Kesha Says TikTok Is ‘Temporary’ But Her 2009 Hit ‘TiK ToK’ Is ‘Forever’

As the impending TikTok ban looms over the social media platform, Kesha is reminding fans of the OG “TiK ToK.”

The star took shared a video on Thursday (Jan. 16), soundtracked by her breakthrough hit. “TikTok may be temporary but TiK ToK is forever,” she wrote over the selfie-style clip.

The 2009 track gave the star her first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 – and the first No. 1 of the 2010s. Back in August, she celebrated the 15th anniversary of the song on X. “TiK ToK was the first single that I put into this world that had my voice AND my name credited!!!! I remember making it fun and happy because that’s how I felt and wanted others to feel,” she wrote alongside the track’s glitter-heavy cover art. “What I’m so proud of is that’s how this song STILL makes me feel, through it all, and those are emotions I want all of us to connect to. 15 (!!!!!!) years later, I see this song as a snapshot into the way I saw the world at the time. That girl was naive and wild and playful. This song eternalizes a side of myself that I love very much, and now see I have to protect fiercely. The world has changed so much and so have I.”

She added that she “loves” the lyric change that she hopes to make “permanent” on the recording one day when she has the “legal rights to.” After altering the song during Reneé Rapp’s Coachella festival set in April to include the line “f— P. Diddy” — in light of accusations of sexual misconduct against the rapper and mogul — Kesha doubled down by tweeting, “WAKE UP IN THE MORNING LIKE F— P DIDDY” in all caps.

Meanwhile, the future of the social media app TikTok remains uncertain. On Friday (Jan. 17), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a federal statute that will effectively ban the platform from the country over national security concerns, rejecting the company’s arguments that the law violates the First Amendment. The decision will allow the ban to go into effect on Sunday, but it’s unclear what will happen next.