--- description: After four years of legal battles against her producer Dr. Luke, Kesha released a new single and announced an upcoming album, 'Rainbow.' title: Watch Kesha's Emotional Return on New Song "Praying" image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Kesha Doesn't Hold Back About Her Depression in Powerful Comeback Music Video  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 6, 2017 4:28 PM CUT  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 6, 2017 4:28 PM CUT It’s been a long four years for [Kesha](http://motto.time.com/4754992/kesha-dr-luke-sony-kemosabe/ "undefined"), the pop singer of “TiK ToK” and “We R Who We R” fame. Embroiled in an ongoing legal battle with her former producer [Dr. Luke](http://motto.time.com/4678495/dr-luke-releases-new-emails-about-kesha/ "undefined"), the previously prolific singer-songwriter had refrained from releasing any new music. Until today. On Thursday, Kesha sent her new single “Praying” into the world, accompanied with a music video. Produced with [Ryan Lewis](http://time.com/collection-post/4133060/top-10-worst-songs-2/item/downtown-macklemore-ryan-lewis/ "undefined") (best known for Macklemore), Ben Abraham, and Andrew Joslyn, with a video directed by Swedish mastermind [Jonas Åkerlund](http://time.com/4664564/lady-gaga-john-wayne-music-video/ "undefined"), Kesha does not hide her recent battle, instead choosing to preface the powerful piano ballad with a spoken-word preface discussing her struggles with depression and hopelessness, and how they’ve driven her musical comeback. “What is the lesson? What is the point? God, give me a sign, or I have to give up. I can’t do this anymore. Please just let me die,” she intones, stranded and seeming lifeless in black-and-white on a raft in the middle of the ocean. (She also published an extended prelude on Lena Dunham’s [Lenny Letter](http://www.lennyletter.com/culture/a904/kesha-is-back-with-a-new-single-praying/ "undefined").) That dark intro, however, soon morphs into a powerful, colorful, and, yes, glitter-filled celebration of overcoming. “I’m proud of who I am,” she sings in the uplifting piano ballad. “No more monsters; I can breathe again.” Fans are overjoyed. There’s more to come to feed her fandom, too, which call themselves “Animals”: Kesha also announced the imminent release of an album, _Rainbow_, on August 11. > [](https://twitter.com/BebeRexha/status/882947829236477952) > [](https://twitter.com/MarcMonster/status/882939821827796992) > [](https://twitter.com/LOHANTHONY/status/882934788864299008) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4847114/kesha-praying-comeback/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4847114/kesha-praying-comeback/"},"headline":"Kesha Doesn't Hold Back About Her Depression in Powerful Comeback Music Video","datePublished":"2017-07-06T16:28:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:45:10.202Z","description":"After four years of legal battles against her producer Dr. Luke, Kesha released a new single and announced an upcoming album, 'Rainbow.'","url":"https://time.com/4847114/kesha-praying-comeback/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","Kesha","entertainment"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4847114/kesha-praying-comeback/","name":"Kesha Doesn't Hold Back About Her Depression in Powerful Comeback Music Video"}}]}] ```