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Ke$ha’s new direction

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It’s implied by her permanent state of drunkenness in all of her songs that Ke$ha has some serious problems with drinking. She’s the most mainstream alcoholic since Oliver Reed.  Her upcoming (and amazing) single ‘We R Who We R’ is either a gay rights anthem or a song about getting drunk in a club. Given Ke$ha’s past history I think it’s obvious which it is.

Still I don’t know how gay rights lobbyists will feel about this. By far the best lyric is ‘You don’t want to mess with us, got Jesus on my neck-a-lace’. Not only is this the first time necklace has been turned into a three syllable word but it also somehow holds special powers that will come in handy in a fight because it has Jesus on it. That’s what Jesus was all about, starting fights and kicking ass.

I also don’t think that Ke$ha and her friends will have had to put much effort into ‘dancing like we’re dumb’ but this might just be the embittered comment of someone who can’t dance in any style. Do dumb people have a distinctive dancing style? And when was Ke$ha ever sober enough to take notice of this?

Despite the tough questions  ’We R Who We R’ poses the listener, it’s a great song, just really, really brilliant. If you disagree you either are opposed to the advancement of the gay rights movement, in which case shame on you, or you’re just in denial about how brilliant Ke$ha is.

I was wrong about ‘Tik Tok‘. That’s also brilliant.

Written by Euan Wallace

January 11, 2011 at 5:30 pm

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