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Kesha: Pop-Star Survivor
凱莎：明星倖存者
The singer finds her voice again after battling an eating disorder & squaring off in court over sexual assault allegations
與飲食失調作鬥爭，後來又因性侵犯指控在法庭上迎戰，這位歌手重新找回了自己的聲音
The pop star Kesha roared onto the scene 10 years ago, infamously rap-singing about brushing her teeth with a bottle of Jack Daniel's on her braggadocios breakout hit "TiK ToK."
10年前，流行歌手凱莎(Kesha)在舞臺上異軍突起，在她的自誇神曲《惡女凱莎》(TiK ToK)中，用傑克·丹尼爾(Jack Daniel)的酒瓶刷牙，這是一段臭名遠播的說唱。
Tapping into the millennial zeitgeist, she earned a reputation as a wild child, unleashing a string of you-only-live-once party anthems, from "Your Love Is My Drug" to "Blow."
利用千禧一代的時代精神，她贏得了「野孩子」的名聲，發表了一系列「人生苦短」的派對歌曲，從《愛情靈藥》到《爆炸》。
But the party came to a record-scratching halt in 2014 when the star entered rehab for an eating disorder and sued her producer and record label executive Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald, 46, alleging he drugged and raped her and emotionally abused her for a decade.
但派對在2014年突然停止，仿佛打破某個紀錄一般，當時這位明星因飲食失調進入康復中心，起訴了她的製作人、唱片公司主管、46歲的盧卡茲「盧克醫生」(Dr. Luke)·特瓦爾德(Lukasz Gottwald)，指控他給她下了藥，強姦了她，並在情緒上虐待了她十年。
(Luke denies the allegations and has countersued for defamation and breach of contract.)
(盧克否認了這些指控，並以誹謗和違約為由提起反訴。)
Their bitter lawsuit culminated in a dramatic 2016 hearing in a New York City courthouse, where Kesha broke down in sobs as a judge dismissed her request to be released from her contract with Luke;
他們激烈的訴訟在2016年紐約市法院的一場戲劇性的聽證會上達到頂點，當一名法官駁回了凱莎要求解除與盧克合同的請求時，她哭了起來；
the judge later went on to dismiss Kesha's claims, and she remains contractually tied to the producer, whose lawsuit is ongoing.
後來，法官駁回了凱莎的指控，她仍然與製作人有合同關係，後者的訴訟仍在進行中。
But the turmoil of the past few years is finally in her rear view. "You can go through s--- and come out the other side swinging," Kesha, 32, says now.
但過去幾年的動蕩終於在她的視野裡出現了。32歲的凱莎現在說：「你可以穿過s區，然後從另一邊大搖大擺地出來。」
"I want people to know that you don't have to be defined by your past or be a prisoner of something that you had to go through—you are allowed to find happiness."
「我想讓人們知道，你不必被過去所定義，也不必成為必須經歷的事情的囚徒——你可以找到幸福。」
Indeed, Kesha made a triumphant return with her 2017 album Rainbow, which earned two Grammy nominations.
事實上，凱莎憑藉2017年的專輯《彩虹》凱旋而歸，並獲得兩項格萊美提名。
And now the singer—who is launching her Kesha Rose Beauty makeup line—will return to her fun-loving roots with her fourth LP, High Road, due out Jan. 10.
而現在，這位即將推出Kesha Rose美妝系列的歌手將帶著她的第四張專輯《High Road》回歸她的風趣之路，這張專輯將於1月10日發行。
"On the last record, I had a lot of serious things to address," says Kesha.
「在上一張唱片中，我有很多嚴肅的事情要處理，」凱莎說。
"But now I'm ready to be joyful and happy and make people feel good with songs that capture my love of life, like: Don't let tomorrow get in the way of having an amazing time today, because you just don't know how long you have on this earth."
「但現在我已經做好準備變得快樂和幸福，用歌曲讓人們感覺舒適，這些歌曲捕捉了我對生活的熱愛，比如：不要讓明天妨礙了今天的美好時光，因為你不知道你在這個世界上還能活多久。」
重點講解
1. braggadocios 自誇
I actually like finding entrepreneurs who are more circumspect, less braggadocios and generally more planned about their actions.
我事實上更欣賞謹慎一些的創業者，不要那麼誇誇其談，並有良好的行動規劃。
2. culminate 到絕頂
They had an argument, which culminated in Tom getting drunk.
他們發生了爭論，結果導致湯姆喝醉了酒。