Kesha celebrates 15th anniversary of debut album ‘Animal’: “You were that bitch”

nme.com:

Kesha has celebrated the 15th anniversary of her debut album ‘Animal’ with a reflective post, describing the project as “that bitch”.The US singer-songwriter released the record on January 1, 2010.

It reached Number One on the Billboard 200, and Number Eight on the official UK albums chart.Sharing a series of images from that era on social media this week, Kesha wrote: “I spent my whole life learning the art of songwriting from my mom, an iconic songwriter herself, so when ‘Animal’ came out, it was a culmination of the sounds of growing up, the sounds of falling in love, heartbreak, the sounds of coming of age and I had no idea what these songs would open up for me and what kind of life I would be creating for myself just by putting these songs out in the world.”She continued: “I’m so happy I did, and so happy you’ve connected to it the way that you have, and continue to do so.”Kesha went on to reflect on her hit single ‘Tik Tok’ achieving “its biggest streaming day just a few days ago”, following her recent live performance on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.“Just goes to show that we all go through these same pivotal feelings and emotions growing up.

I’m so happy to have grown up with all of you,” the pop star continued.“Happy anniversary ‘Animal’. I had no idea you were that bitch.