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" Plenty predicted that Ke$ha wouldn&amp;#039;t survive long past her global-reaching debut &amp;#039;Tik Tok&amp;#039;. Its lyrics about booze-swilling, glitter-chucking and generally not giving a f**k was a shtick many assumed would be short-lived amongst the already crowded solo female market. That its parent album Animal went on to sell 2.5 million copies worldwide and spawned six sizeable hits quickly proved otherwise; and it was as much about the music as her utmost dedication to her rowdy image.  She continues to fight for the right to party throughout Warrior, though it&amp;#039;s done so with more heed than most would give her credit for. &amp;quot;We ain&amp;#039;t perfect but that&amp;#039;s alright&amp;quot; she growls on opening track &amp;#039;Warrior&amp;#039; over a whirring bassline before chanting in tribal fashion on the chorus, while current single &amp;#039;Die Young&amp;#039; encourages us to &amp;quot;make the most of the night like we&amp;#039;re gonna die young&amp;quot;. Surprisingly, it never once feels saccharine.  She confidently claims a lead co-write on almost every track, while mentors Dr Luke, Benny Blanco and Max Martin provide the hooks, of which there are often multiple within a single track. &amp;#039;Crazy Kids&amp;#039; seamlessly melds uplifting lyrics with electro-guitar whistles and fuzzy dub, while future single &amp;#039;C&amp;#039;mon&amp;#039; sounds like the sluttier sister (she calls it &amp;quot;c**k pop&amp;quot;) of Katy Perry&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Last Friday Night&amp;#039;.  That&amp;#039;s not to say she&amp;#039;s stood entirely still. &amp;#039;Wonderland&amp;#039; hears her stripping back the auto-tune to reveal a surprisingly delicate vocal, and &amp;#039;Dirty Love&amp;#039; is a shameless blast of chantalong glam-rock with Iggy Pop that includes the showstopping lyric: &amp;quot;Cockroaches do it in garbage cans/ Rug merchants do it in Afghanistan&amp;quot;. It&amp;#039;s not without its tawdry moments (see: &amp;#039;Only Wanna Dance With You&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;Wherever You Are&amp;#039;) but since when did Ke$ha claim to be anything else?   Tracks to download: &amp;#039;Warrior&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Crazy Kids&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Dirty Love&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;All That Matters&amp;#039; If you like this, you&amp;#039;ll like: Katy Perry, Natalia Kills, Neon Hitch Watch the &amp;#039;Die Young&amp;#039; music video below:       "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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