Kesha, recession pop’s favorite party girl, has returned, finally free from the abusive grip of her former producer. She established her own label, Kesha Records, in 2024, and released her latest album, Period, in July 2025. She’s back in a big way, but her songwriting influence was always present in the interim.

Throughout the 2010s, Kesha was writing songs for other people as well as for herself. Some she wrote before her own big hit, “Tik Tok,” while others came after her rise to fame. Here are some of the songs Kesha wrote for other artists that may come as a surprise.

“What Baby Wants” — Alice Cooper

Kesha was recruited for Alice Cooper’s 2011 album Welcome 2 My Nightmare, and according to Cooper, she had to be reined in while writing the provocative lyrics. She co-wrote and was fe

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