Kesha has returned—fully independent, creatively free, and unapologetically herself. Her new album, Period, released on July 4, marks her first project as an independent artist and the launch of her own label, Kesha Records. It’s also her first full-length release since parting ways with RCA and follows 2023’s Gag Order.
Symbolically released on Independence Day, Period represents Kesha’s declaration of doing everything on her own terms. The title doubles as both a punctuation mark and a manifesto: it signals the end of one chapter and the unfiltered beginning of another. The LP opens with “Freedom,” the longest track on the record, which begins as an instrumental before Kesha sings about the joy of finally being free: “I only drink when I’m happy, and I’m drunk right now.”
While Gag Order leaned heavily into experimental art-pop and stripped-down emotion, Period shifts gears toward accessible pop, hyperpop, EDM, and dance-pop, with touches of country-pop in the single “Yippee-Ki-Yay.”
Here, we rank all 11 tracks from Period
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