During a performance of "Backstabber" at the Lollapalooza festival on Thursday, pop star Kesha dramatically waved a knife around while dancing, thrusting it in the air toward one of her dancers.
Little did she know, the knife was a real butcher's blade.
"sooooo apparently the prop knife went missing and they replaced it with a real butcher knife stolen from the kitchen," the singer wrote on X the night of her show. "and i didn't know. till now. so watch that again..."
Shock followed in the comments, with users calling the move “unprofessional.”
Kesha did not reveal who was responsible for the swap-out of the prop knife.
Some compared the incident to Britney Spears posting a video of herself dancing with knives. Others compared it to the accidental fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins with what Alec Baldwin thought was a prop gun.
A few days later, Kesha posted a photo of her holding the knife midperformance, with the caption, "new dating app profile pic." She also posted photos from the performance on Instagram, including one of herself with the knife.
Lollapalooza is a four-day annual music festival held in Chicago. Kesha performed on the first night, which was headlined by Megan Thee Stallion and Hozier.
Kesha's team did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
