Ke$ha: Love her or hate her

Ke$ha is an artist who music aficionados either love to hate or choose to root for.

Some have gone as far as labeling her as another cookie cutter mold artist “manufactured” by a major record label to just be blindly gobbled up by kids.

Whatever else is said of her, she has made it. She has done so much in a short span of three years—getting signed to a major record label, she has had two number-one singles within the same year of 2010,  Ke$ha has become one of the fastest rising stars of 2010— thus, making her one of the most commercially popular and bankable female artists in the world.

Not bad at all for a former waitress and someone who started out as a back-up singer and a composer for numerous artists!

She has certainly done well for herself and as she has stated before she is now “living a dream”.  Because for somebody who has been deemed a “fake” as others have labeled her, her success as an artist is as real as it can be. Just take a look at the ‘numbers’ of her album and digital sales. You can’t fake those!

On a different note: based on write-ups and interviews, she has some “cockiness” and swagger—attributes which lend her a “rock-star” aura. Sounds cliché but it is true.

For instance, each time she is asked how she feels about what people think of her brand/style of music, her answers reflect those of artists who do not really care whether people like her music or not.  All she cares about as far as she is concerned is “being myself and having fun”.

Regardless of how long the career of Ke$ha will last, I believe she is simply enjoying the ride for now.

Ke$ha first got noticed when she provided backing vocals for FloRida’s number-one single titled: “Right Round” because she gave the song more depth with her distinct vocal work.  That was in 2009. When she finally released her own major label album debut, many critics brushed her off as another “Katy Perry” or “Rihanna” cashing in on the latest trends and what sells.

But upon doing my own research and listening to every available song she has, she is not exactly “run of the mill” or a stereo-typical artist. She has something intangible I feel she is trying to attain—and that is, “individuality” which she is hoping to forge for herself which would set her apart from the rest.

We can only speculate how her second upcoming album titled “Warrior” will fare upon its release. Will it sell millions? Will it climb up the charts? Will it receive the kind of response as her first album did?

Or will it be the so-called “Sophomore Jinx” that rears its ugly head and throws a promising artist’s career back to the drawing board? If that will be the case, then just maybe “Ke$ha’s” career is ticking away…