Customer Reviews
Blatantly blunt & a blast!!
This is a fun, light-hearted funny tune that is intended for adults only. She is a 22 year old singer-songwriter that speaks her mind. The whole CD is phenomenal along with her more than 2 dozen demo songs that never made the CD. Just to let know I'm just a fan since the beginning of the month. I don't know her personally nor do I endorse her in any way. I just am so happy an artist has come along that is speaking her mind for fun. With some titles like (F*** Him)He's a DJ, Former Over-Exposed Blonde, Dinosaur (referring to an old man hitting on her), Paris Hilton's Closet, and Friday Night Bit** Fight, she is just for fun and fluff. She's a mesh of Gwen Stefani, Fergie, Lady GaGa, Katy Perry, & Kelly Clarkson. Give her a chance. She manipulates her voice perfectly for the needed tone of each song. She writes her own material. She is honest & young. This song in particular is my favorite. Lyrically, musically, vocally, and subject wise it's so fun. It's my current favorite song out of all 56 songs I've heard by her.
An Incredibly Likable Record:
It amazed me that TIK TOK managed to somehow find its way to #1, but I will be honestly surprised if BLAH fails to ring the bell in short order as well: a MUCH stronger single, BLAH clocks in at 2:52, making it the current go-to record at radio for the "12 songs an hour" nonsense currently being run at clear-channel affiliates -- shorter songs do equal more commercials within the context of such radio promos, and we all know how CC feels about that concept.
BLAH feels, musically, like a L'Trimm/Lady Gaga mash-up; lyrically it's Salt-n-Pepa with a side of Lil' Kim. The hooks are plenty: a chirping keyboard (which is, itself, essentially the entire chord structure) feels like a lighter version of what pushed Buffalo Stance; the chorus itself is hooky in a way that I can't quite put my finger on (I suspect it's an interplay between various recording levels). It's really, REALLY well done, and is a profoundly likable record.
As a result of TIK TOK and BLAH, Ke$ha is now, essentially, the queen of white Female rap: it's a position achieved by default, however, and her sophomore album will have to be MUCH stronger than her first effort here -- if Ke$ha expects to make a career out of this. Even if BLAH does hit #1 -- a feat which will give her two #1's in a row -- I strongly suspect that Ke$ha will end-up being another forgotten name in the annals of pop. The brightest flames DO burn the quickest.
For now, though, BLAH is the perfect record for Ke$ha: an exceptionally strong follow-up to TIK TOK, radio-friendly in both length and sound, risque enough lyrically to generate buzz, with MASSIVE ringtone & remix potential.
Ke$ha, seriously: save some money.
It's a quick ride.
Better than tik tok
I wasn't a big fan of Tik Tok, but I really like this song. It's very catchy and most people hate it because it uses auto-tone, but I don't really mind it. Definitely her best song
