Ever since Kesha’s bombshell lawsuit against music producer Dr. Luke in 2014, accusing the latter of sexual attack and physical and emotional abuse, a lot of artists have saved their distance from working with arguably one of the largest hitmakers in Hollywood.
In case you weren’t conscious, Luke has penned and/or co-wrote a lengthy list of hits over the years including Pink’s “Who Knew,” Britney Spears’ “Circus,” Miley Cyrus’ “Party In The U.S.A,” Rihanna’s “Where Have You Been” and Katy Perry’s “Roar,” simply to call a few.
Luke has won dozens of awards and is regarded as one of the best-selling producers of all time alongside Max Martin. With that stated, issues tremendously changed for the chart-topper when Kesha — whom he signed to his Kemosabe file label in 2005 — made her claims towards him in a 2014 lawsuit.
It wasn’t lengthy ahead of a movement erupted on social media as Kesha’s lovers demanded people to boycott any new songs produced via Dr. Luke transferring ahead. Understandably, this concerned so much of artists as a result of while he had now not been discovered to blame of the aforementioned claims, it appeared wiser to keep a distance from the 47-year-old than to be taken with such controversy.
Dr. Luke Loses Work After Kesha’s Lawsuit
In the midst of his ongoing lawsuit with Kesha, Luke has for sure lost so much of money due to the truth that dozens of artists are no longer willing to work with him — in all probability now not as a result of they don’t imagine his innocence, however perhaps as a result of they don’t wish to be hooked up to the fiasco of things.
Here’s the article: in the United States, you’re innocent till proven to be another way, but with the entire proof that Kesha had brought to gentle in court docket, it’s exhausting to fail to remember her claims on what she says came about to her all over the path of working with Luke for eight years.
Katy Perry, who have been working with Luke since liberating her chart-topping sophomore album, One of the Boys, in 2008, penned most of her hits while working with the producer, who helped put together songs corresponding to “Last Friday Night,” “Wide Awake,” “California Girls,” “Roar,” and “I Kissed A Girl,” to call a few.
Luke and Perry had a bond like no different.
Interestingly enough, alternatively, Kesha would throw Perry into the combination of issues by insisting that Luke had sexually abused the award-winning singer prior to now — a claim which Perry has refused to touch upon.
Whatever the case is also, even though, Perry stopped working with Luke following Kesha’s lawsuit submitting in 2016. She went on to unlock her fifth album, Witness, in June 2017, which changed into her first venture that didn’t include Luke’s involvement since 2008.
The album, regardless of vital acclaim, was deemed as a commercial “flop” because it failed to produce any hits, excluding buzz singles “Swish Swish,” “Bon Appetit,” and “Chained to the Rhythm,” which made it pretty obvious that Luke not being round had taken a toll on Perry’s profession and her general sound.
Also in 2017, it was once reported that Kelly Clarkson, who prior to now labored with Luke on “Since U Been Gone” had sacrificed “millions” of bucks, in keeping with Refinery29, because she didn’t want to paintings with him after allegedly being blackmailed into working with him for her 2009 single “My Life Would Suck Without You.”
At the time, she advised Australia’s KIIS1065 that Luke was “no longer a excellent person” and ever since all the scandal with Kesha erupted, Clarkson has avoided him fully.
"I was so frustrated because I literally said, 'Anyone in the world but this one person,' but it was just this one thing,” she said. “And I asked not to work with Dr. Luke… just because I had not a good experience with him...It was one thing and they wouldn’t even give it to me.”
Another artist who has shunned Luke is Miley Cyrus, who last worked with him on her 2013 single “Wrecking Ball” while disgraced photographer Terry Richardson — who has been accused of sexual assault on many occasions — directed the music video.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, though, Cyrus stopped working with Luke soon after Kesha came forward with her lawsuit.
Other artists who appear to have distanced themselves from Luke include Nicki Minaj (who unfollowed him on Twitter), Ciara, and Marina and the Diamonds.
It’s believed that Luke is slowly but surely planning his comeback to the music scene, having already had success with Doja Cat, whose “Say So” and “Like That” singles were both produced by him.
It’s unclear what the future of Luke’s career holds, particularly with an ongoing lawsuit involving Kesha, but the artists who are still working with him are clearly choosing to overlook his questionable past.
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