It’s officially a new year, which means every single person you’ve ever known is either reinventing themselves, disciplining themselves, or, in Kesha’s case, accepting themselves. On Tuesday, the 31-year-old singer posted a makeup-free selfie to Twitter and Instagram, vowing to love herself and let her freckles “liiiiiiiive.”
“This year my resolution is to love myself... just as I am, all fucked up and imperfect and whatever else,” reads the caption on her selfie. Already, Kesha’s pic has garnered more than 450 thousands likes on Instagram, and another 9,000 retweets and 2,000 comments on Twitter.
“Yasssss Queen,” reads one comment, while another echoes, “Yes it’s time to love ourselves! Also, I love YOU!” Aside from the thousands of supportive comments, fan have also begun uploading selfies of their own freckles in solidarity, along with sharing their own insecurities that they’ve learned to embrace.
This isn’t the first time Kesha has ever taken a minimal-makeup selfie—she posted a similar photo in August of 2018—but it is in line with the newer, rawer the singer has been slowly showing the world over the last few years.
“It was scary, but I finally put my foot down and chose life. That was a huge turning point. I’m not a size. I’m not a number,” Kesha told Cosmopolitan in 2018 about her body issues. “I am a strong, badass, motherfucking woman, and quite frankly, I like my junk. Ten years ago, I never thought I’d be able to say that.”
And hey, if embracing yourself is this year's new trend, I think we can all get behind that.
Chloe Metzger is the deputy beauty director at Cosmopolitan, overseeing the editorial content and growth strategy of the hair, makeup, and skin space on digital, while also obsessively writing about the best hair products for every hair type (curly girl here; whattup), and the skincare routines that really, truly work (follow her on Instagram to see behind-the-scenes pics of that magazine life). She brings nearly a decade of writing and editing expertise, and her work has appeared in Allure, Health, Fitness, Marie Claire, StyleCaster, and Parents. She also has an unhealthy adoration for Tom Hanks and would like to please meet him one day, if you could arrange that. Thanks.
