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Kesha tried to pull off a gas station photo shoot — while seemingly jabbing at Katy Perry — but the manager wasn’t having it, and told her and the photog to get the hell out!!!

The “TiK ToK” singer pulled into a Sinclair gas station Thursday afternoon in L.A., and started posing for photos in a red cowboy hat, matching red mini-skirt, thigh-high boots and a small black purse.

Kesha was also wearing a tiny white tank top with “LOL” written on it … which certainly plays like a callback to her recent tweet that fans believe is her reaction to Katy Perry collabing with Kesha’s old nemesis Dr. Luke.

Anyways, Kesha was doing the photo shoot thing for a short time until the gas station manager told her to beat it.

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Seems Kesha didn’t have a permit to shoot at the location … and she wasn’t buying gas either, at least not in any of the paparazzi footage.

Kesha even drove her red convertible around the block, and tried to pull in a second time for more pics … but the manager came back out and blocked her.