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Kesha Opens Up About Having to Work With Dr. Luke While They Were Suing Each Other: ‘It Felt Inhumane’

Kesha opened up about having to work with Dr. Luke even as they were embroiled in lawsuits against each other, calling the process "inhumane."

Kesha may now be a free and independent artist, but up until just a couple of years ago, she was contractually obligated to work with the same person she was suing on allegations of sexual assault. And in an emotional interview on Monica Lewinsky’s Reclaiming podcast posted Tuesday (July 8), the singer opened up about what it was like to be forced to finish out her deal with Dr. Luke’s Kemosabe Records, even as she and the producer were embroiled in a bitter legal battle stemming from Kesha’s 2014 claim that he drugged and raped her at a 2005 party. Despite her appeals to the court, Kesha would ultimately have to release three more albums under Kemosabe over the course of her legal battle with Dr. Luke: 2017’s Rainbow, 2020’s High Road and 2023’s Gag Order.

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