Ke$ha might not be too bright, but her handlers, trainers, and writers probably are.
Ke$ha
Blow
Club Anthem
#66 (LoMid)
Feb 10, 2011
Kesha Sebert
Klas Ã…hlund
Lukasz Gottwald
Allan Grigg
Benjamin Levin
Max Martin
Dr. Luke
Max Martin
Benny Blanco
Kool Kojak
Blow
Club Anthem
#66 (LoMid)
Feb 10, 2011
Kesha Sebert
Klas Ã…hlund
Lukasz Gottwald
Allan Grigg
Benjamin Levin
Max Martin
Dr. Luke
Max Martin
Benny Blanco
Kool Kojak
Back door cracked
We don't need a key
We get in for free
No VIP sleaze
Drink that Kool-Aid
Follow my lead
Now you're one of us
You're coming with me
Which is fine, I
suppose, because this isn't a half bad club track. Ke$ha's only got
a few lines in the verses (which are moronic, sure, but from what I
can tell, that's sort of her trademark), but the whole thing hinges
on the chorus, which is nothing more than the word “Blow” with a
robotic “This place about to” pasted on top of it. The song
basically makes a synth lead out of her voice: autotuned to
inhumanity, harmonized into a rave chord, and sliced up with a trance
gate to give it some rhythm. It stops being Ke$ha and is a mostly
inoffensive dance song.We don't need a key
We get in for free
No VIP sleaze
Drink that Kool-Aid
Follow my lead
Now you're one of us
You're coming with me
I know, I know... I'm just trying to drive home my "Interchangeable Porn Bot" theory. |
This is the second
song in a row that begins with a fake laugh, too, and while Chris Brown sounds like he's being a dick, Ke$ha sounds more like an
actress in over her head-- she just can't convey mirth. I can't
quite figure out why they left it in... that laugh goes a long way to
support my theory that she's a mannequin they put up on stage while
dance music plays.
Honestly, if the
pop star doesn't need to write any of the words or music and the
voice can be manipulated by a computer so that singing skills are a
non-issue, why wouldn't a record company order a new robot
from the porn actress factory and use it for videos and album covers?
Make sure it's young and pretty, get a new one every few years, and
use it to sell their product.
It doesn't make for
great music, but it's been a successful business strategy for years.
Stay with the song, walk away, or run like hell:
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