Ke$ha: ‘I Understand’ Why ‘Die Young’ Is ‘Inappropriate’
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Ke$ha understands why people might not want to listen to “Die Young” right now.
In response to reports that the song’s radio airplay declined in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., the pop star tweeted, “I’m so so so sorry for anyone who has been effected by this tragedy.and I understand why my song is now inappropriate. words cannot express.”
TMZ cited Mediabase statistics saying that “Die Young” reached 148 million U.S. radio listeners Monday, an 11 percent drop — significant for a top 40 pop song — from the 167 million people who heard it Friday.
At least one programming director won’t be playing “Die Young” on the airwaves anytime soon: Rich Minor, who heads up WDAQ-FM in Danbury, Conn., near Newtown. ”We’ve been playing ['Die Young'] before Friday but not since and I think we’re now done with it,” he told Billboard. “Even though it’s a fun pop-dance record about seizing the moment, all people are going to hear right now is those two words in the title.”
Minor’s station has also dropped Foster the People’s 2011 hit “Pumped Up Kicks,” which is about a school shooting.
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She is absolute crap — musically and pretty much otherwise.
Posted by: s johnson | December 19, 2012, 5:45 pm 5:45 pm
All of the arts have cliques and phases of stupidity, but “music” has, over the past decade or so, become an especially obnoxious and blatant niche for braindead nobodies to make a lot of money off od equally braindead nobody consumers.
Posted by: ridley knows | December 19, 2012, 5:49 pm 5:49 pm
This is more of a story than in needs to be. Not defending her in the least, but her “music” had nothing to do with anything that transpired
Posted by: Evolution | December 19, 2012, 6:09 pm 6:09 pm
Oh come on. This song has nothing to do with what went down……if people cannot differentiate that and keep a song seperate from a mass shooting of little innocent kids, then they are IDIOTS.
Posted by: Jaelyn | December 19, 2012, 6:24 pm 6:24 pm
that’s just rediciulus its just a song -_- & people who take it to heart because its on the radio, the song came out way before this happened hell i was blasting this song and dancing to it today
Posted by: manda | December 19, 2012, 11:49 pm 11:49 pm
I love how everyone think this song is inappropriate, but not banning assault weapons. A$$ backwards country we live in……
Posted by: Heat | December 20, 2012, 8:57 am 8:57 am
I think Kesha is highly inappropriate for having no talent wearing that ridiculous thing over her eye. She is a desperate wannabe and it amazes me how she is even making music. She writes about violence when she should be offering to donate money to those victims families. I would have a lot more respect for her if she had any empathy at all instead of promoting violence to kids who listen to her music and then acting dumbfounded when someone asks her if her music is responsible in any way. She can’t dance she can’t sing she is out of shape..she can’t even give a decent interview..and this is what teenagers look up to..shameful.
Posted by: a Mom | December 20, 2012, 4:18 pm 4:18 pm