Keshais getting more personal than ever.
The pop star released the first trailer for her new documentary,Rainbow – The Film, on Monday. The film will track her experience as she recovers from personal trauma, reclaims her career, andworks on her 2017 similarly-named album,Rainbow.
The teaser — which goes back and forth between shot footage and candid videos from her career — includes a peek at herpowerful performanceof her hit ballad“Praying”at the Grammys earlier this year.
“This feels really real,” Kesha tells the camera. “This record is quite literally saving my life.”
The trailer comes as Kesha’s lengthy legal battle with producerDr. Luke, real name Lukasz Gottwald, continues.
In 2014, Keshasued Dr. Lukebased on claims that he had drugged, raped, and emotionally abused her. Dr. Luke has vehementlydenied the allegationsand countersued her for defamation and breach of contract. In February 2016, Luke tweeted: “I didn’t rape Kesha and I have never had sex with her. Kesha and I were friends for many years and she was like my little sister.”
A judgedismissed Kesha’s abuse claimsin 2016, but the lawsuit rages on. The battle took a new turn last month, when Kesha’s lawyersasserted that the singer has not been paidroyalties forRainbow. Her team says that Dr. Luke still makes Kesha work for him and continues to profit from her work.
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“Dr. Luke’s nearly $50 million defamation case against Kesha is meritless,” her lawyers wrote in a statement to PEOPLE. “While repeatedly making inflammatory statements to the press attacking Kesha, Dr. Luke has fought vigorously to keep the actual evidence in the case from seeing the light of day. There is a reason why Dr. Luke and his team do not want the public to see the actual sworn testimony.”
Dr. Luke’s legal team responded to the accusations in a statement to PEOPLE. “Contrary to her latest defamatory press statement, the evidence, including sworn testimony, will show the full extent and scope of the scurrilous falsehoods Kesha spread,” the statement read. “As the old and true adage goes: Oh what a tangled web you weave when first you practice to deceive.”
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Rainbow – TheFilmrepresents a new turn in Kesha’s story. In May, KeshatoldCosmopolitan, “I’ve taken ownership of myself. I’m taking control of my life and my name and the music it’s attached to.”
“I’m not, like, a sad sap now. There are a couple of ballads, but my show is still extremely fun,” Kesha said, discussing hertour with Macklemore. “I’m not going to be less crazy. There’s an awesome band, and there’s dancing and glitter. That’s a promise I will keep — there will always be glitter.”
Rainbow – The Filmpremieres on Apple Music on August 10.
source: people.com
