Kesha: The Trojan Horse Party Girl Fighting for Freedom

Remembered as the glitter-covered party girl of the late 2000s, Kesha Rose Sebert was actually a near-perfect SAT scorer who turned down a Barnard scholarship to chase music. We explore how her seemingly vapid persona was a Trojan horse hiding a calculated, hyper-intelligent songwriter.From uncredited work on Flo Rida's Right Round and the record-breaking Animal era to a grueling decade-long legal battle and her creative rebirth on Rainbow, this is a survival story about reclaiming your own voice from a corporate machine.Her Nashville roots as the daughter of a songwriter for Dolly PartonMax Martin convincing her to drop out of high school for musicThe subversive lyrics behind hits like Blah Blah Blah and DinosaurThe lawsuit, contractual trap, and the cathartic album RainbowHer independent Kesha Records label and the Freedom Tour