Kesha and Ben Folds Cover Bob Dylan in Wake of Billboard Awards Controversy: Watch

Last night, Ben Folds brought out Kesha during the encore for his performance at L.A.’s Orpheum Theatre with yMusic. The pair, who had been set to perform at Sunday’s Billboard Music Awards before Dr. Luke’s label “rescinded its approval,” played their cover of Bob Dylan’s “It Ain’t Me” along with a couple of Folds’ own tunes: “Still Fighting It” and “Rock This Bitch.” (The latter interpolated a bit of Kesha’s “Sleazy,” which Folds covered back in 2011.) After the show, Kesha wrote Folds a warm note on Instagram. Read it below, and scroll down to see videos. 

dear Mr. ben folds, thank u for tonight. thanks for letting me share your stage, your band, your audience, your humor, your songs. thanks for believing in me. thanks for being a positive and encouraging human in my life. thanks for ur records that got me through high school. thanks for being a genius composer. thanks for being nice when we work together. thanks for letting me play a Bob Dylan cover with you. thanKs for being a good friend in this scary business. and lastly. thanks for cleaning my wine glass with ur old man panties. ur an A class gentleman. love you fucker❤️@murkanpianist

A photo posted by Kesha (@iiswhoiis) on May 19, 2016 at 1:56am PDT

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