Ke$ha, Seriously.

Now before you immediately jump ship at the mention of  Ke$ha, and increase my bounce rate on gAnalytics as a result, just bear with me for a moment. I’m guessing you are in either of two camps. 1. You have no idea what a Ke$ha is, or 2. You know well enough to think that there is nothing worth seeing here.

For the uninitiated, or those who want a stark reminder go ahead and watch the first 30s of her breakout single from waay back in 2009 “Tik Tok”. Spelling obviously was not her strongest subject in school, though she is still the frontrunner for ASCII abuse for the third straight year.

Well, that was fun, wasn’t it? The key line to remember, is the bit about “brush my teeth with a bottle of jack” because WTB? Cultural scholars are still trying tro wrap their heads around her cavalier approach to referencing, and the dentists are just salivating at the idea of her fans following suit…

So now he have the standard pop starlet story, albeit with some more obscure leanings. The moment my opinion slightly turned on our dollar-sign embedded chum would probably have to be when the, usually hilarious, people over at Funny Or Die made this video explaining the source of the ASCII abuse.

Not supremely hilarious, sure, but at least there is evidence of self-awareness. And the premise is highly entertaining. So at least she knows that her persona is ridiculous. If we left it here, I would be with you in thinking that that is definnitely not enough and why have I wasted time reading this mild exposition. That’s why you need to watch the video for ‘Blow’. As a song its what one might expect genericy pop sounds and a decent beat. But the video itself is some sort of amazing mashup of self-awareness and meme-mashing up. It opens with the disclaimer that “No mythological creatures were harmed in the making of this video.” Her costar, and barely love interest (for music video standards), none other than Dawson from the creek: James van Der Beek. And trust me he knows exactly what part of the cultural arena he inhabits in this day and age. To coin a phrase that is already a victim of linguistic inflation: “This video is all kinds of epic.”

Regardless of your opinion, previous or current, of Ms. Ha, you have to admit that this video is clearly the product of the internet circa early 2011 and proof that these silly people probably know exactly what triggers the silly faces you pull when confronted with their particular breed of nonsense.

A final note, for you Van der Douche fans, you should check out his brief role in the otherwise terrible “The Big Bang”, Antonio Banderas vehicle. The man knows his limits, and is seemingly revelling in them.

(Also its really hard not to type ‘s’ after the $ because mentally one is typing ‘Kesha’ and $ don’t make sounds…)