Ke$ha recruits Madonna, Cher Lloyd, Calvin Harris for a 'wild' night on SNL
Ke$ha proved herself WILD on her explosively controversial SNL get-up last night! Opening up her set with a catchy mash-up of her first two singles, Wild and Afterparty, the crowd was all up and dancing. "She puts on quite a show," said an audience member. "I wasn't expecting that at all! I loved the lights. Her dancers were great, too!"
But Ke$ha, never failing to entertain, brought more and more to the table with each performance.
She teamed up with Cher Lloyd for the second performance of Lloyd's new single featuring Ke$ha, "B.I.T.C.H." off of her upcoming record. The track is sing-talk glory, covering topics from trashy men to female independence. Cher and Ke$ha teamed up to perform
some explosive choreography, ripping off their heavy layers down to just sparkly leotards and screamed their B.I.T.C.H.y lungs out! The single is now available on iTunes and provides as Lloyd's follow-up single to Ghetto Gurl.
For the third performance, Ke$ha rolled out the controversial track, "Destroyed". This song has never been preformed live because Ke$ha reportedly "cries whenever she sings it", according to alleged boyfriend Calvin Harris.
The performance began with Ke$ha lying on a black casket with a spotlight only on her; the instrumental began and Calvin appeared right next to her on the casket. They shared a kiss and proceeded to exit to his DJ equipment.
Then **** got real. Ke$ha belted the chorus out like no one's ever heard her sing before, hitting phenomenal notes over a hard-driving electronic beat straight out of 2030. She fell to the floor yowling, still somehow singing, tears streaming down her face. And that's when it happened.
Indigo Records label-mate,
Madonna, entered out of the casket to assist Ke$ha on the second verse of the song. She crouched next to Ke$ha and comforted her with the lyrics, and the two shot up and danced a specific and incredibly crazy routine out of NOWHERE as the breakdown entered. Ke$ha and Madonna made a not only shocking and seemingly unfit collaboration that worked better than anyone would imagine, but have also re-written SNL history. Viewers and ratings skyrocketed and exceeded any level SNL has had for several years.
Ke$ha has since announced that "Destroyed" is the third single from her #1-for-multiple-weeks album, Dreamer.
A remix with Madonna is still in question.