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Kesha has finally answered her fans’ prayers.

Kesha has finally answered her fans’ prayers.

On Thursday, the singer released “Praying,” her first solo single since 2013. The track comes more than a year after her collaboration with Zedd for “True Colors.”

Speaking in the beginning, Kesha questions the meaning of life, asking, “If there’s a God or whatever, something, somewhere, why have I been abandoned by everyone and everything I’ve ever known, I’ve ever loved? Stranded, what is the lesson? What is the point? God, give me a sign or I have to give up. I can’t do this anymore. Please just let me die. Being alive hurts too much.”

“Your support and love and kindness has gotten me through hands-down the hardest time of my entire life,” she said to her fans in a video on Wednesday. “My new song, ‘Praying,’ is coming out tomorrow, and I couldn’t have done this without you. I f—ing love you.”

The extended period without new music from the “Tik Tok” singer is a result of a long and ongoing legal battle with her former label boss and famed producer Dr. Luke. Kesha accused the producer of emotionally, physically, and sexually abusing her during their working relationship — claims Dr. Luke has repeatedly denied amid the ongoing conflict. Last year, a New York City judge denied the pop star’s request for an injunction, which, if granted, would have permitted her to work on fresh music outside the Kemosabe banner. Dr. Luke’s contract with Sony Music expired in March, and he is no longer CEO of Kemosabe, though he “still has a relationship” with the company.

Listen to “Praying” above.

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