Kesha explained the story behind this honky-tonk female empowerment jam in an essay detailing the track's background: "In the past few years, I have felt like a woman more than ever. I just feel the strength and awesomeness and power of being female. We hold the key to humanity. We decide if we populate the Earth, and if so, with whom. We could just decide not to have any more kids and the human race would be over. That is power. I just really f---ing love being a woman and I wanted an anthem for anyone else who wants to yell about being self-sufficient and strong. (Yes, men, this song can be for you too.)."
The song is filled to the brim with F-bombs. Kesha said that the inspiration for the track came while she was stuck in traffic and "felt the urge to scream 'I'm a mother---ing woman.'"
The song is a shutdown to any man, who behaves badly towards women, but one guy in particular inspired the track. Speaking at a preview event, Kesha revealed that Donald Trump's "grab them by the pussy" comment led to this song's creation. "That made me so infuriated, as a hardcore feminist," she said. "Ever since I was a kid and knew what a feminist was, I was a feminist. [I was] raised by a feminist. Once I heard that[comment] I was like, okay, well, I'm going to write this song about being a badass mother---ing woman who you don't want to f--k with."
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