Monday, January 4, 2010

shot in the head with a dollar

embedded? it's in there alright. new pop.

first heard in that same taxi that took me to see sir neville marriner, and dismissed as the lowest form of over-sexualised teenage pop. on further listens, the lyrical value undergoes a slight change.

this girl is brash, certainly. but she's got the same kind of cohones as pink.

she spells her nom de pop with a dollar sign in place of an "s". i wonder how that is affecting her search engine results...

ke$ha

the song in my head, lodged as with a gun, is her new single tik tok

and she has her own channel on youtube

the dialogue between fan and artist getting more mediated, with fans uploading versions of a video for this new single. ke$ha herself appears in several short direct -to-camera messages

in these posts she appears to be exactly what she portrays in her song - a loose-limbed, coolsie blond with an idea of being "edgy"

there is no cynicism in this post of mine, i hope you see. i think she's close to being what other popsters have had to have created on their behalf, and occupied like a character.

and tik tok, for all it's moral hollowness, is a really "kick-ass" summer pop song.

as soon as i learn how to link to it in itunes i will, as youtube seems to be changing away from encouraging embedding even where it is allowed

more another day

~ listener

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