Since Kesha's triumphant return in August with her No. 1 album Rainbow, there's been a lot of positives in the singer's world. And now, she has a Rolling Stone cover to cap off an unbelievable year.
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In the article, we learn a lot about the making of Rainbow, which features a little country (with Dolly Parton) a little rock and roll (with Eagles Of Death Metal) and a lot of unfettered Kesha. For example, some of the album's songs were written while she was in rehab for an eating disorder at a women's treatment center near Chicago, where she had to beg to be allowed a battery-operated keyboard because electrical cords were not allowed under such restrictive care.
The opening track "Bastards" was inspired by sitting in traffic. She sang the song into her phone and immediately went to the guitar when she got home. While it has a hard-hitting title, the song starts with simple acoustic guitar and the lyrics, "I've got too many people that I've got left to prove wrong/All those mother****** been too mean for too long."
"It just kind of sums up how I feel about mean people," Kesha told the magazine. "I feel like being nice is not overrated."
While she proclaims she isn't saying another word about her lawsuit with Dr. Luke, she has a lot to say about her fans and colleagues who supported her after suing the producer for alleged sexual assault. This includes Adele publicly supporting her onstage, Taylor Swift donating money to cover her legal fees and her fans protesting with "Free Kesha" signs.
"I don't know what I did to deserve such wonderful people in my life," Kesha said of the outpouring of support she has received.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is heart-achingly so special. Thank you to everyone who made this happen.<br> <a href="https://t.co/4x4rndppXS">https://t.co/4x4rndppXS</a></p>— kesha (@KeshaRose) <a href="https://twitter.com/KeshaRose/status/915627452092870656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
During the interview, the singer also shares details about her eating disorder, her life growing up and her personal life in Venice, Calif., with her three cats and boyfriend. We learn how she feels about her old moniker, Ke$ha, and about her latest tattoo — Live Free across her fingers — adding to her collection of more than 30 tattoos.
Taken as a whole, Rolling Stone's feature paints a revealing portrait of an artist who is coming into her own through her music, and she wants to share herself with the world.
"I have nothing to hide," she said. "The beautiful, the good, the bad, the ugly, all of it."
