Flaming Lips and Ke$ha Album No Longer Happening

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Last year, Ke$ha was one of the many collaborators on the Flaming Lips' Record Store Day 12", Heady Fwends. It was a somewhat surprising pairing, but their loud, left-of-center pop leanings did seem to match, and Ke$ha was a professed fan. Lips frontman Wayne Coyne was so psyched about their hang time that he documented their work with Ke$ha in a series of tweets. He got her blood. She gave him a tattoo.

In April, Coyne announced that the band was at work on an entire LP with Ke$ha, under the apt working title of Lip$ha. Now, alas, Lip$ha has been shelved. Coyne wrote on Twitter today that the collaborative record is no longer happening, with no explanation. "As of now... sadly there will be no Lip$ha," Coyne said. "I can't say why... It is sad..." 

Update: An earlier version of this story indicated that the Flaming Lips and Ke$ha did acid together during their recording session. They did not, though they came close.

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