Rapp invited the singer for a shock look throughout her set on the fest on Sunday
Reneé Rapp invited Kesha onstage throughout her set at Coachella on Sunday, the place the duo carried out Kesha’s “Tik Tok,” the music from her 2010 debut album, Animal.
“This I believe is the most popular particular person on the Earth,” Rapp stated whereas introducing her shock visitor. “Everyone put your fucking fingers collectively for Kesha.”
Kesha then strutted on stage, the place they met within the center to hug earlier than Kesha dropped the opening line to “Tik Tok”: “Get up within the morning” — after which Rapp and Kesha screamed “like, Fuck P. Diddy” whereas thrusting their center fingers within the air as they paced and danced across the stage to the cheers of the viewers. (The unique lyric is “feeling like P. Diddy”). The 2 took turns with the verses in the course of the shock team-up.
The change in lyric is critical given Kesha’s sexual assault claims towards her former producer and label proprietor Dr. Luke and up to date information about Sean “P. Diddy” Combs: A number of folks have filed civil lawsuits towards Combs in current months, which allege intercourse trafficking, sexual assault, and bodily abuse towards him. Final month his properties had been raided as a part of a federal sex-trafficking investigation.
In 2014, Kesha filed a swimsuit towards Dr. Luke, which alleged sexual, bodily, and emotional abuse. Within the ensuing years, Luke denied the allegations and that very same yr countersued the singer, claiming she had defamed him. In 2016, a decide dismissed Kesha’s claims, largely on the grounds that they had been too previous. Regardless of a number of appeals, Luke’s defamation swimsuit remained till the 2 events reached a “decision,” settling the lawsuit in June 2023.
