal proceedings: she has released one single, True Colors. And, despite allegations that she was denied permission to perform after fears from Kemosabe — Dr Luke’s label partnership with Sony — that Kesha would “use the performance as a platform to discuss the [pending] litigation”, she made a well-received public appearance at 2016’s Billboard music awards, covering Bob Dylan’s It Ain’t Me, Babe with Ben Folds.
