Rolling Stone Hinted Katy Perry Might Work With Dr.Luke Again For KP6

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Gottwald’s return to the top seemed particularly unlikely in 2016, when outrage over Kesha’s allegations hit its peak. The public perception at the time was that her contracts with him would block her from releasing music, and her alleged experience became a symbol of every creepily exploitative Svengali-protégée relationship. Fans held organized protests outside of courtrooms and signed petitions; Adele gave Kesha a shout-out from the stage of the BRIT Awards; Lady Gaga, Fiona Apple, and Jack Antonoff expressed support online; Taylor Swift gave Kesha $250,000 to cover financial needs. It was the era of #freekesha.

In the face of that level of opprobrium, for four years — 2015 to 2018 — Gottwald’s songwriting and production career seemed to fade. In 2013 alone, before the lawsuit, Gottwald worked with Britney Spears, his longtime collaborator Katy Perry, Shakira, Nicki Minaj, and Maroon 5, among others. In the years that followed, A-list women were mostly absent from his résumé, save for stray tracks with Jennifer Lopez, Fergie, and Minaj. (Lopez apparently didn’t know Gottwald was involved when she recorded her track, and it appears that Fergie worked with him before the lawsuit.) Gottwald co-produced Perry hits from “Teenage Dream” to “I Kissed a Girl,” but his credits were absent from her post-2013 albums. (A rep for Perry did not respond to a request for comment.)

The lawsuit forced Gottwald into the shadows, in contrast to what had been an unusual level of visibility for a writer-producer — he had even come close to becoming a judge on American Idol. Even in retreat, however, the powerful business apparatus he built at his peak kept humming. His publishing company, Prescription Songs, continued to sign songwriters of various stripes: the melody writers known as topliners, producers, beatmakers, artists, “vibe people.” He also had a Sony-distributed record label, Kemosabe, and Gottwald never stopped his own production work, even as he experimented with abandoning his Dr. Luke moniker for aliases like Tyson Trax and Made in China.

Gottwald’s swagger is only reinforced by his wealth. As early as 2011, he said he was set for life financially — in the first decade of his career, he earned $77.8 million in royalties as a producer-songwriter, according to his lawyers. In 2015, he bought a luxury compound in Hawaii where he hosts artists and writers. In 2018, he sold a bottled-water company he co-founded, called CORE Nutrition, to Keurig Dr Pepper for $525 million. “He probably feels like, ‘I still have my compound in Hawaii. I still fly private,’” one songwriter says.

It’s too early to say whether the settlement of the lawsuit will remove some or all of the stigma of working with Gottwald.

“I would bet you that some people will still not be comfortable working with him,” says the successful songwriter. “And I think that there are some people that are fine with it.”

The real test of Gottwald’s return will be when a truly A-list pop star openly works with him again. His onetime collaborator Katy Perry, for instance, is due for a new album. But no matter what, it’s hard to imagine anything or anyone getting Gottwald to stop — at least before he decides it’s time. “I really like doing the work,” he said in 2011. “And when I don’t like doing it anymore, I won’t do it.”

 

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/dr-luke-comeback-kesha-settlement-1234806919/

[FATCAT 58,760]

It would not surprise me one bit if she did start working with him again. 

[monstertoronto 8,733]

This isn’t a hint at all. It’s just them using Katy as a hypothetical example of a high level artist (cue all the “she isn’t A list tho” comments), and that it would signify a change for him IF an A lister openly worked with him again. This is in no way a suggestion that Katy is even contemplating it, so don’t set her up for drags!

[weed 70,811]

It's definitely a gag

[Ziggy 10,722]

24 minutes ago, monstertoronto said:

This isn’t a hint at all. It’s just them using Katy as a hypothetical example of a high level artist (cue all the “she isn’t A list tho” comments), and that it would signify a change for him IF an A lister openly worked with him again. This is in no way a suggestion that Katy is even contemplating it, so don’t set her up for drags!

Agree on one level but the statement doesn’t really need to have an example attached. It makes you think that this could be *very* light laying of seeds. But obvi no one is gonna flay KP rn over nothing Lmao  

[Dennis 8,390]

I mean Doja Cat and others have been working with him and even the Grammy's nominated him in the GF.

It just goes to show that the industry doesn't care. 

[gemein3 989]

Let her, and those that currently are, work with him. 
 

It just tells the universe what kind of souls they are, and they’ll have to speak to that one day. 

[Ronnie 5,398]

What does she have to lose? Her music career as been dead for over 6 years now.

[RichAssPiss 4,655]

Wait. Is this Nicki Minaj shade? Because it feels like it.

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28 minutes ago, RichAssPiss said:

Wait. Is this Nicki Minaj shade? Because it feels like it.

I thought the same thing! Like how is she’s not an A-lister? 

Did she upset Rolling Stone too much? *insert gif of Weeknd slamming Rolling Stone in that clip from Idol

[Gagz 2,572]

They didn’t hint at that at all. They just used her as an example of an A-list pop star. 

[Danny Milk 1,721]

Who Katy should really work with again is Bonnie McKee who she hasn't worked with since the Prism era.

Imagine Katy releasing bops like these!

 

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13 minutes ago, Danny Milk said:

Who Katy should really work with again is Bonnie McKee who she hasn't worked with since the Prism era.

Imagine Katy releasing bops like these!

 

right - she doesn’t need Luke, she just needs good writers lol

[bpmMonkey 3,876]

Some intern really thought they ate when they used his gov. name ahaha.
 

That being said, why didn’t he used it to begin with? It’s German and basically translates to „god woods“