BREAKING NEWS: Kesha Celebrates 15th Anniversary of Debut Album ‘Animal’ – ‘Had No Idea What These Songs Would Open Up for Me’.giang

Kesha is paying tribute to the album that kickstarted her career.

On Sunday, Jan. 5, the pop star, 37, celebrated the 15th anniversary of her debut album Animal — a project which featured favorites like “Your Love Is My Drug,” “TiK ToK,” “Blah Blah Blah” and “Party at a Rich Dude’s House” — in an Instagram tribute.

“I spent my whole life learning the art of songwriting from my mom, an iconic songwriter herself, so when Animal came out, it was a culmination of the sounds of growing up, the sounds of falling in love, heartbreak, the sounds of coming of age, and I had no idea what these songs would open up for me and what kind of life I would be creating for myself just by putting these songs out in the world,” Kesha captioned the post, giving a nod to her mother, Pebe Sebert, who co-wrote the 1980 Dolly Parton classic “Old Flames Can’t Hold a Candle to You.”

She continued: “I’m so happy I did, and so happy you’ve connected to it the way that you have, and continue to do so. 15 years later, TiK ToK had its biggest streaming day just a few days ago. Just goes to show that we all go through these same pivotal feelings and emotions growing up. I’m so happy to have grown up with all of you.”

“Happy anniversary Animal. I had no idea you were that bitch. But turns out you totally are,” Kesha concluded.

Alongside the caption, the “Praying” hitmaker shared a throwback video where she was asked what she thought about the joy Animal brought her fans.

“The only reason I made this record is to make kids have fun and have dance parties and inspire people to just be happy,” she said in the clip, which features a montage of memories from that era. “This whole is just kind of a very youthful, irreverent record. And I want it to be one of those records that you just put on and no matter what you’re doing or where you are it makes you happy.”

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Meanwhile, on Thursday, Jan. 2, Kesha celebrated the fact that her debut single, “TiK ToK,” had its best-ever day of streaming on Spotify.

“It was 15 years ago that I got my first #1 song! YALL did that. And the fact that tiktok had its biggest streaming day EVER yesterday blows my mind. Thank you for supporting my art yall give me purpose,” she wrote on X.

Kesha continued: “This song is for the wild ones, the party girls, the ones who go too hard and laugh too loud and say too much. I love u. thank you animals!!! Now Alexa play TikTok LOUDER PLEASE.”