REVIEW | Ke$ha partied to the max in recent Manila concert

Ke$ha performs for her Manila fans.

Given how Ke$ha’s concert at the Smart Araneta Coliseum went down last October 24, it’s actually quite understandable why the Malaysian government forced organizers to cancel the succeeding Kuala Lumpur leg of her ongoing “Warrior” tour.

The controversial dance pop diva’s show was indeed likely to offend ultra-conservative sensibilities as she delivered a spirited performance in an explosive, unapologetic show characterized by among other things colorful risqué costumes, an inflatable pig and a pair of women’s legs, a toy car she herself “drove” onstage, glittering confetti and a rather generous sprinkling of “F” word spiels.

There was even a dancer dressed in what looked like a giant penis costume strutting onstage midway through her set. True to her image, Ke$ha ended her show on a characteristically racy tone with the quip, “Goodbye, Manila! I hope you all get laid tonight!”

But take away all of the controversial stuff and the show was actually a lot of fun, especially for the less prude and for her more open-minded fans. It was certainly far more entertaining than Rihanna’s lackluster return gig at the Mall of Asia Arena which only showed some semblance of life during its last 30 minutes.

At least Ke$ha put on an elaborate show punctuated by precision choreography, surprisingly rocking arrangements and guitar hero solos and, of course, Ke$ha herself in her best element.

The short and sweet 15-song set included all her nine big hits like “Tik Tok”, “Your Love Is My Drug”, “Blah Blah Blah”, “Take It Off”, “We R Who We R”, “Blow” and her latest singles “C’mon” and “Crazy Kids”. She also included equally interesting tracks like “Warrior”, “Party at a Rich Dude’s House”, “Dirty Love”, “Animal” and “Supernatural”.

Of course, she ended her concert with her encore number, “Die Young”, her most controversial song to date. With lyrics by Nate Ruess of the alternative rock group fun, the song was supposedly about living life to the fullest but was interpreted by others to be about premature death.

While Ke$ha is not exactly in the same league as Lady Gaga (at least not yet), she is truly a formidable headlining act to reckon with. Her Manila show, presented by PLDT HOME Fibr, is easily one of the year’s most memorable concerts. We’re not too sure how she would have managed to tone it down for her Kuala Lumpur show, which would have also featured our very own Krista K as her opening act. Because that gig was cancelled at the eleventh hour, we’ll never really know.

Too bad. Taken with a grain of salt, there was a lot of fun to be had in this concert. Her Malaysian fans would have found Ke$ha’s show to be quite a hoot and truly the party that she promised it to be.

REVIEW | Ke$ha partied to the max in recent Manila concert

Source: InterAksyon.com (October 31, 2013 at 07:50AM)

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