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Kesha has revealed {that a} prop blade was swapped with an actual butcher’s knife throughout a current stay efficiency.
The 37-year-old singer was performing her track “Backstabber” at Lollapalooza in Chicago final week, and was instructed concerning the swap solely after she’d completed.
Initially launched in 2010 on her debut album, Animal, the track hits out at a betraying pal with “unfastened lips” and “jealousy”. Singing the angsty lyrics with a knife in hand, she is seen spinning the sharp blade and brandishing it freely concerning the stage, as pretend blood drips down her arms.
“Sooooo apparently the prop knife went lacking they usually changed it with an actual butcher knife stolen from the kitchen. And I didn’t know. Until now,” she wrote in a post on X/Twitter, shortly after she completed her set earlier within the night, on Thursday (1 August).
“So watch that once more…” she added.
Many on social media reacted to the revelation, calling it “insane” and speculating on all of the eventualities that would have occurred.
“Kesha not understanding her ‘prop’ was an actual knife as a result of they didn’t inform her is definitely insane,” wrote one particular person. “Like think about she threw that into the group considering some fan would cherish it without end and BOOM somebody’s misplaced a watch.”
Others known as the swap “unprofessional” as one particular person added: “Glad you’re OK Kesha! Undoubtedly subsequent time have one thing [else], make sure that it doesn’t occur once more! Love You!”
One fan shared a gif of Britney Spears dancing with knives, whereas one other wrote: “It’s giving Britney.” One commenter merely posted an image of Alec Baldwin, hinting on the tragedy attributable to a loaded gun on the set of his film, Rust.
Some demanded an investigation as they wrote: “And in case you had determined to improvise??? An inquiry ought to be put in along with your group and somebody ought to be held accountable. That’s sooooo unhealthy.”
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The track, which Kesha told Billboard is a couple of former pal who stole her automobile and talked about her behind her again, was written together with British artist David Gamson, member of the band Scritti Politti.
“I had a writing appointment in Lengthy Seashore [in California],” she mentioned on the time. “I received there and I used to be like, ‘We must always write a track about this lady.’ The road within the track is, ‘Jeanie, why you gotta inform the secrets and techniques about my intercourse life?’ I write how folks would discuss over a drink.”
