Song Analysis Of Praying By Kesha

The song I chose was Praying by Kesha. The album the song is part of is called Rainbow. It was written in 2017, by the producer Ryan Lewis. The songwriters are Kesha Sebert, Ryan Lewis, Ben Abraham, and Andrew Joslyn. The genre of the song is pop. The meaning of the song is that even at the lowest times in life things get better.
The song is about someone who was in a bad relationship. “Cause you brought the flames and you put me through hell/ I had to learn how to fight for myself” (Sebert). This shows how someone put her through the worst. She had to learn how to be able to stand up and defend herself. “Cause I can make it on my own/ And I don't need you, I found a strength I've never known.” (Sebert). She has found a strength in what they have put her through to become stronger and be able to live without them.
What I think the deeper meaning of the song is that even when you are at your lowest there is always a turning point for better things to come. She is also talking about not just moving on with your past, but finding peace with yourself and the past. The line “I'm proud of who I am/ …show more content…
The beginning of the video is her in a casket. Then it goes to black and white, and she talks about how she doesn’t want to live anymore and why people are betraying her. The video starts off slow but it keeps coming back to the black and white part of her stranded alone in the ocean. As the video and song progresses she starts to get up from the wood she is laying on in the ocean. Then a colorful bird lands next to her while it is black and white. Then as the video is close to the end it shows her fighting/ running away from her fears. Then she starts to climb a mountain and she is in a rainbow dress walking on water. This is showing that even when things are bad and you don’t want to be here anymore that you can get past this and find peace with