ok so i will not share who told me this or any specifics but i learned (take with a grain of salt cos everything is alleged until actually confirmed by Kim or her camp) Kim wanted out of her contract since the very beginning because she did not know about Kesha's situation until after Claws was originally for the scrapped TOTL3 King Of Hearts started a huge fight it was originally a collab that Kim was supposed to feature on then cirkut gave it entirely to Kim. has a scrapped music video. Kim wanted it to be the lead but label said no and went with Alone which also sounded different in the beginning and never featured Nicki. Kim losing control with king of hearts was when she had her final straw and talked about leaving. Nicki's verse on Alone was rushed and there was a demo version before luke touched it. they scrapped the original music video for it (kim confirmed both music videos being scrapped) due to the public attention it was bringing. They thought they would go off fan rumors and secure her a hit, which flopped hard because they chose the Luke version. Alone was the last released song of hers he touched Castle in the sky was also solely for Ava's album at the time. Everything that Aaron co produced has to have Luke on the production credits per his contract. Luke didn't make most of her discography he just gets credits because of contracts. And catch phrases he owns Kim has been trying very hard keeping luke's name off of her releases. Kim is working on a follow up album for early next year she already completed as well as working on a third installment of the Halloween series for later in that year. she has four albums left in her contract before she is FULLY free from luke. she is free to put out anything she wants on bun head, however Luke still makes a profit off of everything she does until her deal with amigo expires, which is why she is so focused on writing and recording as much as she can right now. EDIT: forgot to add that Brando has been pitched to Halsey's team