Kesha Finally Drops Her First Independent Album "Period": Stream It Now

Kesha, at last, is a free artist, period.

After years of working toward this moment, the singer-songwriter has dropped her first-ever independent album, "." ("Period"), featuring 11 fun-fueled pop tracks. 

Led by singles “Joyride,” “Yippee-Ki-Yay,” “Delusional,” “The One” and “Boy Crazy,” the LP marks her first full-length release under her label, Kesha Records.

Leading up to the album’s release, Kesha has been candid about how emotional and empowering the process of assuming control over her artistry has been. 

The singer was under contract to Kemosabe Records, despite her years-long legal battle with label owner Dr. Luke, whom she accused of drugging her and sexually assaulting her at a 2005 party in 2014. 

The producer has always vehemently denied the allegations, and the two parties settled in 2023. 

In March 2024, Kesha was finally released from her deal with Kemosabe. 

In a recent interview with Billboard, the artist said she feels like she's experiencing a "homecoming" with her first album. 

“I really do feel like it’s been a homecoming in a lot of ways — not only legally, to the rights of my voice, but to letting go of that internalized shame, of letting all that go and coming home to my own body, my joy, myself,” Kesha noted. “And part of that has been healing my relationship with the records that I’ve put out that were difficult to make — that were perceived in a way that wasn’t the way I intended, that were tied to events that I don’t stand for.”

"Period" marks Kesha’s sixth studio album, and her first since 2023’s "Gag Order". She’s scored four top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 throughout her career, including No. 1 hits "Animal" (2010) and "Rainbow" (2017).