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"Blah Blah Blah" is a song by American recording artist
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from her debut album, ''
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'' (2010). Produced by
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, and co-written by Kesha, Blanco,
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and Sean Foreman, it was released as the album's second single on January 29, 2010, and features 3OH!3. Initial writing of the song took place when Kesha, Blanco, Hitch and Foreman were discussing which sex talked more and which one was more "obnoxious." The song is a midtempo
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song that speaks of men in the same way that they have talked about women in the music industry. The lyrics depict a woman who would rather have sex than listen to a man speak and features blatant come-ons throughout the song. The single achieved commercial success by reaching the top five in
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and
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, whilst charting within the top ten in the
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and
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. The song became Kesha's second top ten single in Australia, Canada and the United States. The music video for "Blah Blah Blah" was directed by Brendan Malloy. The video follows similar suit to the song's lyrics. It depicts Kesha getting hit on by a variety of different men and her continually rejecting them. Kesha and 3OH!3 performed the song on ninth season of ''
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'' to promote the single.


Writing and inspiration

"Blah Blah Blah" was written by Kesha alongside
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, Sean Foreman, and
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, who also produced the song. Kesha said that the song originated from a discussion they had in the studio on the politics of female-male relationships which Kesha later explained, "The song came about when the people that wrote it — me, Benny Blanco, Neon Hitch and OH!3'sSean Foreman — all got in a room, and they were talking about how chicks talk too much," .."And me and Neon were like, 'No, no, no, guys talk too much," .."So, we had this war of who were more obnoxious, chicks or dudes. And the song kind of came around from that conversation. I think I make a pretty fair point both in this video and in the song, that dudes are way more annoying."


Composition

"Blah Blah Blah" is a midtempo
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song; the song utilizes synthesizers and drum machines in its production. It is written in the key of
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and Kesha's vocal range in the song spans from the note of D3 to the note of D5. Lyrically, "Blah Blah Blah" depicts a woman who would rather have sex than listen to a man speak as the singer finds talkative men annoying; blatant come-ons such as "show me where your dick's at" and "I wanna be naked" leave this literal meaning unambiguous. Kesha herself has been frank about this straightforward interpretation of the lyrics. The lyrics have been interpreted as a shot at the way men objectify women by speaking about them the way that they do in the music industry. " Andrew Burgess of MusicOMH felt that the line "I don't really care where you live at, just turn around boy, let me hit that. Don't be a little bitch with your chit-chat; just show me where your dick's at" was a way of belittling her male peers. Fraser McAlpine of
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noted that it was cultural progress that a woman can now "sing a song ..as dirty ..as her male peers".


Critical reception

Fraser McAlpine of the BBC was impressed with the song saying "it's a sign of cultural progress that a modern pop lass can sing a song which is exactly as dirty as the kind of song her male peers would risk." He compared Kesha's vocal delivery to that of
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, he also compared the hook, "you tah-tah-tawkin' that Blah Blah Blah" to "
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" by
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, stating that the song was a "rural, farm-girl spin" of it. Jim Farber of the New York '' Daily News'' stated that the track "could become the 'whatever'
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of the season." It was described by the ''
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'' as a "hard pop-hop cut with pogo-worthy beats." Daniel Brockman of '' The Phoenix'' thought that Kesha "intone in a lusty, disturbingly carefree tone" on the song.
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of the ''
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'' said that "Blah Blah Blah" was one of those "moments on ''Animal'' that are nearly as experimental as an
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record, but instead of some wistful,
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-loving artiste at the song's center, there's this girl, rolling her eyes and snapping her gum." Melanie Bertoldi from ''
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'' magazine also thought that the verse by 3OH!3 "severely slow ddown the momentum and never quite gel dwith Kesha's catty, aggressive delivery," but praised the song for its "danceability". Andrew Burgess of
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said that while "3OH!3 makes a lame attempt to assert the case for male equality
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Kesha comes off as so infectiously dominating, it's hard to take OH!3seriously." Mayer Nissim of
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gave the song two out of five stars, stating that it was not as catchy as her debut, slamming the lyrics for being "thick" and adding that she failed to deliver on many lines, calling them "faux-outrageous, faux-feminist trash". Melinda Newman of
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criticized the song, calling 3OH!3 "slumming" and "wretched."


Chart and commercial performance

In the United States, "Blah Blah Blah" debuted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at position seven, and on the
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chart at number two, selling a total of 206,000 downloads, both chartings would become the songs' peaks. On ''Billboard's''
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, the song reached a peak of eleven. On December 13, 2018, the song had received a double-platinum certification by the
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for accomplishing sales of 2,000,000 units in the United States. As of March 2016, "Blah Blah Blah" has also sold 2.4 million digital copies in the country alone. In Canada, "Blah Blah Blah" debuted on the
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at position three, which became its peak. It has since gone on to be certified 2×
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in Canada by the CRIA (
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) for selling 160,000 units. In Australia, "Blah Blah Blah" entered the Australian chart at position seven on the week of January 24, 2010. The following week the song moved to position four, where it held the spot for three consecutive weeks. On the song's fifth week on the chart, it reached its peak at position three where it held the spot for one week. The song was certified double-platinum by the
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(ARIA) for equivalent sales of 140,000 units. In New Zealand, the song debuted and peaked at position seven. It later went on to receive gold certification by the
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(RIANZ) for sales of 7,500 units. "Blah Blah Blah" made its debut onto the
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at number eleven on the issue dated February 7, 2010 with sales of 27,161.


Music video

The music video for the song was directed by Brendan Malloy. It premiered on February 23, 2010, on
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. Both members of 3OH!3 make an appearance in the video. Kesha told
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that the video primarily involves men (described as "douchey") hitting on Kesha, while she declines their advances. "At one point," Kesha says "I get to be strapped to this harness and bouncing around everywhere, and it was really cool ..The whole concept of the video was a bunch of douche-y guys macking on me as usual, and me making them eat their toupees or other various items". Melanie Bertoldi of ''
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'' said that the clip was "thoroughly entertaining". In the first scene, outside of a club, Kesha is hit on by comedian Bret Ernst. He tries to convince Kesha that they would make a good couple, meanwhile Kesha texts someone, describing the man as a "major douchemaster". The next scene has Kesha at a bar playing pool near a man, where she duct-tapes him, later pulling down his pants, after describing him as a "tool bag" in a text message. In an arcade, Kesha pushes a man away who is making conversation with her. The third suitor attempts to serenade Kesha with a guitar, to which Kesha replies by stuffing paper in his mouth. In the final sequence, a man tries to talk to Kesha in a bowling alley. She loses interest when his toupée falls off his head and she shoves the hairpiece into his mouth, in vein of the previous arcade scene. The video ends with Kesha and 3OH!3 singing and dancing together in the bowling lanes.


Live performances

The song was first performed live for ''MTV Push'', a program broadcast by
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worldwide. It was also performed on January 18, 2010, at '' MuchOnDemand'', broadcast on Canadian cable
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,
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. Kesha performed for the first time a heavily
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version of the song on the ninth season of ''
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'' with 3OH!3 on March 17, 2010. In the United Kingdom, Kesha made two appearances to perform the song. The first was on February 18, 2010, '' Alan Carr: Chatty Man''. It was followed by a performance on breakfast television show
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, on February 19. She also performed the song in a set for BBC
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, as well as ''Willkommen Bei Mario Barth Live'' in Germany and ''
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'' in Australia.


Track listing

* CD # "Blah Blah Blah" – 2:52 * Digital download # "Blah Blah Blah" – 2:52 # "Tik Tok" ( Joe Bermudez club Mix) – 5:09 * UK digital download (EP) # "Blah Blah Blah" – 2:52 # "Tik Tok" (Joe Bermudez club mix) – 5:09 # "Tik Tok" (Trey Told 'Em remix) – 4:14


Credits and personnel

* Songwriting – Kesha Sebert, Benny Blanco, Neon Hitch, Sean Foreman * Production – Benny Blanco,
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* Instruments and programming – Benny Blanco * Recording – Benny Blanco * Engineering – Benny Blanco Source


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Release history


References


External links


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