07-08-2025
Behind Blusher's cover of Kesha's 'Your Love Is My Drug' for Like A Version'
When it came to their first crack at Like A Version, pop trio Blusher settled on the artist pretty much immediately.
"Kesha is kind of the foundation of our band," says Blusher's Jade. "We came together because of a shared love of Kesha deep cuts, so it just felt right."
"There's something about the shameless love of pop music that Kesha has really just always been an advocate for. It's kind of our guiding light."
The trio landed on her 2010 hit 'Your Love Is My Drug', the opening track from Kesha's debut album Animal, which gets the party started with hard 808s, electroclash beats and and a giant, melodyne'd out chorus. For the trio — consisting of Miranda Ward, Jade Ingvarson-Favretto and Lauren Coutts — it's simply perfect pop.
"The songwriting is so smart to be so simple, to be so catchy," says Miranda, adding that she was obsessed when it first came out.
"I just remember not being able to stop listening to be able listening to her album. I was just like, 'What are these sounds?' The synth sounds are so bloopy. She's just crazy, it's amazing."
Since forming in 2021, Blusher has become beloved by Australia's pop aficionados for their glittery tracks, which mix crystalline synths with high-octane energy and gorgeous, dreamy harmonies.
Fond of a bratty moment (see: 'MARATHON' from new EP RACER) as well as hardcore crushing anthems (see: 'LAST MAN STANDING'), Kesha's track sits somewhere in the middle — and the trio brought that energy to the Like A Version studios, with carefully choreographed moves and flair.
The trio say they were inspired by two great Like A Versions: the sheer performing power within Confidence Man's turbo take on DJ Sammy's 'HEAVEN', and CVRCHES's ability to make Arctic Monkeys' 'Do I Wanna Know?' completely their own.
Between the dance moves and the band swapping out Kesha's hard-hitting beats for Blusher's trademark vocal loops, we'd say they succeeded. And there's a good chance you'll be hearing it at the next Blusher gig, too.
"We had so much fun playing that," says Miranda.
"We'll absolutely have to put it in the setlist. I was like 'no, it can't be over!'
Posted 27m ago 27 minutes ago Thu 7 Aug 2025 at 10:30pm
