"Tonight" is a song by American singer

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, which was released as the fourth and final single from her fourth studio album, '' High Road'', on January 28, 2020.

Background

On October 21, 2019, a trailer for Kesha's '' High Road'' album premiered on her YouTube channel. In it, snippets of "Tonight" were featured, along with other songs from the album (" Raising Hell", " My Own Dance", "High Road"). Kesha posted a video to her

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account, which shows her and co-writer

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lip-syncing and dancing to the track. The song premiered as the third promotional single off of '' High Road'' on January 28, 2020, 3 days before the album's release. During her Halloween party, sponsored by Jack Daniels, she previewed the song to the partygoers. In the description for the album on

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, Kesha wrote about the song, "When I first started making the record, I wasn't so sure how honest I could be about who I am and where I'm at in my life. I didn't want to take away from or minimize what I've been through by coming out with songs that are about me going out and having fun. And it took me a little bit of time to really come to terms with the fact that I don't owe it to anybody to be eternally miserable. It's kind of a sound-fuckery, because you think it's going to be a ballad and then it goes into me doing my shit-talking—kind of a quintessential off-of-my-first-record thing that I purposefully left off of

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. This is a record for my fans, because they have been there for me through all of the bullshit I've gone through and I just wanted them to know I'm back and I'm ready to have a fucking amazing night and tonight's the night to do that. That's what I wanted to open the record with."

Composition

"Tonight" is a "bass-bumping"

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composition. It begins as a "gentle", piano-driven

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ballad, before launching into a

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and EDM breakdown with a "low-riding bassline" and a "buzzed beat". Kesha stated that "Tonight" is a "celebratory" song about "fucking up what I have". The song drew comparisons to many different works: its beginning and chorus to

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(such as her 2016 album '' Joanne''), while the breakdown to Kesha's pre-''

'' music (notably, her ''

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'' album).

Live performances

Kesha performed "Tonight" during the ''

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'' after-

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show on February 10, 2020. During the performance, six backup dancers wearing colorful clothing were present, while the singer wore a jeweled teardrop accessory.

Release history

References

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