ATRL - Celeb Photos: Ke$ha on the cover of V magazine

Jeffsuxx · , 7:58 PM

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Originally posted by FreeBitch

V Magazine is so wash out now. I mean Kesha really ? They can do better than that.

shut up...ugh... if u dont like kesha what da hell are u doin here??? grow up.

zombaland · , 7:59 PM

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Originally posted by FreeBitch

V Magazine is so wash out now. I mean Kesha really ? They can do better than that.

Please leave NOW.

Beatfreak · , 8:00 PM

The photos scream iconic! I think these will be ones people will remember her for. And the quote

Ke$ha is coming girls, get ready for the massive era!

Jeffsuxx · , 8:01 PM

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Her salt-of-the-earth appeal is perhaps what led Matt Groening and the producers of The Simpsons to animate an extended opening sequence in which all of the show’s characters act out the lyrics to “Tik-Tok,” an unprecedented moment in Simpsons history—and one Ke$ha still counts as a surreal breakthrough. “It’s such an epic show,” she says, eyes bulging. “It really represents American television. I had no idea it was coming. I don’t watch television at all. I’m not really on the Internet because it scares me.”

Ke$ha admits that she likes to live off the grid, but is shutting off the TV really all it takes to stay sane? “When paparazzi showed up at my house, it was really mind-boggling. I’ve found ways to do exactly what I want, but in the privacy of my own sanctuaries.” She still divides her time between houses in L.A. and Tennessee, living in the woods, she says, “away from inquiring eyes.” “I have wild, wild nights there,” she confesses, “but my friends and I are all really private. We get ****ing crazy, but you’re not going to see me stumbling out of nightclubs.”

Given her feral attitude, it is fitting that our next talk takes place at the Wildlife Waystation, an exotic-animal rescue-and-rehabilitation facility nestled in the mountains of the L.A. National Forest. The refuge also serves as the private home of its founder, animal-rights advocate Martine Colette, an endlessly fascinating woman with an affinity for chimpanzees and white wine. It is not yet open to the public, so we spend the day meeting in private with tigers, lions, ligers, chimpanzees, wolves, bobcats, grizzly bears, and other fauna, most of whom have found their way to the States as a result of lax wildlife importation laws or by illegal means, later to be discovered by authorities and then rescued by Colette and her crew. Today the sanctuary houses more than 450 exotic animals, cared for by more than 400 volunteers.

“We could have gone to a bar,” Ke$ha says, as a family of native peacocks leap into an adjacent tree and the surrounding animals chime in at tremendous volume. “But I wanted you to come here and see that it’s so important to me that everything I do is animal-friendly.” The first global ambassador for the Humane Society, Ke$ha has spent the past year getting involved in animal conservation, spending her recent hiatus on an “animal journey,” diving with humpback whales and hammerhead sharks and then rehabilitating baby lions in South Africa. She will soon chronicle her work with animals for a television series produced by National Geographic. “The show looks at animals being abused and how to stop that, or animals that are going extinct and how to help those animals. I am so passionate. I like animals more than people.” She also notes that she only wears shed feathers and intends to produce her own animal-friendly cosmetics line.

Her love for the wild things will surely find space on her new album, which she’s been writing and recording for the first half of 2012. “The first record was all me living in L.A., trying to pay my rent, have a really good time, and look good on nothing. But ever since then I’ve seen how many people my music can reach, and I’ve realized that I have somewhat of a social responsibility to make sure everything I say is positive. The underlying theme of this next record is warrior, with the positive message being that everyone has a warrior inside.”

Of the sound, she says, “Some people will be shocked. Some will also be excited to know that I don’t just do silly white-girl rap. I’m from the South, I have a lot of soul.” She pauses as a bobcat walks by. “But trust me—it’s not going to be some avant-garde jazz record. I innately write pop songs. That’s just what I do.”

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Citing as inspirations the Rolling Stones, Iggy and the Stooges, and T-Rex, Ke$ha has broken the no-guitar rule she famously imposed on her producers the first time around. “I want to bring the edge and the rawness and the visceral energy of ’70s and ’80s punk rock,” she says. One song she describes features guitar and no auto-tune, with backup vocals performed by her mother. “It’s a throwback song. It’s all about how I don’t want your money, I don’t want a ring, I don’t wanna be your girlfriend, and I’m never going to be your wife. I just want your dirty love—so it’s called ‘Dirty Love.’”

While she is coy about rumors that Justin Bieber might make his way onto the album (“we’re only talking”), she recently recorded with Wayne Coyne on a Flaming Lips track. “I love hanging out with people that are like batteries,” she says of Coyne. “They re-energize my lust for being alive. We met and wrote five songs in 36 hours—they might not even be good, but when your blood is rushing and your heart is pumping, it’s really intense emotionally. When you find somebody who brings that out of you, it’s ****ing amazing.”

Coyne has equally kind words for Ke$ha, one of many collaborators featured on his band’s latest record, including Nick Cave, Bon Iver, and Yoko Ono. “In the beginning people would think we were worlds apart,” he says. “Because I’m [perceived as] this self-made, indie, psychedelic, acid-casualty weirdo, and Ke$ha must be this fake, manufactured sort of person—but she really isn’t at all. She’s more like me than people would ever know. She loves her audience, and she’s one of them. It’s not some act. She’s fearless, fun, and not afraid to be embarrassed or the first one to stand up and have an opinion. A lot of people aren’t like that.”

Coyne says others would consult with twenty managers before agreeing to a recording session, but that when he called Ke$ha on a Monday, she invited him to record at her house that week. Within 25 minutes of meeting the band, she was giving them all permanent ink, with a tattoo gun that she keeps around the house. “I can say from my experience that I love her and I would fight for her,” Coyne says earnestly. “I’m on her side, and she’s on mine. When freaks meet each other, you’re like, ‘I’m one of you, I can tell.’”
“The range of artists I want to work with is so vast it’s bizarre,” Ke$ha says. “I would love to have Keith Richards on the record. I would sure as hell like to do a collaboration with Bieber and at the same time do a song with the Flaming Lips. If someone is a real artist, you can’t confine them to a particular genre. It’s my mission to make it all make sense somehow.”
Part of her mission was achieved when she found herself parlaying a fever into a musical high as she was co-writing the global smash hit “Til the World Ends” for Britney Spears. “To write a song for an icon, someone who stands for pop, it really doesn’t get better than that,” she says.

The admiration is apparently mutual. “Ke$ha brings an incredibly carefree, fun-loving spirit to American pop music,” Britney says via e-mail. “I love listening to her songs when I’m on the treadmill. They help me power through my workout.”

As we prepare to head back down the mountain, Ke$ha contemplates the narrative she’s building. “It’s all spur-of-the-moment, crazy ideas. If people get me or people don’t get me, I really can’t worry. Somebody said to me, ‘I didn’t know if you were some wild party girl or if you were in on the joke, but I get it now.’”

“In other words, you’re in charge,” I say.

“I’m way in charge,” she replies.

Evun · , 8:01 PM

They didn't mention her upcoming projects at all in the article.

Sapphire · , 8:02 PM

looking great
but I still cant stand her sobby eyes

Monster · , 8:02 PM

Truly hideous.

rocketinthesky · , 8:03 PM

free Kesha poster inside???? I'm ****ing driving to Wal Mart right now!!!! brb

Evun · , 8:03 PM

These photos could be iconic if she keeps using them.

This one is so perfect and powerful.

∆ Emyromania ∆ · , 8:04 PM

Much better than her picture peeing in the street.

Love the cover.

eegigyy · , 8:04 PM

umichgrad07 · , 8:05 PM

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Originally posted by ryanpittman97

uhhh ohhhh the bitch is back, riri, brit, katy, nicki, you better stop while your ahead cuz kesha is back and she is ready to slay, and she looks ****ing hot, i wonder when her new single comes out????

Sunlighter · , 8:06 PM

It's too polarizing, non-stans won't even know it's her.

Yourfavefan · , 8:07 PM

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The underlying theme of this next record is warrior, with the positive message being that everyone has a warrior inside.”

Of the sound, she says, “Some people will be shocked. Some will also be excited to know that I don’t just do silly white-girl rap. I’m from the South, I have a lot of soul.” She pauses as a bobcat walks by. “But trust me—it’s not going to be some avant-garde jazz record. I innately write pop songs. That’s just what I do.”

OMG>.... album talk... AHHHHH LOVING IT!

iHooker · , 8:08 PM

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Originally posted by eegigyy

It doesn't look like ha.

Evun · , 8:08 PM

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“but my friends and I are all really private. We get ****ing crazy, but you’re not going to see me stumbling out of nightclubs.”

Good girl.

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The first global ambassador for the Humane Society, Ke$ha has spent the past year getting involved in animal conservation, spending her recent hiatus on an “animal journey,” diving with humpback whales and hammerhead sharks and then rehabilitating baby lions in South Africa.

Inspirational. Her work for animals is so under appreciated.

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She will soon chronicle her work with animals for a television series produced by National Geographic. “The show looks at animals being abused and how to stop that, or animals that are going extinct and how to help those animals."

K$ is going to have a TV show?

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"I am so passionate. I like animals more than people.”