Music Rewind 2025: Kesha Embraced A New ‘GLOW’ Up Era

Honey Bees and Kesha’s Animals, 2025 was such a big year for one of our favorite pop stars, Kesha. In 2024, she fully went independent and launched a record label called Kesha Records. In 2025, we saw her do a mix of everything to embrace her new era, including ‘GLOW’ing up with a new album, collaborating with other artists, and more. Let’s look back at some of the biggest moments of Kesha’s year.

‘YIPPEE-KI-YAY.’

On March 27, 2025, Kesha had us singing “We lit up like a bonfire, singing yippee-ki-yay, yippee-ki-ya-ya” when she released her first single of the year, ‘YIPPEE-KI-YAY.’ With the song, we heard a different side of Kesha: a country pop side. We couldn’t help but embrace it. It didn’t stop there, however. She released a second version of the song on the same day, featuring rapper T-Pain. The collaboration is one we didn’t know we needed. T-Pain knows how to make a collaboration era, including ‘GLOW’ing up with a new album, collaborating with other artists, and more. Let’s look back at some of the biggest moments of Kesha’s year.

. (PERIOD.)

There’s nothing like a musician embracing their ‘FREEDOM’ when they become independent. For Kesha, she released her first independent album, .(PERIOD.) on July 4, 2025. The album consisted of 11 songs, with no collaborations. We got a raw, real Kesha who’s getting to make music she wants, without any restraints.

The album features a range of pop songs, including the country pop song we mentioned above. We have Kesha embracing her ‘FREEDOM’ and yelling ‘YIPPEE-KI-YAY’ while taking us on a ‘JOYRIDE.’ Our favorite lyrics from the album? We have a lot of them, but if we have to narrow it down, it would be, “I’m a star, you ain’t even in my galaxy; Yeah, you on my TikTok, I’m the f*cking OG,” from ‘GLOW.’ The album is a beautiful insight into what we can expect from her in the future. She’s taking control of her career, and we love it.

THE TTS OUT* TOUR

The first thought we had was Period is right there to name the tour, but we had to remember this is Kesha we’re talking about! Her summer tour, THE T*TS OUT TOUR, was announced on April 3. Those who went on tour, or should we say, on the ‘JOYRIDE‘ with her, included the Scissor Sisters, Slayyyter, and Rose Gray in select cities across the United States. At a later date, she released tour dates for Europe and the UK.

She put on a SHOW with each stop. We’ve seen her shredding a guitar, carrying around a Kesha-like mannequin head on stage, and reclaiming herself. So far, it’s been a tour for the books. While the first leg is over, the Europe and UK leg is right around the corner.

J-Pop Collaboration

“Sour, bitter, pour it up, キラ, Heaven, lemon, sugar-free venom,” catchy lyrics, right? The lyrics are from J-pop girl group f5ve’s song ‘Sugar Free Venom,’ featuring Kesha. It’s a tastefully sweet song empowering women. The song was perfect for her latest era. While she doesn’t make a physical appearance in the music video, her presence is still felt through her lyrics and the visual of her on a big screen.

. (…)

In the words or lyrics of Kesha, “Do I have your attention?” What’s better than Kesha releasing a brand new album? Her releasing, . (…) [PERIOD. (ELLIPSIS)] a few days after. The deluxe version of her album included nine bonus songs. Of these songs, she included ‘YIPPEE-KI-YAY’ featuring T-Pain, and ‘BOY CRAZY’ featuring JADE. Between extra versions of songs from the PERIOD album and the new songs, Kesha knew what she was going for when creating her new era.

KPopped

If you’re a fan of K-pop, music shows, or both, you might’ve heard of Apple TV’s newest show KPopped. The show paired the biggest in music with K-pop artists to recreate the former hit songs. One of the episodes featured Kesha performing her single ‘JOYRIDE’ with J-pop group JO1. To see how both artists did, check out the clip below.

Animal + Cannibal (15th Anniversary)

If you had to choose between Kesha’s Animal and her album Cannibal, which one would you choose? We could have a ‘Party At A Rich Dude’s House,’ or we could continue to live a ‘Crazy Beautiful Life’ without a party. Either way, we’ll be celebrating it being fifteen years since Kesha released her Animal and Cannibal albums in 2010. To celebrate on November 21, 2025, the singer released Animal + Cannibal (15 Anniversary), combining the two albums into one. The album includes ‘Shots on the Hood of My Car’ and ‘Butterscotch,’ two previously unreleased songs. The album was worth a double feature, as fans of both albums no longer have to switch between them.

Kesha had so many amazing moments in 2025. Do you have a favorite or favorites? If you were to ask us, we can’t choose just one. Let us know your favorite moment in the comments or on our socials via Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.