Kesha has opened up about her experience making her debut single, “Tik Tok,” as she celebrates the 15th anniversary of the hit song.
On Wednesday, the 37-year-old pop singer-songwriter took to Instagram to mark the milestone anniversary of the track’s first release, sharing her perspective and what motivated her to write the upbeat dance-pop and electropop track.
“‘Tik Tok’ was the first single I put out into this world with my voice AND my name on it!!!!! I remember making it fun and happy because that’s how I felt and wanted other people to feel the same way,” Kesha said of her debut song, which was released when she was 22.
“What I’m most proud of is that this song STILL makes me feel that way, through it all, and those are the emotions I want us all to connect with. 15 (!!!!!!) years later, I look at this song as a snapshot of how I saw the world at that time.”
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Kesha admits that in her early 20s, she was “naive, wild, and playful.” More than a decade later, she says she’s changed a lot but still loves her old self.
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“This song holds a side of myself that I love dearly, and that I now feel fiercely protective of. The world has changed a lot and so have I,” she wrote in the caption of her post, which also featured several photos of her blowing glitter from her palms.
To celebrate her hit single, Kesha shared that she planned to re-record the song to reflect a “lyric change” that criticized controversial rapper Diddy.
Kesha changed the opening line “Wake up in the mornin’ feeling like P. Diddy” to “Wake up in the mornin’ like f**k P-Diddy” during her Coachella performance of the song with Reneé Rapp earlier this year after disturbing allegations surfaced against the record producer. She has since used the updated version during live performances, according to Rolling Stone.
“I really like the new lyric change. (Send it to @reneerapp). Yes, it is permanent. I will re-record it when I have the legal right!” Kesha declared in her post.
She ended her post by saying, “I hope you all can find the 3 and a half minutes of play in this song and connect with your wild childlike joy. [heart emoji]. Thank you for making my life as magical as the animals, something worth writing about in books.”
“Tik Tok” broke records for the most digital downloads by a female artist in a single week and remained at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for nine weeks at the time of its release. The single was featured on Kesha’s 2010 debut album “Animal.”
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