Kesha's unusual necklace has a 40-year backstory

Kesha has revealed she wears a vial of her mother's preserved placenta as a necklace, describing it as part of a broader spiritual lifestyle centred on rituals, esoteric belief, and a connection to what she calls "the whole realm of angels."

The 39-year-old disclosed during an appearance on the Call Her Daddy podcast, where the necklace briefly went missing mid-interview.

Kesha explained that her mother, Rosemary, had instructed doctors not to discard the placenta at birth, believing it holds the power to enhance intuition.

Rosemary subsequently baked it, stored it in a box, and kept it in the family basement for roughly two decades before Kesha rediscovered it in her early twenties and had it fashioned into jewellery.

"Your placenta supposedly gives you second sight, helps open your third eye," Kesha said, attributing the belief to her mother. "She fought for that — so now I carry it around."

Kesha framed the practice within a wider personal philosophy. "I love a good ritual," she said.

"I love a ritual that reminds me of this esoteric world I prefer to live in. Down here on Earth, boring. But when I go up with my spirit guides and the whole realm of angels — that's where I prefer to be."

The singer also collects teeth from family members and her cats, having them made into jewellery for similar reasons.

"It reminds me when I have a little piece of the people I love," she said. "I'm like the tooth fairy."

The revelations come as Kesha enters a new chapter following her departure from Kemosabe Records in December 2023, after which she said she began removing from her life anything that did not make her feel free, including a relationship she ended shortly after.