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Kesha Releases ‘Joyride,’ Her First Independent Single After Parting Ways With Kemosabe and RCA


Kesha has released her new single 'Joyride,' the first since parting ways with Dr. Luke's Kemosabe Records and RCA.

The single, which she debuted at Brooklyn’s Planet Pride this past weekend, is a departure from the more experimental nature of last year’s “Gag Order,” an album that pushed into more arthouse territory for the pop singer. “Joyride” is an electro-banger perfectly timed to summer, a callback to her early hits like “Tik Tok” and “We R Who We R,” with quotable lyrics like “You want kids? Welcome.” Now, with her past behind her, Kesha recently celebrated her liberation with a performance to kick off Pride weekend at WeHo’s Outloud Fest, where she told the crowd, “This is my first show as a free motherfucking woman.” During the performance, she debuted two new songs including “Mother” and “Freedom.”

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