She’s a pop star with a song on the billboard top 100 that claims be a rebel, oh boy!

I first heard her song Tik Tok back in early January on the radio. At first, I thought it was a new Millionaires song. Then I realized it wasn’t nearly as raunchy or as dance-oriented. Unlike that group, this song was actually kinda good. I found myself nodding to it in the car more than I would an Avenue D song or Millionaires.

Like usual, the radio didn’t tell me who it was. I was left wanting to hear more, and I can never remember enough lyrics to do a sufficient Google search. Incidentally, I am a fan of Conan O’brien and she was on his show later that day. What luck I had!

Shortly thereafter I procured her album from Itunes, and checked out the whole thing. Big mistake. I guess this is why they invented things like itunes, so you can only download the songs you like.

Animal is a mess.

Most of the songs are fairly forgettable and tend to blend in with each other. It starts on a high note, but then seems to lull until you get to D.I.N.O.S.A.U.R which sounds like what most hipster pop anthems aspire to be like. It’s a catchy song, but it goes down all the same roads I’ve been down before.

Her hit single, Tik Tok, might be a pretty catchy song, but try not to actually listen to the lyrics. Sometimes I wonder if Ke$ha even knows what Mick Jagger even looks like. The Rolling Stones are probably before her generation anyways. The fact she’s from Brentwood, Tennessee doesn’t really help her case either.

Being a Tennessee resident myself, you start to notice patterns of behavior of certain individuals from different neighboring towns. It might be a little hard to see where I’m coming from unless you’re familiar with these areas. On a similar note, Taylor Swift grew up in my home town of Hendersonville, and Miley Cyrus grew up in Franklin. I’ve met tons of people from these areas, and some of the things these pop divas say can’t surprise me much.

While she probably does know what he looks like, she’s just playing ignorant. What kind of message does that send? It’s pop music, so I suppose it doesn’t really matter much. As a listener, you’re not supposed to care about these things. You’re just supposed to have fun and dance.

Shortly after her appearance on Conan, Ke$ha also appeared on Jimmy Fallon wearing an Indian headdress. Seriously.

I thought her performance on Conan was pretty cool. She dressed up like a normal modern pop star might. Her appearance on Fallon was vomit-inducing. Perhaps this is just personal taste, but white kids wearing Indian headdresses is plain insulting.

I hate to toss around the word hipster too terribly often. A lot of people are just expressing themselves, and some people just don’t “get it.” Sometimes it just seems like people are trying too hard. She calls herself a rebel, but she does the headdress thing and wears American Apparel.  There’s nothing inherently wrong with either of those things, but how often do you see rap artists have “Chicken & Watermelon” being part of their image?

The point: I don’t care about your fashion, just don’t call yourself a rebel when you are so damn cliché.

Like I’ve stated before, this is pop music. It’s meant to be fake, so taking I don’t take it personally. Though I do find it humorous how that culture has crossed over into the pop realm. It’s not bad, but it does raise curiosities about what the future will bring.

I don’t hate Ke$ha, and I don’t hate her album. Though she does make it quite hard not to roll my eyes at the things she does. The album seems like a great way to start 2010. Though, I’m hoping we’ll see much stronger releases in the months to follow.