Kesha is making an attempt to maintain issues gentle for followers who’re nervous in regards to the looming ban on TikTok within the U.S. — by reminding them that her single “Tik Tok” will all the time be there.
The singer shared a video by way of Instagram on Saturday, January 18, that includes herself carrying a black hoodie and shutting her eyes whereas a part of her 2010 hit track performed. Over the view, she wrote, “TikTok could also be short-term, however TiK ToK is perpetually,” and added each a peace signal and black coronary heart emoji.
The track was an on the spot hit when it debuted, spending 9 weeks on the high of the Billboard Scorching 100 chart.
Kesha carried out the track in Oakland, California, in 2023, the place she modified the opening line of the track from, “Get up within the morning feeling like P. Diddy” to “Get up within the morning feeling identical to me.” The lyric swap got here after Cassie (actual title Cassandra Ventura) filed a lawsuit in opposition to Diddy in November 2023,, accusing the rapper of sexual assault and abuse. Diddy has denied all allegations in opposition to him.
Since Cassie’s lawsuit, many others have additionally come ahead with allegations in opposition to the disgraced music mogul. Diddy has continued to disclaim the allegations in opposition to him, and is at the moment incarcerated on the Metropolitan Detention Middle in New York.
Throughout her 2024 Coachella set, Kesha modified the opening line of her track once more, this time to, “Get up within the mornin’ like f—ok P. Diddy.” In Could of the identical 12 months, she confirmed the lyric swap was everlasting after she was approached by TMZ at LAX airport.
“Sure, it will likely be, so the followers ought to be taught it for my upcoming reveals. I wish to hear it louder than ever,” she stated. “I stand by that.”
“I’m not the type of person who simply shuts the f— up, I do know what I stand for, I do know my integrity is rock strong so I converse the reality,” Kesha continued. “And the trade can type of like suck my d—.”
As for the social media app of the identical title, the Supreme Court docket has upheld the U.S. authorities’s proposed TikTok ban, and the app’s homeowners ByteDance have pledged to make the app inaccessible for customers in america starting at midnight Sunday, January 19.
The Defending People from Overseas Adversary Managed Functions Act was proposed after Congress expressed worries about espionage on behalf of China by ByteDance. The corporate has stated they’ll take away TikTok from smartphone app shops. The father or mother firm later defined on Friday that they’ll reduce off companies and “go darkish” except the U.S. assures Apple and Google that they gained’t be penalized for internet hosting and distributing TikTok.
The lack of the app can have a serious influence on content material creators and influencers who earn earnings by means of the TikTok Creator Fund, in addition to those that earn income by means of model sponsorships and by promoting merchandise on the platform.
