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A lot of examples like this occur in the documentary. It's just part of that lifestyle. Paparazzi are everywhere and there's a hungry group of consumers waiting to gawk.
One of the worst cases involved her computer being hacked and very private photos being uploaded online and spread everywhere. This actually happened more than once. And it's on camera as it develops.
Also, let me just say that it's heart breaking to see her try to be strong, only to break down in private over **** like this. It hurts. And you can see it hurts. She's just like everyone else.
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Since we mainly filmed her, we didn't really interact with music "industry" folks.
Probably the most fascinating part was filming her write and record her 2nd album. Obviously, there are many parties invested in its success, so it was interesting to see her write and record songs and then have them analyzed by others in order to best culminate "hits". Which makes sense I guess. A lot of songs we filmed her record never made the album and the decision making process of "what songs go on the album" was truly fascinating.
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My #1 favorite song she worked on didn't make it on the album. Here's hoping it turns up sometime soon...
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She meets with fans at EVERY tour stop. In one case, a kid in England handed her a book he'd put together. He was shy and couldn't say much beyond "Please read the letter I put in there." She read it. It was about him being bullied in school and hitting rock bottom with depression. And then her song "Animal" came on the radio and he suddenly felt a bit hopeful and pulled himself together. The note ended "You saved my life Kesha". They both broke down in tears and embraced. To this day, she calls or texts him every once in a while to see how he's doing.
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Like I said above, there is "Ke$ha" and then there's "Kesha".
"Ke$ha" is a wandering misfit, half drunk, half crazy, stumbling over hill and dale for the next party.
"Kesha" is sharp as a tack. Plays multiple instruments. Reads constantly. Writes constantly (I literally saw at least 300 full notebooks). And she knows EVERYTHING about her production. I often would see her on ProTools mixing a new audio cue, or designing new stage props herself. She designed a massive 12 foot glitter cannon for her live show.
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Kesha, because of terrible experiences with the internet (computer hacked twice, twitter hacked, email hacked) tries to stay offline.
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Kesha once got frustrated while trying to learn a new dance routine and told me to leave the room. I kept recording and didn't leave. So she ran up with the speed of a puma and punched me. I kind of understood her frustration though. Having cameras in my face 24/7 would probably piss me off sometimes too. But, other than that punch, not much physical interaction.
EDIT: The footage of her punching me is probably gonna end up in the documentary so spoiler alert.
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First night of filming Zach Galifinakus hung out with us at some bar. We couldn't film there, so I'll let Kesha tell that story if she wants to. It's pretty ****ing hilarious.
I saw Bono with his arm around Justin Bieber giving him a pep talk about the music biz. That was weird.
There is footage of Stephen Fry and Kesha chatting it up. I hope that surfaces one day. Love that guy.
Others: (we didn't film them really) Britney Spears, Rhianna, Psy, The Black Eyed Peas, Neil Diamond, Jay Z, Beyonce, Stevie Wonder, The Black Keys, oh god actually this list is long.....
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I can tell you that 100% of any/all "illuminati" symbolism was probably put in because, no disrespect, people like you have coined "illuminati" a popular buzz word. Beyond that, there was zero illuminati **** going down. And Kesha's basically the opposite of what such a secret society would believe in.
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She's perfect.
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