Reviewing: Ke$ha
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Today's secular artist that I will be reviewing is Ke$ha. The reason I chose this artist to be this week's review is because of her interesting performance on American Idol last St. Patrick's Day. Singing her new hit, "Blah Blah Blah", Kesha paraded the stage wearing a bedazzled Indian headdress, accompanied by TV-wearing dancers.
While I can admit that Kesha's pop/rap style is unique, I am not a big fan of her musical style. I found some of her music on YouTube and Pandora, and then began to research the young artist.
Kesha was raised with her brother by her single mom, who was also an aspiring musician. The family was extremely poor, often relying on nutritional supplements to help them survive. Despite the fact that Kesha was incredibly intelligent academically, reaching near-perfect scores on her SAT tests, she dropped out of high school at the age of seventeen to pursue her music career. Kesha is possibly best known for some of her crazier actions, such as breaking into Prince's mansion to try to convince him to produce her music. Understandably, the legendary musician declined. Kesha's first number one hit was "Tik Tok," appearing at the top of the charts in eleven different countries. For the past year now, Kesha has risen constantly as the new, young artist with the funny name. Ke$ha.
After checking out Kesha's biography, I introduced myself to some of her music through her YouTube account. I started with the video for "Tik Tok". Before you check this out, I would like to warn you that the shorts and skirts that Kesha wears in her videos are short, practically nonexistent. The music video begins with a hung-over Kesha waking up in a strange bathtub in an unfamiliar house. She proceeds to dress and brush her teeth with a bottle of Jack Daniels, before heading downstairs to frighten the living daylights out of a family with young children, before shrugging carelessly and taking off on a bike. The rest of the video consists of Kesha partying with random guys who enjoy drunk driving, she gets arrested (and apparently escapes) from the police, and then she falls asleep in yet another strange bath tub, surrounded by empty liquor bottles and an abandoned shoe. Nice.
Obviously, Kesha's moral values don't quite meet the standards of model Christian behavior, but what about her lyrics? I decided to look up the lyrics from Kesha's album "Animal." "Tik Tok"'s lyrics pretty much consist of everything described in the music video. When I read the lyrics to "Blah Blah Blah", I stopped reading at the first verse. Take a look for yourself:
"Comin' out your mouth with a blah, blah, blah, Zip your lips with a padlock, And meet me in the back with a jack and a jukebox.Don't really care where you live at,Just turn around, boy, let me hit that.Don't be a little ***** with your chit chat.Just show me where your ****s at."
Some of Kesha's other songs talk about getting high in a friend's basement, getting hungover and miserable, and stripping down for sex in a "hole" with several other people. There may be an "iffy" song somewhere amongst this garbage, but I couldn't even find one song that would meet even my Neutral criteria.
In other words, Kesha's music does not in any way follow the guidelines of Philippians 4:8. If anything, her songs not only rebel against God's Word, but they run frantically the other way. Kesha supports drinking, casual sex, and wild partying. And what does she have to say about her party-girl image and the controversy behind that lyric in her "Tik Tok" song about brushing her teeth with a bottle of Jack?
"Everyone's really offended by that. But come on, brushing your teeth with Jack Daniel's: what girl does that? People are like, 'Do you really advocate brushing your teeth with bourbon?' I'm like, 'Yes, actually, I do, every day, for everybody. Especially eight year olds.' I mean, what are you talking about? Of course I don't. Come on."
Kesha claims that she wishes that people could "take themselves just a little less seriously." From what I see, Kesha should care a little more about what her lyrics are saying. If she doesn't want her fans to take her lyrics seriously, then why did she use them in the first place?
If you are considering adding Kesha's music to your playlist, or if you already have, then I would strongly, strongly recommend that you run away screaming from this girl's music. Kesha's music is practically the opposite of anything Christian. I have found nothing about her songs that is wholesome and honorable.
When I first decided that I would review Kesha's music this week, I assumed that there would be a few "iffy" songs and maybe one or two "Bad" ones, but I was appalled at the true quality of her music. Sex, drinking, and cussing runs rampant through Kesha's lyrics. Honestly, all I have to say about this artist is: RUN FOR THE HILLS. Seriously. This is not an artist that I recommend.
If you have any opinions or critiques about this post, then post a comment below or send me an email.
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Really? So what if it's not christian music. So what if it's the complete opposite of anything wholesome. She is not doing anything illegal and is not hurting anyone. And kids that would be influenced by her ADULT pop music, which has an explicit tag to begin with, would end up doing those things regardless. People are who they are, with or without music. And when adults do the things in her songs, it's perfectly fine. There is NOTHING wrong with doing things that don't harm yourself or anyone else, just as there is nothing wrong with being Christian and living a wholesome life. Everyone is different and different things work for different people. Everyone should be respectful of each others legal, not harmful choices. Tolerate each other, and live and let live.
Barry, I wrote this blog for a Christian audience, from a Christian worldview. Christians like me are looking for artists who do not express views, lyrics, and lifestyles that blatantly contradict our beliefs, and my website is a place where people can go to learn which artists are appropriate and which artists are not. From a Christian perspective, Ke$ha's music is not appropriate. If you dislike my review, you do not need to follow my recommendation to not listen to Ke$ha's music, but you must remember that I am writing this FOR Christians, not for everyone.
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I am a Christian, and I do not think that We R Who We R is quite as un-wholesome and adult as the rest of her songs I have heard. I will admit, if you want wholesome, please do listen to Ellie Goulding. But, Rihanna is very explicit, in more songs than I care to think about.
So do you know of a clean song that sounds like we are who we are?
And thanks a bundle:) I like your blog a lot!
To Anonymous,
By whom do you mean this wanted song? In her next song, glow, in the music video, she makes out with unicorns. Quite adult, I would say.
Also to person named antonio, don't know whether you posted blogs on feb 13th or not, why do you love her? love is a very passionate emotion, and should not be advocated through sexuality. I will not reveal my age, but I think that unless you really think it's a bad idea inside, don't reveal your age on the internet. You don't know who's out there.
Soo I did hear this song web they play young adult music for Christians and it sounded alot like lady gaga and Kesha it was very good song but I can't even remember a lyric :( I wish I knew!!!