Kesha changes cover art for 'Delusional' single after fan backlash over AI image

Kesha unveiled the caller screen artwork for her azygous "Delusional" aft facing backlash from fans for initially utilizing an AI-generated image.

In a November station on X, formerly Twitter, the 38-year-old vocalist announced the merchandise of "Delusional" on with a photograph of the AI-created cover, which featured a heap of brownish handbags scattered connected a thoroughfare crosswalk. The rubric of the opus was scrawled successful achromatic overgarment connected the bags, with immoderate markings deliberately misspelled.

After Kesha's station sparked contention with fans who expressed their dismay and disappointment implicit her usage of AI successful lieu of a quality artist, the "TikTok" hitmaker took to Instagram May 20 to share the caller cover, featuring an representation of herself taken by lensman Brendan Walter. In the caption, Kesha explained wherefore she had decided to alteration the single's cover.

"When making the azygous creation for my opus Delusional, I wanted to marque the constituent that it's DELUSIONAL that the satellite expects artists to proceed making creation erstwhile we are truthful undervalued," she wrote.

Kesha revealed the caller screen creation for her azygous "Delusional" aft facing backlash for utilizing an AI-generated image.  (Ross Gilmore/Redferns via Getty Images)

"I tried to echo my ideas successful the signifier of a governmental azygous cover," Kesha continued. "I’ve realized that surviving successful alignment with my integrity is much important than proving a point."

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"So I've decided to alteration the screen creation for this song," the popular prima added. "She's 1 of my favorites."

"DELUSIONAL Single creation brought to you by my unthinkable squad of humans."

The singer's caller screen featured human-created art. ( Sarah Morris/WireImage)

Kesha went connected to recognition Walter on with members of her quality team, including Britney Tokyo, Eduardo Ponce and Leo Chaparro, her originative manager Matthew Daniel Siskin, her stylist Marta Del Rio and her videographer Jake Chamseddine.

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"Thanks to my unit for helping maine unrecorded retired present successful my highest and c------- potential," Kesha wrote. 

"I’ve realized that surviving successful alignment with my integrity is much important than proving a point."

"AI is simply a pandoras container that we arsenic a nine person collectively opened, and I deliberation it's important that we support quality ramifications successful caput arsenic we larn however to usage it arsenic a instrumentality and not arsenic a replacement," she added.

"Just maine healing, successful existent time," Kesha concluded on with a buss emoji.

Kesha's azygous "Delusional" is from her upcoming medium "Period." (Getty Images)

The caller screen artwork for "Delusional" featured an representation of Kesha sitting with her arms and legs zip-tied to a achromatic leather chair. She wore her agelong blonde hairsbreadth down with respective strands covering her look and flashed a wide smile. A ample pinkish dot was superimposed connected a country of the image. 

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"Delusional" was the 2nd azygous that Kesha released from her upcoming sixth workplace medium "Period." On July 4, 2024, Kesha released the album's archetypal azygous "Joyride," The opus marked Kesha's archetypal merchandise nether her autarkic statement Kesha Records, which she launched successful September 2024. 

It was besides her archetypal merchandise aft she parted ways with her erstwhile labels RCA and Kemosabe Records successful December 2023. In June 2023, Kesha settled her decade-long ineligible conflict with her erstwhile shaper Dr. Luke, who owns Kemosabe Records. 

"Period" volition beryllium released connected July 4. (Jeff Kravitz)

Kesha has released 2 further singles starring up to "Period's" debut, including the state popular opus "Yippee-Ki-Yay," featuring rapper T-Pain, and the popular anthem "Boy Crazy."

The pinkish dot has been featured connected each the singles' covers and has go the logo for the album. "Period" is slated to beryllium released connected July 4. 

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This summer, Kesha volition embark connected a circuit successful enactment of the album. She is co-headlining with the popular stone set Scissor Sisters, who reunited aft 7 years successful 2024. The circuit kicks disconnected July 1 successful West Valley City, Utah. 

In outpouring 2026, Kesha volition proceed solo with a European limb of the tour, which volition reason successful Dublin, Ireland.