20 Major Pop Stars Dodged Our Questions About Whether They’d Work With Dr. Luke

[My Everything]

The influence of Dr. Luke, a powerful figure in the music industry who has produced over 30 Top 10 hits for superstars like Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus, reaches far and wide.

 

In light of Kesha’s sexual assault and battery allegations against him, we wanted to know if big pop stars — including ones who have expressed support for Kesha on social media — would stop working with the producer.

 

We asked everyone the same single question: “Will you still work with Dr. Luke in light of Kesha’s allegations?â€

 

Out of 20 artists reached through representatives, none said they planned to cut ties with Dr. Luke — who has denied the allegations — 8 had no comment, and 12 didn’t respond. The names of all the artists, along with their responses, are below.

 

All artists’ representatives had more than 24 hours to respond to our initial inquiry and received at least one follow-up.

 

Lady Gaga

 

 

Will you work with Dr. Luke in light of Kesha’s allegations? “Passing,†a spokeswoman told BuzzFeed News.

 

Kelly Clarkson

 

Will you still work with Dr. Luke in light of Kesha’s allegations? “Kelly is unavailable,†a spokeswoman told BuzzFeed News.

 

Ariana Grande

 

 

Will you still work with Dr. Luke in light of Kesha’s allegations? “We are not going to have anything further to add to the story. Thanks for reaching out,†a spokesman told BuzzFeed News.

 

Lorde

 

Will you work with Dr. Luke in light of Kesha’s allegations? No response.

 

Demi Lovato

 

 

Will you work with Dr. Luke in light of Kesha’s allegations? “Unfortunately, she is not available,†a spokeswoman told BuzzFeed News.

 

Miley Cyrus

 

 

Will you still work with Dr. Luke in light of Kesha’s allegations? No response.

 

Katy Perry

 

 

Will you still work with Dr. Luke in light of Kesha’s allegations? No response.

 

Maroon 5

 

Will you still work with Dr. Luke in light of Kesha’s allegations? “I don’t have comment,†a spokeswoman told BuzzFeed News.

 

Halsey

 

Will you work with Dr. Luke in light of Kesha’s allegations? No response.

 

Will.i.am

 

Will you still work with Dr. Luke in light of Kesha’s allegations? No response.

 

Madison Beer

 

 

Will you work with Dr. Luke in light of Kesha’s allegations? “Until she truly knows every fact regarding this situation, I’d rather her not be involved,†a spokeswoman told BuzzFeed News.

 

Nicki Minaj

 

 

Will you still work with Dr. Luke in light of Kesha’s allegations? No response.

 

Fifth Harmony

 

 

Will you still work with Dr. Luke in light of Kesha’s allegations? No response. Previously, the group told Spin they’d been working with Dr. Luke on their next album.

 

Pitbull

 

Will you still work with Dr. Luke in light of Kesha’s allegations? No response

 

Rihanna

 

 

Will you work with Dr. Luke in light of Kesha’s allegations? “Have to pass,†a spokeswoman told BuzzFeed News.

 

Jessie J

 

Will you still work with Dr. Luke in light of Kesha’s allegations? No response.

 

Charli XCX

 

 

Will you work with Dr. Luke in light of Kesha’s allegations? No response.

 

DNCE

 

Will you work with Dr. Luke in light of Kesha’s allegations? No response.

 

Wiz Khalifa

 

Will you still work with Dr. Luke in light of Kesha’s allegations? No response.

 

Taylor Swift

 

 

Will you work with Dr. Luke in light of Kesha’s allegations? “We are holding on all interviews, currently, but thank you!†a spokeswoman told BuzzFeed News.

 

http://www.buzzfeed.com/reggieugwu/we-asked-20-pop-stars-about-dr-luke#.ljLx4vYEe

[Buttercell]

Not surprised at all.

[Kim Seolhyun]

[Sorbet]

oh my god what are they wearing?

 

The 2nd from left looks AWFUL

 

[avarice]

half the people on this list tweeted hate for luke/ support for kesha as well.. hmm

 

 

buncha hypocrites

[spicey babe]

[Thot7]

To be fair, publicists pass on these questions all the time. I'm sure next to none of the artists were told Buzzfeed asked them the question. 

 

And obviously Katy Perrys trashy ass will still work with him lmao. No need to question that. 

[Pathcode150321]

Are you guys above serious?

 

 

These people aren't fucking taking calls from BuzzFeed of all places   . 

 

 

Taylor, Lady Gaga and Ariana have never worked with Dr. Luke. It's Katy Perry & Maroon 5 who are fucked.

[Oltre Luna]

To be fair, publicists pass on these questions all the time. I'm sure next to none of the artists were told Buzzfeed asked them the question. 

 

And obviously Katy Perrys trashy ass will still work with him lmao. No need to question that. 

[Kim Seolhyun]

To be fair, publicists pass on these questions all the time. I'm sure next to none of the artists were told Buzzfeed asked them the question. 

 

And obviously Katy Perrys trashy ass will still work with him lmao. No need to question that.

 

Why do you say that? Just curious.

[lovSalah]

I can see Katy and Nicki will work with him again .

[Sinister Kid]

Mess.

[mochichan]

Lol i bet most of them didn't even forward the question to the artist tho. It's buzzfeed, not some credible or established news source for the publicists to answer serious

[QueenElizabeth]

what kind of BULLSHIT NONSENSE IS THIS?!!? This literally is some bullshit intern at Buzzfeed making calls to press agents, who obviously answer with no comment...

 

A PRESS AGENT SAYS NO COMMENT IF THEY HAVE NO DIRECT NEED OR PERMISSION TO RELEASE INFORMATION ABOUT AN ARTIST ...THEY WOULD GET THE SAME FUCKING ANSWER IF THEY ASKED "HOW IS SO AND SO DOING TODAY?"

 

And Buzzfeed KNOWS THIS...How dare they try and create some bullshit drama where there is none!! Buzzfeed is just using misleading information to demonize all these women WHO HAVE DONE NOTHING BUT SUPPORT KESHA AND HER CAUSE!

 

I hope the person who wrote this article was fired on the spot and the only fucking person willing to work with them from now on IS Dr. Luke...

[dhjxjcjjxj]

Well gaga never worked with Luke and she the only one that i care in this list, so yeah who cares.

To be fair, publicists pass on these questions all the time. I'm sure next to none of the artists were told Buzzfeed asked them the question.

 

And obviously Katy Perrys trashy ass will still work with him lmao. No need to question that.

Tbh

[RedVelvetTrash]

oh my god what are they wearing?

 

The 2nd from left looks AWFUL

 

 

They always do that to Ally. It sucks because she's my fav.

 

She's slaying in their new mv tho: