Song Exploder Kesha - Eat The Acid
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Oct 18, 2023 Kesha, singer and songwriter from Los Angeles, discusses her shift to more raw and vulnerable music. She talks about the distorted vocal sound in her song 'Eat the Acid' and how it was influenced by the pandemic lockdown. Kesha reflects on her life as a pop star and shares how lockdown led to self-reflection and transformative music creation. They also explore the influence of Kesha's mother on her music and discuss vulnerability in songwriting.
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Lockdown Sparked Deep Self-Examination
- Kesha describes lockdown as the first time she wasn't touring and began deep contemplation and reading.
- The quiet forced her to confront social injustice and existential anxiety she had previously avoided.
A Night She Says She Talked To God
- Kesha recounts a sleepless night when she felt a psychedelic, terrifying but beautiful intervention that felt like talking to God.
- She immediately called collaborators to write a song about that experience.
Songwriting Over Zoom Into Voice Memos
- Kesha and Stuart Crichton started the song over Zoom using a keyboard that sounded like an acoustic guitar.
- She sang into her phone voice memos with gibberish melodies until the lyrics formed.