An Open Letter to Kesha Sebert aka Ke$ha

(NaPoWriMo 2010 - 21/30)

Dear Ke$ha,

Firstly, I just want to say that your songs are catchy. “Brush my teeth with a bottle of jack” is undoubtedly a snazzy line that will remain in my head for longer than I’d like. Having said that, I think you need to stop before all this gets out of hand. Be content with your 15 minutes and please move on. I’m not saying you’re a bad singer. I’m not saying you’re not talented. But Lady Gaga has the alien/weirdo shtick and Katy Perry has the “slutty girl that can also sing” gimmick and now, what you’re doing just comes across as hackneyed.
You’re a nice girl, I’m sure. But building your career on stupid things you say when you’re drunk can only go so far. Might I recommend a stint in reality television? Or maybe you can be a VJ? Or how about college? Now, college is never a bad place to start. There are a myriad of avenues you can take. Medicine, Law, hell… even Creative Writing maybe? It worked pretty good for me. And it can work for you too!
Listen Ke$ha (btw, the dollar sign needs to go, Ma$e already beat you to the punch and look at where his career ended up), your songs were fun to sing once, but now you’re headed straight for the club where it’s cool to be vehemently deprecated. Get out while you can, lest you really want to be brushing your teeth with a bottle of Jack Daniels, not because you want to, but because you have to.

Yours,
Ahnmin Lee