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" When Ke$ha hit the scene on Flo Rida&amp;#039;s smash &amp;quot;Right Round,&amp;quot; everyone was asking &amp;quot;Who&amp;#039;s that girl?&amp;quot;. Now, with the #1 single &amp;quot;Tik Tok&amp;quot; and her debut album Animal out in stores, we couldn&amp;#039;t wait to sit down with the hottest new pop singer. Find out what K$ had to say about her album, her style, and the guys she likes to date. 17: What was the creative process behind this record? K$: The whole thing as a package I&amp;#039;ve been working on for seven years, and I&amp;#039;ve written every song on the record \u2014 and I&amp;#039;ve written over 200 so it&amp;#039;s the best of the best. Literally, there were so many songs that they had to extend it from 12 to 14 songs. 17: What do you think our readers will like most about it? K$: For girls, I think it&amp;#039;s an empowering record, it&amp;#039;s funny, it&amp;#039;s cheeky. I think people need to have fun with whatever they&amp;#039;re doing \u2014 makeup, their clothes, music, live shows \u2014 anything you don&amp;#039;t need to take too seriously, don&amp;#039;t take too seriously. 17: Do you ever get nervous on stage? K$: Right before it&amp;#039;s terrifying. But once I&amp;#039;m on stage, I feed off other people&amp;#039;s energy. 17: Do you have a ritual or confidence tip before you go on? K$: My band and I, we cover our bodies in hairspray and glitter. We use the hairspray to make sure the glitter sticks. Then we draw dollar signs all over our bods, and then I have my laser gloves that shoot lasers out my fingers, and I have a backpack confetti canon. It&amp;#039;s just a party! 17: Why is your record called Animal? K$: I&amp;#039;ve done research on animals because I&amp;#039;m a diver, and I used to wear gold bikinis and had eye piercings and stuff, and then I almost got eaten by a barracuda once, and I was like &amp;quot;Why does he keep chasing me? Why does he want to eat me?&amp;quot; And then I was researching and found out that animals are really attracted to shiny things, especially gold and silver, so I feel like if I cover my body and the audience with glitter then they&amp;#039;ll like it. 17: What glitter do you use? K$: I love MAC glitter \u2014 it&amp;#039;s just unreal! 17: How do you describe your style? K$: Garbage can chic? I like vintage a lot. I like not trying \u2014 I think girls need someone to look up to who&amp;#039;s not in high heels and a push-up bra. I can&amp;#039;t walk in high heels, never mind dance in them. I think it&amp;#039;s all about your confidence and having positive energy. 17: Do you have any vintage shopping tips? K$: Always go for the really soft T-shirts, because if you find an amazing one, you can cut it out, sew it, tie it in the back, and make it look smaller and cuter. For more on Ke$ha, visit keshasparty.com. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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