世界的ポップ・アイコン=Kesha(ケシャ)
リック・ルービンのプロデュースによる、彼女の魂そのものをさらけ出した3年ぶりのニュー・アルバム『Gag Order』

全世界トータル・セールス1,400 万枚、楽曲総ストリーミング回数約 70 億を誇る、世界的ポップ・アイコン=Kesha(ケシャ)の3年ぶり、5作目となるスタジオアルバム『Gag Order』。本作はリック・ルービンがプロデューサーを務め、彼女史上最も深い、彼女の魂の奥底を表した作品に仕上がっている。また、ケシャ本人が今作を「ポスト・ポップ」と提言しており、1枚のアルバムを通して人間の精神が持つサイケデリックな闇、そしてその闇を浄化し生き抜く姿を表現し、彼女の精神的旅路をオープンに伝えている。
世界的にも大きな転換期となった過去3年間であったが、その中で彼女はどのような変化を遂げたのか。精神的成長を得て生まれ変わったかのようなケシャから目が離せない。

発売・販売元 提供資料 （2023/04/28）

Its called Gag Order because Kesha feels shes been restricted in her speech due to her ongoing litigation with her former producer Dr. Luke. Those lawsuits prevented her from speaking directly about the events at the root of her personal trauma, so she winds up writing around the problem on the album, focusing on the emotional aftermath instead of the instigating events. Given the anger and sadness roiling in her psyche -- feelings only intensified during the isolation of COVID-19, a pandemic that hit just weeks after she delivered High Road in 2020 -- its not surprising that Gag Order is a twisted ball of fury and sorrow. Her inner turmoil is conveyed through washes of electronics, contorted Auto-Tunes, spectral samples, and a keening performance from Kesha, whose passion cuts against the dour atmosphere. Thats by design: the amorphous swirl captures torment, the singing suggests perseverance. These are the qualities that sustain Gag Order, carrying it through 13 tracks so tightly intertwined its difficult to tell where one begins or ends; its as much a complete body of work as Paul Simons concurrently released Seven Psalms. All that torment and atmosphere amounts to a journey lacking such expected signifiers as hooks or even melody. Gag Order discards these pop niceties because its designed as a purge, one that delivers catharsis for the artist without much consideration for the audience. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Rovi