My Crazy Beautiful Life Explained

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My Crazy Beautiful Life
Author:Kesha
Language:English
Genre:Autobiography
Publisher:Touchstone
Publisher2:Simon & Schuster
Pub Date:November 20, 2012
English Pub Date:November 20, 2012
Pages:192
Isbn:1476704163

My Crazy Beautiful Life is a 2012 illustrated autobiography by the pop singer Kesha and photographer/filmmaker Steven Greenstreet.[1] Photography was also provided by Jason Sheldon and Lagan Sebert, who also helped develop the project with Kesha. The book was published by Simon & Schuster on November 20, 2012, to coincide with the release of her album Warrior on November 30, 2012.[2] The book's title, My Crazy Beautiful Life is taken after her song "Crazy Beautiful Life" from her 2010 EP Cannibal.[3]

Synopsis

In My Crazy Beautiful Life, Kesha details her "thoughts and reflections" about her life and contains photographs from various points in her life, both before and after she became a singer.[4] [5] The singer has described the book as being "a more complete picture of what my life is really like". The book also goes into some of the meanings behind some of her song lyrics, with Kesha writing that her song "Blah Blah Blah" was "a conscious move to talk about men like they talked about women".[6]

Reception

Critical reception for the book has been mixed, with Vice stating that the book was "pretty boring" in comparison to her songs.[7] A reviewer for The Atlantic commented that "some revealing nuggets from Ke$ha's frighteningly glittery new autobiography ... suggest that in some ways, she might be just what some of the 20th century's most famous feminist thinkers had in mind."[8] The Daily Targum praised the book, calling it "[s]hort and sweet".[9]

Notes and References

  1. News: Means. Sean. Former Utah photographer's work all over Ke$ha's new book. 21 November 2012. Salt Lake Tribune. Nov 20, 2012.
  2. Web site: The 10 Best Quotes From Ke$ha's My Crazy Beautiful Life. Nashville Scene. 24 November 2012. 27 November 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121127192557/http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashvillecream/archives/2012/11/20/the-10-best-quotes-from-kehas-my-crazy-beautiful-life. dead.
  3. Web site: Ke$ha To Release 'Crazy Beautiful' Illustrated Memoir. Hollywood.com. 20 November 2012. https://archive.today/20130125104350/http://www.hollywood.com/news/Kesha_Memoir_Illustrated_Crazy_Beautiful_Life/41967268. 25 January 2013. dead.
  4. Web site: Vena. Jocelyn. Ke$ha Gets 'Vulnerable' With New Book, Gives 'Haters The Finger'. https://web.archive.org/web/20121127194725/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1697750/kesha-my-crazy-beautiful-life-book.jhtml. dead. November 27, 2012. MTV. 21 November 2012.
  5. Web site: Glitter and Hoo-Ha: Inside Ke$ha's 'My Crazy Beautiful Life'. Spin. 30 November 2012.
  6. Web site: Ke$ha Is a Misfit Just Like Everybody Else, But She Isn't Stupid. Gawker. 11 December 2012.
  7. Web site: KE$HA'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY: YOU FORGOT THE GHOST PENISES. Vice. 5 December 2012.
  8. Web site: Fetters. Ashley. Why Ke$ha's New Memoir Is 2012's Answer to 'The Feminine Mystique'. 20 November 2012 . The Atlantic. 21 November 2012.
  9. Web site: Review: 'My Crazy Beautiful Life'. Daily Targum. 30 November 2012.