someone: wow i can’t believe kesha’s actually good now!
me, externally: haha, yeah, her new stuff is incredible
me, internally: her stuff has ALWAYS been incredible. just because her old stuff was more party and dance music and used autotune and was marketed towards teenage girls doesn’t change the fact that her lyrics have always been clever, heartwarming, and just plain fun. even if her old music wasn’t personally your cup of tea, you can’t pretend that she hasn’t always been a talented musician with a great voice – y’all talk like she didn’t release stripped-down versions of her old music with no aututone years ago, PROVING her voice is amazing. animal, cannibal and warrior had so many bops on them, so many uplifting party songs, and from the very beginning, she has been subverting and satirizing the drunken party girl image her label built up for her. and let’s not even get into the fact that she has a genius level iq, and is an all-around great person and has always been outspoken about human rights, and is an inspiration for abuse survivors everywhere, and,
Mood: striding through the bracken, singing in the pure soprano tones of an elvish princess and ALSO the deep powerful chant of an elderly wizard, while wearing a cloak and practical boots. The bracken looks crunchy and the musical tradition is Breton with a nod to the Sephardic. I am Luc Arbogast, the magical French countertenor, and fall is here
so i work at a retirement home and one of the residents heard me saying “mood” all the time and she asked what it meant and now she won’t stop saying it
another resident fell over and she was just like “mood”
op you are adding invasive elements to a fragile ecosystem, society is going to collapse because of this
mood
I don’t have rheumatoid arthritis and doctor doesn’t know what’s going on with my joint pain. She suggested a referral to a rheumatologist but I think I’m going to wait another month or two to see if it comes good on its own. (at Beach House – Altona)