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So durr.
You all know that by now, I have a LOT of guilty pleasures. But there’s this one artist and song that has become one of my biggest guilty pleasures. In fact, it was actually my very first song of the new year that I listened to around 12:30AM.

TiK ToK by Ke$ha

YES, before I suddenly get attacked by angry bloodthirsty, lemme explain myself.

Okay well, I dunno if I really can’t explain myself with this one.

I JUST CAN’T HELP IT.
After seeing that picture of her, I seriously never expected myself to enjoy this song. However, after listening to Lady Gaga along with more English songs, I decided to give her chance, and I’m extremely happy to say that I love the song to death.

Lemme clear some things up for now.
She isn’t an amazing singer, at all. Or at least, she has the potential (I mean, the people that signed her must have seen something), and you just can’t really tell from this song.

But really TiK ToK isn’t meant to have any deep meaning, or complex chord progressions (heck, I barely know how chords work), or anything that most people would call music. It’s a PARTY SONG, WTF were you seriously expecting?

And as a party song, it does it job amazingly well.

The one element of this song that I think has made it so appealing and catchy to pretty much everyone I know is that Kesha barely sings in this song at all. But you know what, I LOVE her “white girl rapping” that she does. It may sound silly and all, but seriously, I barely know anyone who doesn’t WANT to sing along to this song. It’s one of those songs where almost anyone can sing for the fun of it, which in part may explain it’s mass appeal. I mean sure, it doesn’t really show that Kesha has talent and stuff, but I can’t help but love saying the first few lines “wake up in the morning feelin like P. Diddy”.

What I also really like about TiK ToK is that the song just keeps on going and going with the singing and white girl rapping. Essentially, the song is almost like one entire run of raps and notes, which I absolutely love (those long runs is what I also think made Just Dance so catchy).

And of course, theres all the catchy and repetitive techno magic in that background that you all I love already.

So yeah. Tik Tok is not meant to be a song showing Keshas “amazing singing talent” or “deep thoughts” or whatever. If you’re that kind of person, stay away from this song. Otherwise, if you’re looking for an extremely catchy song to party, dance, and white girl rap / sing along to, here’s your calling.

Overall Rating:
7 out of 5!!

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