Last night's live "performance" by pop sensation of the moment Ke$ha of her hit "Tik Tok," off her debut album Animal, on Conan O'Brien's show provided a very strong argument for the use of Auto-Tune and other studio effects to help smooth out an otherwise God awful rendition of her current disposable pop single. Compare last night's poor live performance that lacked any studio effects above (right down to the amatuer choreography that wouldn't make it past the first round of American Idol) with the far superior official music video version of the same song below. The difference is like night and day.
The official video version has racked up over six million YouTube views since it was posted a couple of months ago with the digital single selling over half a million copies just last week. It showcases the studio version of this song for what it is: a really good, rap-fused dance/pop tune with a memorable melody. But taken out of the studio setting, sans effects, it just doesn't translate, and, to me, proves that some artists shouldn't venture out of the security of the studio and its effects until they are ready, if at all.
Ke$ha "Tik Tok" official video version
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i disagree with the assessment that this is an "awful rendition" & a bad live performance and that the studio track is significantly better. yes, the studio version is better, but this isn't a bad live performance at all. and frankly, compared to some of the other pop starlets out there, i'm happy to see that she is singing live, she's not relying heavily on a backing track, AND she has an actual band up there with her. i've seen so many pop stars go on TV and just sing to a track that is being pumped over the PA. that's so boring!
personally, i find the dancing charming. the unprofessional choreography could be interpreted differently. too often pop stars these days focus on the dancing instead of the singing - and then they use the backing tracks to compensate because they can't sing as well or as strongly when they're dancing for 3 minutes straight. we as an audience have come to expect our performers, particularly those who make the fluffier pop/dance music, to be double or triple threats and discount them if they're not. what? they can't dance? they can't act? they just sing?!?!
mostly she looks like she's just having fun up there and i totally appreciate that.
her performance i think is fine, nothing special, nothing truly awful, the song is what is indescribably mediocre!
yeah the song is not good. maybe an okay pop radio song. but her performance is far from good.
i know 4 year olds that rap better, plus this girl is totally ripping off madonna's style circa 1985. this is why i don't listen to mainstream music.
I'm going to be honest! The live performance looks like a wack ass showcase from a middle school talent show. Where's the gong?! I would have hit the gong at least 3 or 4 times for the number of minutes she performed that song.
Not my type of music but she didn't do half bad. I'd rather hear the real thing (good or bad) than autotune.
agreed! I was just flipping through the channel, didn't even know the artist and I was like wtf is this?