Kesha may not have followed the best dental practices on Wednesday morning (August 7), but that's okay — it was for a special occasion. The pop star celebrated 2009's 'Tik Tok' breaking one billion streams on Spotify by recreating one of its most iconic lyrics for fans, sharing a video of herself actually brushing her teeth with a bottle of Jack Daniels.
In the clip, which was appropriately posted on TikTok, Kesha steps into her bathroom and removes her Spotify plaque, with a silver plate in the center resembling the streaming service's logo. She then pulls out a bottle of whiskey, pours a helping onto the plate and swirls her toothbrush in it before proceeding to brush her teeth with the alcohol.
“Swallow, don't spit,” she joked in the caption.
The video comes exactly 15 years after the California native released “Tik Tok,” earning her her first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. The song went on to reign atop the chart for nine weeks.
“TiK ToK was the first single I put out in this world that had my voice AND my name!!!!” Kesha wrote X in honor of the track's anniversary. “I remember making it fun and happy because that's how I felt and wanted others to feel. What I'm so proud of is that this song still makes me feel, through it all, and those are feelings I want us all to relate to. 15 (!!!!!!) years later, I see this song as a snapshot of the way I saw the world at the time.”
“This girl was naive, wild and playful,” he continued. “This song immortalizes a side of me that I love so much, and now I see that I have to fiercely protect… my first baby represents so much. It represents my fierce protection of fun and unadulterated joy, to myself and others.”
Kesha also revealed that she plans to re-record the track “when I have the legal rights.” The new version will reflect the lyric change he sings during live shows in light of the many abuse allegations and lawsuits against Diddy this year: “Wake up in the morning like, 'F–k P. Diddy,'” as opposed to original “… feelin' like P. Diddy.”
“Yes, it's permanent,” she added of the verse change in her tweet.
Watch Kesha literally brush her teeth with a bottle of Jack below.
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