Despite Timber being one of her biggest hits, Kesha ’s name has been removed from her iconic collaboration with Pitbull . Timber topped the charts in 2013, holding the number one spot on the Billboard 100 for three weeks as well as becoming an instant party classic globally. However, over a decade later, Kesha’s name was quietly removed from the YouTube video title with no explanation given by the 37-year-old star.
Pitbull – Timber (Official Video) ft. Kesha was switched to Pitbull – Timber (Official Video) to the disgust of fans. There was outcry online with hundreds declaring that Kesha is the key artist and makes the song great and that removing her name is ‘insulting’.
She is still credited in the description as a featured artist and it remains her most listened-to song on Spotify with a whopping 1,544,197,925 streams. On X, Simon wrote: ‘Removing Kesha’s name from the Timber music video is nasty work. Especially when she’s the main reason the song is popular & when she still hasn’t been paid the millions she’s owed in royalties.
. Pitbull’s team needs to fix this.’ KeshaWorld91 slammed Pitbull and the team, adding: ‘With Kesha’s name being removed from the Timber videos nows a perfect time to remind everyone that Kesha and her mom wrote this.
That bridge? That chorus? That was them.’ ‘Does anyone actually consider “Timber” a Pitbull song? I thought it was always a Kesha song,’ said evebonnar. Outraged fans speculated the change coul.