Kesha wasn’t technically slated to carry out on the desert music pageant Coachella, however the singer’s shock Sunday efficiency was nothing wanting memorable.
Taking to the stage to affix Reneé Rapp’s set with a efficiency of her 2010 hit track, “Tik Tok,” Kesha made a notable modification to the opening lyrics. After being welcomed to the stage by Rapp, Kesha sang, “Get up within the morning like, f**ok P. Diddy!” A video posted on-line by gossip blogger Perez Hilton reveals Kesha and Rapp holding up their center fingers whereas singing the road.
When Kesha debuted the track almost 15 years in the past, the unique opening mentioned, “Get up within the morning feeling like P. Diddy,” with the billionaire hip-hop artist that includes on the observe with a response to the lyrics: “Hey, what’s up, lady?”
Kesha’s lyrics swap follows the litany of lawsuits geared toward Sean “Diddy” Combs, which allege intercourse trafficking and sexual assault. A federal investigation prompted a raid of the mogul’s estates final month. Diddy’s authorized woes stemmed from a go well with filed by his ex-partner and singer, Casandra Ventura — higher often known as Cassie — over what she claimed had been a bodily and sexually abusive relationship.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Kesha had beforehand modified the lyrics to mirror Ventura’s settlement with Diddy in November of 2023. Throughout a Los Angeles cease on her Solely Love tour, a day after Ventura and Diddy settled, Kesha modified the opening line to, “Get up within the morning feeling similar to me.”
