Chappell Roan and Reneé Rapp shout out Kesha as one of the few people who gets it

All eyes are currently on Chappell Roan as she squares off against the harmful demands of her newfound superstardom, but the music industry has been chewing up and spitting out young female singers long before the Gen Z artist ever conceived of her project. In the mid-2010s, Kesha suffered through one of the most publicized legal disputes of the modern pop era, as she attempted to extricate herself from a contract that bound her to abusive producer Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald. Enjoying her hard-fought freedom almost a decade later, the “JOYRIDE” singer is now trying to “shift this shit” and “dismantle [the industry] piece by piece and shine light into every corner… to [make] sure it never happens to anybody ever again.”

But while she did expound on some vague plans to create a digital platform where “artist’s safety is prioritized” (it’s unclear whether that will be a Spotify clone or some sort of social media thing), her legacy can already be felt in a much more tangible way. Chappell Roan may be your favorite artist’s favorite artist, but it sounds like one of her favorite artists is Kesha, who “was so lovely to me after my Lollapalooza set.” Speaking of her record-breaking crowd at the Chicago festival, the “Good Luck, Babe!” singer told Elle in a recent Kesha-focused cover story that “maybe only five other people there understood what that’s like. Kesha came to talk to me after, and it felt like a big sister was helping me through it. Me and Reneé (Rapp) were crying because we felt like we were seen in a way we never had been before.”