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Originally posted by Misanthrope
Yes but with every example you mentioned here from Rihanna to Miley, the change in public perception had nothing to do with something as trivial as a symbol in their names. They did not change their name, they completely changed their images where it counted, their look and their sound. Removing the dollar sign from her name is trivial and the fan argument that people will interpret her differently because of its removal is a superifical stan way of thought. It will not change peoples perception of her. What will, however, is how she fronts her look, her conviction in selling herself, and what kind of music she releases. As it did for Rihanna and for Miley.
Once again, I really don't care if she keeps the $ or not, I just really don't agree with what seems to be the majority of Ke$ha-fan opinion on the supposedly positive aspects of its removal. It doesn't matter enough for it to be removed or for it to have any kind of effect on her career if its not there. Its as pointless as Gaga changing her name from Lady GaGa to Lady Gaga, with no capitalization on the second Ga lol
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That's what I was getting at, the change has to happen, but dropping the dollar sign will make it seem more of an authentic change. Even when Miley changed her image people questioned whether she was just faking her new persona, calling her a try-hard, etc. People are going to accept the change a whole lot easier if she changes to Kesha rather than staying as Ke$ha, the trashy glitter loving party girl. The dollar sign does have a lot of connotations surrounding it which will be easier to let go now that she's let go of them herself.
