Kesha videography

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Kesha performing on the American television program Today in 2012.

Kesha is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, and actress. She has appeared in 35 music videos, 8 of them being guest appearances. She has appeared in a total of 7 films. She has also appeared in multiple television shows such as Nashville, RuPaul's Drag Race, Jane the Virgin, Victorious, and more.

She first made a cameo appearance in Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" music video, though she was unknown then. Kesha declined to appear in the music video to Flo Rida's massively successful single "Right Round", to which she provided guest vocals to.

In 2009, Kesha released the music video for her debut single, "Tik Tok". Her song "Backstabber" was scheduled to be the second single from her debut studio album, Animal, but it was scrapped in place for "Blah Blah Blah" featuring 3OH!3. The music video was filmed and was leaked online. In 2010, she released the videos for "Blah Blah Blah", "Your Love Is My Drug", & "Take It Off", all taken from Animal. She later appeared as a featured artist in the music videos for "Dirty Picture" with Taio Cruz and "My First Kiss" with 3OH!3. Later that same year, she released music videos for the songs "Animal", "Stephen" and a second music video for "Take It Off", dubbed the "K$ N' Friends version", which featured Jeffree Star, all from her album Animal. Lastly, Kesha released the music video for "We R Who We R", from her debut extended play, Cannibal.

In the following year, Kesha released the music video for the second single from Cannibal, "Blow", which featured actor James Van Der Beek playing Kesha's comedic rival. She guest starred as herself in the Nickelodeon show, Victorious in the episode "Ice Cream for Ke$ha" where the main characters search for the letters to Kesha's name to win a private concert.

In 2012, Kesha released a music video for "Sleazy Remix 2.0: Get Sleazier" featuring rappers Wiz Khalifa, T.I., André 3000, & Lil Wayne, though none of the rappers actually appear in the video. Instead, many other friends of Kesha's mouth the lyrics to the song, while Kesha herself only appears for a short time in the video. She released the music video for the lead single from her second studio album, Warrior, "Die Young" which depicted her as a cult leader in Mexico.

In 2013, she released the music videos for the singles "C'Mon" and "Crazy Kids" from the album Warrior, the latter featuring rapper will.i.am. She then went on to appear in the music video for "Timber" alongside Pitbull in which she also provided guest vocals to. Later for New Years, Kesha made her directorial debut with the music video for "Dirty Love", though this version of the song did not include Iggy Pop, rather a solo version was used instead.

After leaving rehab for her eating disorder in 2014, Kesha became a judge for the reality singing competition show, Rising Star. The other judging panel consisted of Ludacris and Brad Paisley with Josh Groban as the host. The show was canceled after one season. Kesha and her cat, Mr. Peeps, made a cameo appearance in the music video for "My Song 5" by HAIM.

In 2015, Kesha appeared in the mid-credits scene of the film Jem and the Holograms as Pizzazz, the leader of the rival band to Jem and the Holograms, The Misfits.

In 2017, Kesha released her comeback single, "Praying" after not releasing any new solo work in five years. She released the accompanying music video along with two more for "Woman" and "Learn to Let Go" from her third studio album Rainbow. The music video for "Hymn" was filmed but it wasn't released until the following year. She appeared in the music video, "Good Old Days", her song with Macklemore.

In 2018, Kesha released the music video for her cover of Janis Joplin's "I Need A Man To Love", retitled "I Need A Woman To Love" from the LGBTQ inclusive EP, Universal Love - Wedding Songs Reimagined. On August 10, 2018, she released her documentary short film Rainbow - The Film on Apple Music. It follows her personal struggles, the creation of Rainbow, and her performance at the Grammy's. Kesha also appeared in the music video for the duet version of The Struts' "Body Talks" in August. The official music video for the song "Here Comes the Change" for the film On the Basis of Sex was live streamed on October 24, 2018 on her YouTube.

Music videos[edit]

As lead artist[edit]

List of music videos, showing year released and director
Title Year Director(s)
"Tik Tok" 2009 Syndrome
"Backstabber" (unreleased) Unknown
"Blah Blah Blah"
(featuring 3OH!3)
2010 Brendan Malloy
"Your Love Is My Drug" Honey
"Take It Off" Paul Hunter & Dori Oskowitz
"Take It Off"
(K$ N' Friends version)
SKINNY
"Stephen"
"Animal"
"We R Who We R" Hype Williams
"Blow" 2011 Chris Marrs Piliero
"Sleazy Remix 2.0: Get Sleazier"
(featuring Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, T.I. and André 3000)
2012 Nicholaus Goossen
"Die Young" Darren Craig
"C'Mon" 2013
"Crazy Kids"
(featuring will.i.am)
"Dirty Love" Kesha
"Praying" 2017 Jonas Åkerlund
"Woman"
(featuring The Dap-Kings Horns)
Kesha & Lagan Sebert
"Learn to Let Go" Isaac Ravishankara
"Rainbow" Lagan Sebert[1]
"I Need a Woman to Love" 2018
"Hymn" Isaac Ravishankara
"Here Comes the Change" Jonas Åkerlund
"This Is Me" (The Reimagined Remix)
(with Keala Settle & Missy Elliott)
Jared Hogan
"Raising Hell"
(featuring Big Freedia)
2019 Luke Gilford
"My Own Dance" Allie Avital
"Resentment"
(featuring Brian Wilson, Sturgill Simpson, & Wrabel)
Vittorio Masecchia
"High Road" 2020 Magic Seed Productions
"Children of the Revolution" Ethan Silverman
"Since I Was Young"
(with Wrabel)
Michael Kessler
"Little Bit of Love" Kesha, Jonah Best & Mr Peep$
"Drop Dead"
(with Grandson & Travis Barker)
2021 Andrew Sandler
"Rich, White, Straight Men" 2022 Pebe Sebert
"Eat the Acid"
(Visualizer)
2023 Vincent Haycock
"Fine Line"
(Visualizer)
"Hate Me Harder"
(Visualizer)
"Happy"
(Visualizer)
"Living In My Head"
(Visualizer)
"Only Love Can Save Us Now"

As featured artist[edit]

List of music videos, showing lead artist, year released, and director
Title Lead artist Year Director(s) Notes
"Right Round" Flo Rida 2009 Malcolm Jones Vocals only
"Dirty Picture" Taio Cruz 2010 Alex Herron Featured artist
"My First Kiss" 3OH!3 Isaac Ravishankara
"Timber" Pitbull 2013 Davis Rousseau
"Good Old Days" Macklemore 2017 Johnny Valencia
"Body Talks" The Struts 2018 Lagan Sebert
"Safe" Sage, Chika Ben Smith Vocals only
"Chasing Rainbows" Big Freedia 2020 Lagan Sebert Featured artist
"Stronger" Sam Feldt 2021 Andrew Donoho
"Fancy Like" Walker Hayes Rehman Nizar Ali
"Taste So Good (The Cann Song)" Vincint, Hayley Kiyoko, and MNEK 2022 Jake Wilson

Guest appearances[edit]

List of music videos, showing lead artist, year released, and director
Title Lead artist Year Director(s) Notes
"I Kissed a Girl" Katy Perry 2008 Kinga Burza Cameo
"American Girl" (Promotional video) Bonnie McKee 2013 Cameo
"My Song 5" Haim 2014 Dugan O'Neal Cameo
"If the World Was Ending (In Support of Doctors Without Borders)" JP Saxe, Julia Michaels & Friends 2020 Unknown Cameo

Films[edit]

List of cinematic film releases, showing year released, role, director(s) and box office gross
Title Year Role Director(s) Budget Box office Ref.
USD$
F.A.R.T. the Movie 1991 Girl Ray Etheridge 43,000
Bravo Supershow 2007 Herself Michael Maier Not screened
Final Flesh 2009 Pam Pollard Ike Sanders
Walt Disney's Princess Ke$ha 2011 Princess Ke$ha Osmany Rodriguez
Matt Villines
Not screened
Katy Perry: Part of Me 2012 Herself Dan Cutforth
Jane Lipsitz
13,000,000 32,726,956
Jem and the Holograms 2015 Phyllis "Pizzazz" Gabor Jon M. Chu 5,000,000 2,500,000
A Ghost Story 2017 Spirit Girl David Lowery 100,000 1,900,000 [2]
Rainbow: The Film 2018 Herself Kesha
Lagan Sebert
Kevin Hayden
Not screened

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2005 The Simple Life Herself Episode: "Wedding Planner" (Season 3, Episode 15)
2010 Saturday Night Live Herself Episode: "Ryan Phillippe/Kesha" (Season 35, Episode 19)
The City Herself Episode: "One Girl's Trash..." (Season 2, Episode 9)
2011 Victorious Herself Episode: "Ice Cream for Kesha" (Season 2, Episode 3)
2012 The X Factor Australia[3] Herself Guest mentor; 2 episodes
2013 Robot Chicken Robot,
Sassette Smurfling
Episode: "Papercut to Aorta" (Season 6, Episode 14)
Kesha: My Crazy Beautiful Life Herself Lead role; 14 episodes
The Show with Vinny Herself Episode: "Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Mackie and Kesha" (Season 1, Episode 3)
2014 Rising Star Herself Judge; 10 episodes
2015 Jane the Virgin Anabelle Episode: "Chapter Twenty-Four"
Project Runway: All Stars Herself Guest Judge; Episode: "Once Upon A Runway"
2016 The Haunting Of... Herself Guest appearance
Hollywood Game Night Herself Episode: "Sealed with a Kesha"
Nashville Herself Guest appearance
2017 RuPaul's Drag Race Herself Guest Judge; Episode: "Makeovers: Crew Better Work" (Season 9, Episode 10)
Kat Kat (voice) 10 episodes; Amazon Prime series
Highly Gifted Tess (voice) Snapchat series
Good Morning America Herself Performer and interview
CMT Crossroads Herself Episode: "Old Crow Medicine Show & Kesha"
2018 60th Annual Grammy Awards Herself Performer and nominee
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Herself Performer along with The Struts
2019 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Herself Performer along with Big Freedia
47th Annual American Music Awards Herself Performer along with Big Freedia
The Graham Norton Show Herself Performer
2020 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Herself Interview and performer along with Big Freedia
The Late Late Show with James Corden Herself Interview and performer
Carpool Karaoke: The Series Herself Episode: "Kesha & Whitney Cummings"
The Bachelor: Listen to Your Heart Herself Guest Judge
One World: Together at Home Herself Benefit concert
Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone Herself Benefit concert
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Herself Performer
2022 Conjuring Kesha Herself Also executive producer
2023 Impractical Jokers Herself Season 10, Episode "Kesha"
60 Minutes Herself
The Muppets Mayhem Herself Season 1, Episode 4: "Track 4: The Times They Are A-Changn'"
That's My Jam Herself Winner; Episode: "Kenan Thompson & Big Boi vs. Kesha & Renée Elise Goldsberry" (Season 2, Episode 7)
Helluva Boss Queen Bee-lzebub Voice role; episode: “Queen Bee” (Season 1, Episode 8); credited as "Kesha Sebert"
Dynamo Is Dead Herself

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kerp, Daniel (August 11, 2017). "Kesha Opens Up About New 'Rainbow' Video in Personal Essay". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  2. ^ Flaherty, Keely (January 26, 2017). "Kesha Made A Surprise Cameo In A Sundance Movie About Ghosts And Love". BuzzFeed. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  3. ^ "X-Factor special announcement". The X Factor (Australia). Yahoo!7. Retrieved July 18, 2012.