Kesha’s ‘TikTok’ Was Built on a Lie

In 2009, pop music got a game-changer. Kesha, then an up-and-coming singer-songwriter, wrote TikTok with two of the music industry's top hitmakers: Dr. Luke (Lukasz Gottwald) and Benny Blanco. Drawn from her own life in Los Angeles—crashing parties, sneaking into clubs, and living for the unpredictable—she wrote lyrics that sounded like a wild night out. She would later refer to the song as a blend of her admiration for the Beastie Boys and electronic music, combining talk-singing vocals with heavy auto-tune. The outcome? A song that sounded bigger than life, oozing rebellion and self-assurance. #kesha #documentary #popculture kesha interview, kesha p diddy, kesha tiktok, kesha praying, kesha die young, kesha wake up in the morning, pop culture, pop culture moments, hollywood documentary, kesha tik tok, kesha live, kesha 2025, 2024