Dr. Luke

Dr. Luke
Full name	Lukasz Sebastian Gottwald
Birthday	(1973-09-26) September 26, 1973
Gender	Male

Lukasz Sebastian "Luke" Gottwald (born September 26, 1973), known professionally as Dr. Luke, is an American songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and remixer. He is known for producing hits for artists like Kesha, Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, and more. He is the founder of Kemosabe Records, the record label Kesha was formerly signed to, in a joint deal with RCA records.

Lawsuit with Kesha

Main Article: Kesha v. Dr. Luke

In September 2013, Rebecca Pimmel, a fan of Kesha, set up a petition to "free" Kesha from Dr. Luke's management and accused Luke of "stunting" Kesha's creative growth as an artist. The petitioners concur with the position stated in Kesha's TV series documentary, Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life, in which Luke serves as an executive producer, that she had little creative control of her second album, Warrior.

In January 2014, shortly after Kesha was admitted to a rehab center for bulimia nervosa, Kesha's mother, Pebe Sebert, made allegations that pressure for Kesha to lose weight came from Dr. Luke. Sebert claimed that Dr. Luke said that Kesha looked "like a refrigerator", which instigated her eating disorder. Luke denies these claims.

In October 2014, Kesha sued Dr. Luke, claiming sexual assault and battery, sexual harassment, gender violence, civil harassment, violation of California's unfair business laws, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent infliction of emotional distress and negligent retention and supervision. Gottwald responded by filing a countersuit alleging that Kesha's lawsuit was an attempt by Kesha, her mother and her new management firm to extort him into releasing her from her contract.

A preliminary injunction was denied on February 19, 2016, which garnered attention and support for Kesha from many celebrities.

One month before the case was supposed to go trial, Dr. Luke and Kesha released a joint statement stating they have reached a settlement. Both parties wished each other well, although Dr. Luke continued to deny Kesha's allegations. Details of the settlement were not revealed.

Work with Kesha

He has worked with Kesha on the following song(s):

Songs from Animal (2010):

• "Animal"
• "Blind"
• "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes"
• "Hungover"
• "Kiss n Tell"
• "Take It Off"
• "TiK ToK"
• "Your Love Is My Drug"

Songs from Cannibal (2010):

• "Blow"
• "Crazy Beautiful Life"
• "Grow a Pear"
• "Sleazy"
• "We R Who We R"

Songs from Warrior (2012):

• "C'Mon"
• "Crazy Kids"
• "Die Young"
• "Dirty Love"
• "Gold Trans Am"
• "Last Goodbye"
• "Only Wanna Dance with You"
• "Supernatural"
• "Thinking of You"
• "Warrior"
• "Wherever You Are"
• "Wonderland"

Songs currently unreleased:

• "Can You Feel It"
• "Darko"
• "Nightmare" (Miley Cyrus)
• "Smoker's Room"

Songs for other artists:

• "The Time of Our Lives" (Miley Cyrus)
• "Till the World Ends" (Britney Spears)

Other:

• "Dirty Picture"
• "Girls"
• "My First Kiss"
• "Right Round"
• "Timber"