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Meet Dr Luke, the producer behind smash hits for Katy Perry and Kesha

OMG! Lukasz Gottwald is the architect of pop's biggest txtspeak chart smashes. And he'll huff pepper spray if it gets him a hitYou probably wouldn't go to him with a serious medical problem, but there's nonetheless something surgical about Dr Luke's unerring ability to craft super-efficient, scalpel-sharp pop smashes. The 36-year-old New Yorker, real name Lukasz Gottwald, is the most famous producer you've never heard of. Having penned txtspeak blockbusters for Kesha (Tik Tok), Pink (U+Ur Hand),...

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23:06 on August 13 2010

Meet Dr Luke, the producer behind smash hits for Katy Perry and Kesha

Guardian Music — OMG! Lukasz Gottwald is the architect of pop's biggest txtspeak chart smashes. And he'll huff pepper spray if it gets him a hitYou probably wouldn't go to him with a seri... more info
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