- For other uses, see Cannibal.
Cannibal is the debut studio extended play released by Ke$ha. It was released on November 19, 2010.
Background
Originally believed to only be a re-release of Animal, Cannibal was instead released both as a deluxe edition of Animal as well as a standalone extended play. Partial recording of the album took place during September 2010. Kesha recorded the abundance of Cannibal over a two-week span; the short recording period was due to her only being available for a limited amount of time due to prior commitments.
During an interview with Billboard conducted by Chris Willman, one of the potential songs for the album was used as an example of how Luke and Kesha collaborated to create a song for this record: "There's an unfinished chorus on this new track, in which Gottwald is singing through such distorted Auto-Tune, it's impossible to tell what he's saying-which is deliberate, so he won't unduly influence Kesha when she comes up with her own lyrics."
Kesha said that the message she wanted to put out through this album was to create "good, positive, danceable music". She elaborated, "I feel like I’m creating this hopefully very youthful and irreverent movement of the kids, of like adolescence. I feel like the parents don’t get it, but the kids get it. And they deserve to have more good, positive music”.
Singles
Promotional Singles
Promotion
To promote the album, Kesha made several performances worldwide. Her first televised appearance was in Australia, where she performed "We R Who We R" for the time on the Australian X Factor on November 14, 2010. Following the performance, Kesha performed the song at the American Music Awards on November 21, 2010, in the United States. Kesha opened the performance with "Take It Off" before transitioning into "We R Who We R".
"Blow" and "Animal" were performed live on May 22, 2011 at the Billboard Music Awards. The performance opened with "Animal" as Kesha sang suspended over the stage in a structure shaped like a diamond. Midway through the performance she dropped backwards into her crowd of background dancers then transitioned into "Blow". The performance featured glitter cannons and the dancers wore orange unicorn heads.
The album received further promotion from her first headlining world concert tour, entitled the Get $leazy Tour which began on February 15, 2011, in Portland, Oregon.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Cannibal" | 3:14 | |
| 2. | "We R Who We R" | 3:25 | |
| 3. | "Sleazy" | 3:26 | |
| 4. | "Blow" | 3:40 | |
| 5. | "The Harold Song" | 3:58 | |
| 6. | "Crazy Beautiful Life" | 2:51 | |
| 7. | "Grow a Pear" | 3:29 | |
| 8. | "C U Next Tuesday" | 3:45 | |
| 9. | "Animal (Billboard Remix)" | 4:16 | |
Total length: |
30:04 | ||
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