Kesha

Europe 2023 Reissue, Expanded Edition.
Glitter, cheap thrills, auto-tune, and chaos. Animal is Kesha’s debut and a perfectly unhinged document of 2010 pop excess. Bratty vocals, trashy synths, and hooks designed for vodka-sticky dancefloors. “Tik Tok” is the headline act, but there’s a surprisingly sharp sense of songwriting buried beneath the mess. Pure bubblegum nihilism with a party-hungry soul. Smarter than it pretends to be. FFO: early Gaga without the art school, Robyn on a sugar crash, Avril Lavigne at a rave, hyperpop’s chaotic auntie