with all the different sounds of the music I listen to. I really want some dirty guitar and I wouldn't mind if there were elements of blues." On her first record Kesha imposed a restriction on her producers limiting their use of guitars. To encompass "visceral" energy on the record she lifted this restriction and instead has chosen to focus on the inclusion of guitars to try and capture the sound of the 1970s and '80s. Commenting on the album before its release, she said: "Some people will be shocked [by it]. Some will also be excited to know that I don't just do silly white-girl rap. I'm from the South, I have a lot of soul. But trust me—it's not going to be some avant-garde jazz record. I innately write pop songs. That's just what I do." Kesha began recording the album in 2011, after traveling the world; she went on a spiritual journey. Recalling experiences of feeding baby lions and swimming with great white sharks, Kesha said, "I got hypnotized, and I just really wanted this record to be really positive, really raw, really vulnerable and about the magic of life." "Supernatural" contains dubstep elements and explores erotic experiences Kesha encountered with ghosts. The track "Dirty Love" was inspired by Iggy Pop's music and draws from garage rock and punk rock. "Wonderland" is a country rock song that explores Kesha's past with her broke friends. The tracks "Wherever You Are", "Die Young", "C'Mon" all contain elements of technopop, whereas tracks like "Only Wanna Dance With You" and "Gold Trans Am" draw from electronic rock. "C'Mon" and "Crazy Kids" are electronic rap songs. Overall, Kesha said the theme of Warrior is magic. She further explained the main inspiration behind the album's change of sound: "I feel like I don't necessarily agree, but people say that rock and roll is dead, and it is my mission and my goal to resurrect it in the form of my pop music, [...] that's the goal. We'll see what happens. That's a very ambitious and lofty goal, but that's my goal." Songs and lyrics Kesha has said the songs are inspired by her experiences during her tours. In contrast to her first record which featured music described by the singer as "very brash and very sassy and very unapologetic and irreverent", she says the second album makes a lyrical departure and explores a