- 2025-07-07
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MUSIC
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Kesha Releases New Album “.” (Period)
American singer-songwriter Kesha released her sixth studio album “.” (Period) on July 4, 2025.
The album is her first LP in two years since the 2023 album “Gag Order”.
Also, it is the first release as an independent artist and user her own label Kesha Records.
She completed the contract with Dr. Luke Kemosabe Records and RCA Records, following the settlement from the lawsuit with her former producer, Dr. Luke and left the labels in 2024.
At that time, she said, “First day I've owned my voice in 19 years. Welcome.”
The album comprises 11 tracks, featuring a guest appearance from T-Pain. Produced by Stuart Crichton, Drew Erickson, Kesha, Max Margolis, Hudson Mohawke, Nova Wav, Pink Slip, Rissi, Jonathan Wilson, and XanderZhone.
Kesha said, “The first album I've made where I felt truly free.”
Kesha said of her own label, “My name has become synonymous with transparency, integrity, and safety, and I want to ensure that these values are upheld for myself and any future artists signed to my label. Music has the power to connect the world, and I aspire for my work to be a beacon of light and goodness. I am excited to take control of my narrative and rewrite my story in the music business.”- Kesha told Vogue abut the album, “It's my first album where I'm in control of every word. Every song, every sound, the cover, the singles-everything. I've gotten really comfortable in trusting my own intuition and following my inner compass.”
She continued, “I wanted it to be the ultimate 'fuck you' album of all time. I listen to my new record when I need that strength to be my own watchdog. I'm really protective of my time, my space, and my energy now. Anything that has kept me from feeling free, I'm very cutthroat about that. Anything that is keeping me from being in my fullest potential, it's gone. Even if it's an internalized voice that's keeping me from my true freedom-it's got to go. I really wanted to make a triumphant soundtrack for those moments.” -
Kesha explained some tracks for the album via Vogue.
“FREEDOM.”
“It's a hippie spooky disco [track] that I made in the woods with my friend Jonathan Wilson. We were just having the time of our lives, and I wanted it to feel like the transition out of my previous album, Eat the Acid. That was a really introspective, vulnerable, and emotional record, so I wanted the first song on this album to bridge that gap from where I left everyone and bring them into where I'm at now.”
“JOYRIDE.”
“With what I've been through, I've had to do a lot of grounding and healing work. So in January, before I was actually free, I traveled to Big Sur, and I was an artist in residence at this place called Esalen—an institute for the human potential. There, I made some friends, and one of them had an accordion. That accordion that he let me play with in the woods ended up being the inspiration for 'Joy Ride.' I was like, okay, I know what pop music needs—it needs a twisted, fucked-up accordion over a dance beat. And on a song that immortalizes my ho phase. That's what the world needs!”
“DELUSIONAL.”
“Sometimes believing in yourself is completely delusional. Being an artist, when you have big creative ideas, you feel absolutely out of your mind until they happen. If I would've told you a couple years ago, 'I'm going to play Madison Square Garden, and it's going to be a blend of my spiritual practices and a bunch of pop songs,' you'd be like, “It sounds delusional.”
“RED FLAG.”
“I've worked on myself, and I try not to be attracted to red flags. But I have found myself attracted to lots of red flags. The guy with the motorcycle who does not have a place to live? Hot. The guy who goes to the gym three times a day but doesn't have a job? Hot. You name it, it's probably hot. But instead of punishing myself for it, this song is a celebration of the fact that I really do have the best dating history—and have a lot of really funny stories.”
“THE ONE.”
“We are programmed to be looking for our missing piece—the one that completes us-our whole life, and I think that's really fucked-up messaging to be giving to people, actually. In the aftermath of everything I've gone through, I've had this realization that I have to have my own back. What I've been trying to do for the past year and a half, since I gained my freedom, is to collect all of the power I've given away and give it back to myself.”
“BOY CRAZY.”
“I forget what age I am, but I'm still boy crazy. What's the point of life if you're not? I genuinely think it gives me the lust for life that I need. If I don't have a crush, I feel like I'm dying. We have to be a little boy crazy. It's good for our mental health.”
“GLOW.”
“If someone's not honoring your worth, then they don't deserve your energy. When I was recently-I can't even believe I'm saying this—broken up with, I decided to start being my own sugar daddy. I'd be like, Okay, baby girl, what do you want to do today? I'd be like, I want to go shopping and I want to go to the Beverly Hills Hotel. I would take myself on these luxurious dates, and it was quite amazing. It really made me fall in love with myself even more.”
“CATHEDRAL.”
“After I came back from Big Sur, I started writing the song 'Cathedral.' It's about coming to myself as a woman and having this fully embodied sexual liberation, and treating my time and my body like a cathedral. That's the song that ends the record, and it's a really special song for me.”
Photo by Brendan Walter - source : Apple Music
