Details: How are you going to celebrate the release of your album Animal?
Ke$ha: I want to take everybody I love to Medieval Times or something ridiculous like that.

Details: What do you do to get ready for shows?
Ke$ha: I usually, like, get my game face on, and then I draw dollar signs all over my body and my bandmates, and then I smother myself with baby oil and dump a bucket of glitter on my body. We have to buy glitter by the pound.

Details: Do you have any tattoos?
Ke$ha: I have five tattoos. But actually two of them are fading at the moment because I got them from my friend with, like, a safety pin and a pen two months ago. So two of them might not be tattoos in about a month.

Details: Were you in prison two months ago?
Ke$ha: No, I had just finished my record, so that night we got a little crazy, and we thought it was a really good idea to give each other tattoos to symbolize such a special event in my life. So he gave me a cross. Or one could call it a t. Or an x. And then this is pretty embarrassing, but—it’s fading—my friend tattooed YEAH! on my foot.

Details: What was the first tattoo you ever got?
Ke$ha: The first tattoo is an anchor I got when I snuck into Cuba when I was 18. I got that because we were hanging out with this guy, and he was like, “If you give me five dollars, I’ll give you a tattoo.” So I’m like, “All right, fine.” He gave me an anchor tattoo because I’m a diver.

Details: I read that you were once kicked out of Prince’s house. Where else have you been escorted out of?
Ke$ha: Oh, God, so many places. I went to a club opening with Katy Perry about a year and a half ago. I saw David Spade, and I always thought that he was, like, so sexy in Joe Dirt. I just think rednecks are so hot. So I was like, “Oh, my God, this is my big chance! He’s, like, my No. 1 if-I-could-I-would. David Spade, let’s do this!” But then he kind of brushed me off, and I was like, “Oh, hell no.” So I stole his bottle of whiskey and ran to the bathroom, and then they came and found me and threw me out.

Ke$ha and Susan Boyle are battling it out for the first number one of 2010.

Hits Daily Double is predicting that the Ke$ha debut ‘Animal’ is on track to dethrone Boyle’s ‘I Dreamed A Dream’ although it will be close. Both albums are heading for sales of around 105,000 – 115,000 next week.

Susan Boyle ‘I Dreamed A Dream’ has been number one in the USA for 6 weeks and has sold more than 3 million.

Ke$ha ‘Tik Tok’ has so far sold more than 2 million downloads.

Like Boyle, Ke$ha had a big year in 2009. After appearing on Flo Rida’s number one hit ‘Right Round’, she released her debut single ‘Tik Tok’ in August, 2009.

Ke$ha is your average, everyday Valley Girl. She grew up in San Fernando Valley and is the daughter of single mother, singer/songwriter Pebe Sebert.

She has been singing since the age of 17 (she is 22 now) and has appeared on a number of other people’s songs over the years.

Ke$ha co-wrote ‘This Love’ for the Veronicas. She sang background on Britney Spears ‘Leather and Lace’ and she appears in the Katy Perry video ‘I Kissed A Girl’.

We shall know the results of the Ke$ha vs Boyle battle by mid next week. Whether she wins or loses to Boyle doesn’t matter. “Susan Boyle knows how to party,” she twittered later in the day.

“That was my mum’s idea. She just decided to call [the show's producers] because she’s attracted to interesting, different experiences,” Ke$ha tells PopEater. “They chose us because we’re the most eccentric family in all of Nashville.”

For her part, Ke$ha is unimpressed with the program. “We were hanging out at their house a little bit,” she says dismissively, recalling that the show included Hilton hooking up on a date. “It was with some guy. It’s all for TV, whatever. I went out two nights later to a gay bar and saw him dancing around topless with another man. That’s reality television for you.”

The plucky 22-year-old, born Kesha Sebert, worked with Hilton again when she relocated to Los Angeles to work with ‘Animal’ producer Lukasz ‘Dr. Luke’ Gottwald. At the time, Dr. Luke was working on Hilton’s 2006 single ‘Nothing in This World,’ and brought in Ke$ha to sing backing vocals for the song.

“I ended up kicking it with her for a minute,” Ke$ha says. “To be frank, I went to her house party and didn’t talk to anybody and ended up dancing around by myself. Then I got kicked out for being a bit too rowdy. I’m just not a swanky b—-. I’m the antithesis of her.”

With that said, is Ke$ha a down-to-earth type who really does like the simple life? “I hope so,” she says.

Ke$ha rocks the socks off the audience at The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien on Wednesday (January 6) in Los Angeles.

The 22-year-old singer performed her smash hit “TiK ToK,” which is currently the #1 song on iTunes. And what’s sitting right below? Oh, Ke$ha’s new song “Blah Blah Blah” featuring 3OH!3!

After Ke$ha’s performance, she showed Conan what was studded on her t-shirt: CONAN + K$ = BFF. And then Ke$ha attaches a feather onto Conan’s head for sh–s and giggles.

“I feathered Conan!!!!!” Ke$ha said after taping her performance. “SUCCESS!!”

Tik Tok singer Ke$ha has a wild side. She admits she once found her way inside Prince’s house – and got kicked out.

“I got his address, and snuck under the fence. I inevitably got in, and walked in on him having band practice. I left my CD for him and then got ousted.”

Now that Tik Tok is the #1 single and her debut album, Animal, is in stores, has she heard from him?

“Not yet,” she shrugs.

The high school dropout gets cagey about being a role model, but offers words of wisdom.

“There are certain things young girls can look to me as a role model for – I’m not saying everything,” she says. “I do think it’s an important thing that happiness and the amount of money you have are mixed. There’s absolutely no correlation, because the happiest times of my entire life have been when I didn’t have $2.”

Who’s her celebrity crush?

“Shakira is really hot,” the performer born Kesha Sebert says.

What about her real-life crush?

“No. Boys are too difficult. Who’s got the time?”

The Tennessee native gets creative when asked for her fashion inspiration.

“I am inspired to dress like African safari animals and/or Keith Richards,” she tells me.

And favorite designer?

“I dig through the garbage.”

3 out of 5 stars.

Like many musicians in Los Angeles, Ke$ha survived her lean early years by snacking on the free food offered during happy hour at myriad dive bars. But her situation was a little different. She was scavenging at the same time her voice was all over the radio — she sang the chorus hook of Flo Rida’s Right Round, one of the biggest pop singles of 2009.

“We were both working with (producer) Dr. Luke and it was an accident I was even on it,” said the young San Fernando Valley native, born Kesha Sebert, whose debut album, Animal, is out on Tuesday. “I never made any money off it, that’s why I put the dollar sign in my name as a joke. But I was happy being in that bar with two dollars in change wearing clothes I found in the garbage surrounded by people who love me.”

Ke$ha should soon be able to treat her friends to a few rounds of PBR. Her single TiK ToK, a rapturously dumb electro-pop banger was downloaded 610,000 times in its first week, the highest total for a female artist in one week since Nielsen SoundScan started tracking the figures.

Her album, Animal, which already is a top-5 iTunes album as a pre-order, tackles the evergreen topics of stalking boys who don’t like her and whether rad boots are preferable to male company. It’s all part of a master plan, she says — winning equal rights for women to abuse boys in songs the way dudes have done for decades.

“I’m just talking about men the way they’ve talked about women for years,” she said. “If you listen to LMFAO, it’s all about how women are pieces of meat. I find that stuff funny, so I want to do it back to them.”

Ke$ha may be a complicated woman, but the impression she leaves with her flurry of “babes,” jingly bracelets, and heavy-lidded I’ve-been-sexing-all-night eyes, can pretty much be summed up with a line from her song: “Wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy.” A bold statement, but Ke$ha herself is far from timid.

Her image is that of a constantly tipsy, vaguely crazy, and sporadically talented rock star—and it seems to be working for the public. After appearing on Flo Rida’s fist-pump anthem “Right Round,” Ke$ha’s own hit single “Tik Tok” recently became both the most downloaded song by a female artist in history and Billboard’s first #1 single of 2010. With her debut album Animal dropping tomorrow (January 5), Ke$ha is definitely a woman to watch. We sat down for an interview and got her take on beards, hangover remedies and the sex appeal of quarters. It’s about to get weird…

Interview by Valeriya Safronova

#1: WHAT IS YOUR NUMBER ONE DEAL-BREAKER FOR A POTENTIAL BOYFRIEND?

Ke$ha says: Beard. It’s just really important. A man without a beard is no man, in my opinion. He has to have a beard.

Complex says: What about if it’s a goatee?

Ke$ha says: : Well it depends on the level of upkeep. Like if it’s a mustache with the curls, it’s negotiable. But definitely, facial hair is a must.

#2: WHAT TYPE OF FOOTWEAR WOULD COMPLETELY MAKE YOU DISMISS A MAN AS A POTENTIAL HOOK-UP?

Ke$ha says: Probably white tennis sneakers. They’re just really gross. They make my skin crawl.

#3: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE RAP ALBUM?

Ke$ha says: Beastie Boys’ License to Ill. The president of my company compared my music to a combination of Madonna and the Beastie Boys. I grew up on the Beastie Boys and I’ll watch their videos and they’re just so funny, and they’re just having such a good time, it’s infectious.

Complex says: How do you feel about the Madonna comparison?

Ke$ha says: I’m down for that too. She’s a babe. She really paved the way.

#4: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COMFORT FOOD OR HANGOVER REMEDY?

Ke$ha says: Just start drinking again.

#5: WHAT’S THE MOST EFFECTIVE APHRODISIAC FOR YOU?

Ke$ha says: Like what makes me wanna do it? Aside from a great beard? This is really weird: quarters. Like a bucket full of quarters. If I feel a bucket full of quarters—I don’t know why, I think it’s like the pirate side of me—I wanna make out with dudes. It turns me on.

Complex says: How often do you put your hand in a bucket full of quarters?

Ke$ha says: Well, just because my ex-boyfriend had a laundry machine and when he took out his bucket of quarters, I was just like, “Whooo! Let’s do it!” So weird.

#6: WHO IS A CHILDHOOD CRUSH THAT YOU CAN’T BELIEVE YOU HAD?

Ke$ha says: Well, see, my number one—still to this day—is David Spade, circa Joe Dirt. It’s really embarrassing, but I’m kind of proud…and I would still hit that.

#7: WHO IS YOUR FEMALE CRUSH?

Ke$ha says: Probably Kate Hudson in Almost Famous, those days. She’s a babe.

But Ke$ha was merely biding her time until she released “Tik Tok,” the first single from her debut album Animal (out tomorrow). The song instantly raced up the charts (it currently sits at number one) and she spent the holidays breaking the record for the most downloads by a female artist (she stole the honor from Lady Gaga who achieved the same feat a year ago).

Ke$ha stopped by the Out offices a few weeks ago to chat with us about her meteoric rise to fame, her country-punk influences, her new album, and why being an Animal means doing exactly what — and who — you please, be it music or partying, boys or girls:

The next Lady Gaga and Laura Marling and the saviours of guitar pop and indie – among them Ke$ha, Paperplain, the Drums (…)

KE$HA

If 2009 belonged to Lady Gaga, this year’s electro-shock queen-in-waiting is Ke$ha Sebert, a Nashville-born, LA-based wild child whose songs are every bit as brazen, attitudinal and addictive as her New York kindred spirit’s. Some have already dismissed the 22-year-old as trying that little bit too hard and failing to mask a mighty ambition, much as they did with Gaga — as if, in 2010, ambition, and an unwillingness to conceal it, could ­possibly be described as distasteful. Ke$ha’s back story is as E-numbered-to-the-hilt as her music: the daughter of a Tennessee songwriter mother who penned hits for Dolly Parton, she has written for Miley Cyrus and the Veronicas, sung backing vocals on Flo Rida’s No 1 single Right Round, and for Paris Hilton, and outsold Jay-Z and Taylor Swift on the American singles charts with Tik-Tok, which was a Top 10 hit here last month.

Collaborators on her debut album, Animal, include Dr Luke (Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson) and Max Martin (P!nk, Britney Spears), and the finished product is stuffed full of potential hits, among them the bitchy kiss-offs Kiss N Tell, Blah Blah Blah and Backstabber, and the swooning, crush-on-you soft-pop of Stephen. Pursed-lipped musical purists would be advised to handle Animal with care: its ruthless pursuit of the killer hook, the delirious crudeness of its chord progressions and choruses, and, above all, the sheer unabashed and scandal-gathering chutzpah of the singer at its centre are likely to induce apoplexy. Anyone unburdened by such an uptight approach to music will love it, and her. Which is, of course, just the way Ke$ha wants it.

In what is traditionally a high-volume download week thanks to shiny new MP3 players under the tree and download cards stuffed in stockings, a sales mark falls by the wayside as Ke$ha’s “TiK ToK” shifts 610,000 digital tracks for the week ending Dec. 27, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That’s the highest weekly sum by a female artist since tracking began in 2003, and the second-best overall after Flo Rida’s “Right Round” sold 636,000 on the chart dated Feb. 28, 2009. Coincidentally, Ke$ha can be heard on “Right Round” as she provided non-credited vocals on the track.

“TiK ToK” eclipses the female mark set by Lady Gaga with “Just Dance” a year ago this week (419,000).

Ke$ha’s hefty download sum will ensure “TiK ToK’s” place atop the Billboard Hot 100 for a second week when that chart is released tomorrow (Dec. 31). The song previews her debut album “Animal,” which is set to hit retail on Tuesday, Jan. 5.

Here’s a look at the top five single–week download sellers along with the corresponding chart dates:

Flo Rida “Right Round” (636,000) Feb. 28, 2009
Ke$ha “TiK ToK” (610,000) Jan 9, 2010
Flo Rida “Low” (467,000) Jan 12, 2008
The Black Eyed Peas “Boom Boom Pow” (465,000) Apr. 18, 2009
Flo Rida “Right Round” (460,000) Mar. 7, 2009

Like many L.A. musicians, the singer Ke$ha survived her lean early years in the city by snacking on the free food offered during happy hour at Echo Park’s myriad dive bars. But the singer’s situation was rather different than many of her struggling peers. She was scavenging at the same time her voice was all over the radio — she sang the chorus hook of Flo Rida’s “Right Round,” one of the biggest pop singles of 2009.

“We were both working with (producer) Dr. Luke and it was an accident I was even on it,” said the young San Fernando Valley native, born Kesha Sebert. “I never made any money off it, that’s why I put the dollar sign in my name as a joke. But I was happy being in that bar with two dollars in change wearing clothes I found in the garbage surrounded by people who love me.”

Ke$ha should soon be able to treat her friends to a few rounds of PBR. Her fast-rising single “TiK ToK,” a rapturously dumb electro-pop banger that makes Katy Perry sound like PJ Harvey, catalogs an epic post-party hangover where Jack Daniels is the best mouthwash.

Her debut album, “Animal,” which already is a top-5 iTunes album as a pre-order to its Jan. 5 release, tackles the evergreen topics of stalking boys who don’t like her and whether rad boots are preferable to male company. It also showcases some surprising pipes under all that Auto-Tune.

It’s all part of a master plan, she says — winning equal rights for women to abuse boys in songs the way dudes have done for decades.

“I’m just talking about men the way they’ve talked about women for years,” she said. “If you listen to LMFAO, it’s all about how women are pieces of meat. I find that stuff funny, so I want to do it back to them.”

There was Blink-182’s big-time reunion tour, Cobra Starship’s party-hearty anthems and the sleeper success of Owl City, to name just a few. Kris Allen’s underdog win on “American Idol.” Ke$ha’s out-of-nowhere ascent to the upper reaches of the Billboard Hot 100. Jay Sean extending the reach of Cash Money’s musical empire. Everywhere you looked, things were happening.

So as the year draws to a close, we decided to ask some of your favorite artists to name their favorites: songs, albums and fellow acts that they admired in 2009.

(…) Gabe Saporta, Cobra Starship

Song of the Year: “My favorite song of 2009 was ‘Tik Tok’ by Ke$ha. Especially the opening line, when she says she wakes up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy. I really connected to that sentiment because similarly, I wake up most mornings feeling like Gabe Saporta. And them I’m like, ‘Oh, f— yeah! I am Gabe Saporta.’ ”

(…) Ke$ha

Song of the Year: ” ‘Single Ladies,’ by Beyoncé. I’m feeling that so hard. Gaga had a pretty epic year, but Beyoncé’s my secret crush. She’s amazing.”

Album of the Year: “The Miike Snow record. It’s my favorite. If you haven’t heard it, you should. It’s amazing.”

Newcomer Ke$ha takes her first solo chart single “TiK ToK” to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 (2-1), set to be released on Billboard.com Thursday (Dec. 24). Ke$ha is the first female vocalist to rise to No. 1 with her debut single since Lady Gaga stormed the list with “Just Dance” in January 2009.

“TiK ToK” is actually the second Hot 100 No. 1 to feature vocals by the 22-year-old. She had a non-credited appearance on Flo Rida’s six-week chart-topper “Right Round” earlier this year. “TiK ToK” is the first single from Ke$ha’s debut album, “Animal,” which is set for a Jan. 5 release.

“TiK ToK” also moves 2-1 on Digital Songs with 221,000 downloads (up 40,000) and is the Digital Gainer on the Hot 100. The song’s weekly total is the highest sum since Britney Spears’ “3″ posted 254,000 on the chart dated Oct. 24. “3″ remains in the Hot 100 top 10, falling 9-10 this week.

Ke$ha’s move to the top bumps “Empire State of Mind” by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys from its perch (1-2) after a five-week run. In a rare chart occurrence, an acoustic version of “Empire” by Keys debuts at No. 55. Most often, different takes of a song are merged with the original versions for the purpose of chart rankings, but in the instance where a contributing vocalist (Keys) takes the reigns without help from the lead act (Jay-Z), the songs are tracked separately.

When electro-pop party girl Ke$ha sang on Flo Rida’s number-one smash “Right Round” earlier this year, she “didn’t have enough money to buy a taco.” Things are looking much better for the L.A.-born, Tennessee-raised pop singer these days. Her debut solo single “TiK ToK”—which she co-wrote with Britney/Katy Perry vets Dr. Luke and Benny Blanco—is currently a top-five hit and one of the most recklessly fun dance songs of the year.

We talked to Ke$ha about her alleged foul mouth, her public display of “bladder desperation” at a recent awards show, and what caused her to spew (for real) in Paris Hilton’s closet.

EW: Kesha is your birth name, but I’m guessing the money sign isn’t on your birth certificate. Why did you throw it in?

K: I was on the Flo Rida song “Right Round,” and I was hearing it everywhere, just all over the place. It was number one in a bajillion countries and I didn’t have enough money to buy myself a taco. So I was talking to one of my friends about it and I was like, “What the hell!” I literally had two dollars to my name, and she was like, “Whatever, you don’t need money: You’re money.” And I was like, “Yeah! I’m money!” So it’s really just me taking the piss out of the fact that I was broke while being on a number-one record. It’s actually just being ironic about the whole money thing, because I actually stand for the opposite of putting a lot of emphasis on money.

EW: Would you mind being rich?

K: It’s not at all the reason I’m doing it. I wouldn’t mind it, because it just so happens that if I am a successful musician and I make good records, I might make some money, too, and that’s totally fine. And I love that I don’t have to wait tables, and I’m so appreciative for anything I do earn, but I don’t have to be greedy and gluttonous about the money I’m making.

EW: What inspired the Diddy reference ["Wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy"] in “TiK ToK”?

K: I used to live in this sort-of castle in Laurel Canyon. I woke up one morning surrounded by all of my hot babe friends because they had all crashed after a night out. And I woke up surrounded by babes—it was a total babe-fest—and I thought, “This must be what Diddy feels like every morning.” That was the first line of the song, and I took it in and Dr. Luke liked it.

EW: And I hear your family was on The Simple Life?

K: Unfortunately, yes, that is true.

EW: And somehow you vomited in Paris Hilton’s closet?

K: Totally separate occasion, but yes, that did happen. They stayed in my house in Nashville when I was 17. Then fast forward six months, I’m out in LA, and I sing background vocals for her second single. And then that night we went to her house and we were all dancing, hanging out. Then I got overexcited and ralphed in her closet. I thought it was a bathroom… and it just so happened not to be a bathroom. It was a closet.

EW: Did that end things with you and her?

K: That kind of ended the relationship right there.

EW: Do you hold that against her?

K: No, I wouldn’t want to be my friend either.

EW: When you were on The Simple Life, were you thinking about parlaying that into record deal?

K: No, The Simple Life stuff was totally just my mom. She saw an ad in the paper that said, “Looking for an eccentric family,” and I guess my family is the most eccentric family in all of Tennessee, because they picked us to come stay with. But then I was just working on my record at the same time that they were staying at my house for Simple Life. Dr. Luke and Max Martin actually called me and started flying me to New York and flying me to L.A. and wanted to sign me as their artist. Which happened shortly after that.

EW: They’re huge names. What do you think made them want to work with you?

K: Luke said at the end of one of my songs, where a producer generally turns off the track or cuts off the vocals… one producer just let the track roll and I was in the vocal booth just messing around, singing and being totally ridiculous because I just don’t really care. I don’t get embarrassed. And he heard that and he said that was the moment he realized I was willing to put my balls out there and not get embarrassed. I’m irreverent and fun, and he thought that the world needed somebody fun.

EW: And when you peed in a sink at the British Q Awards, were you drunk or did you just really have to go?

K: No, I really had to go. There were a lot of people waiting in line. And there were paparazzi all outside. It was an act of bladder desperation.

EW: You had to realize it would be a media thing, right?

K: No, I really didn’t, because that was my first trip over there, and I guess I just didn’t realize it. I didn’t realize the paparazzi and those magazines (in Britain) were so prevalent. I didn’t know what else to do because there was nowhere else I could go. There were a few people in the bathroom and I was like, “I’m so sorry you guys, but I have to pee.”

EW: When that incident became public knowledge, were you embarrassed?

K: To me it’s not like I’m hurting anybody. It’s just pee. People need to get over it. It’s just urine. It all goes to the same plumbing general area.

EW: So you’re friends with Katy Perry and you’re worked with 3OH!3. Is there anyone else you like in music right now, or anyone you’d like to work with?

K: Well, I really like this band called Miike Snow. They’re amazing. And there are these two producers named Diplo and Switch, they’re really good. And I’d love to work with Santigold. She’s amazing.

EW: In your video you sort of dress like early Madonna. What’s your fashion inspiration?

K: I would call it garbage-can chic, I just kind of… I don’t wear a lot of high heels. Sometimes you’ll catch me in high heels but it’s not my main steez. You can be sexy and attractive and a total fox and not have to wear heels and a push-up bra and spandex. You don’t have to give it all away: it’s really all about confidence. But my main fashion inspiration would be Keith Richards. Sexy pirate.

EW: And why do you think you have a foul-mouthed reputation?

K: I think I am really irreverent and I pretty much just talk to and about men the way men talk to and about women. So they just think it’s so shocking because I don’t have a penis. And I just think it’s a double standard that unfortunately still exists. Because if I were a man… any man on pop radio could say the things I say about men to women, and nobody would even think about it twice.

EW: And you have an album coming out very soon.

K: My album comes out on January 5th and it’s called Animal. I’ve been working on it for six years and I co-wrote every song on the record. And I’m gonna be touring next year. And my live show is not one to be missed: it’s a total sensory assault.

EW: Is the rest of the album similar to “TiK ToK”?

K: “TiK ToK” is a good kickoff single because it’s just a really fun dance party record, but I talk about a lot of different things on the record, and there are a lot of different perspectives. I think there’s a good pop song in pretty much anything. So I have a lot of songs about real life stuff that people go through, but it’s a pop song. Like a guy hitting on you in a bar, or a guy you’re totally in love with but he won’t call you. Or just some guy that trying to talk to you and he’s just talking too much and giving you a headache. Just things that I know everybody experiences and I just write about it. And I think it’s an honest record and really just funny.

THE hottest new pop star to emerge from the States since Lady Gaga risked a spell in jail because of a desperate bid to find fame.

Tik Tok singer Ke$ha, whose real name is Kesha Rose Sebert, broke into Prince’s home in the hope that he would listen to a demo of her songs.

Fortunately for her, the surprised Purple Rain star was so impressed by her determination that he didn’t only take the tape but also decided not to call the cops.

Ke$ha, 22, admitted: “I did actually crawl under a fence to get into Prince’s house.

“I paid the gardener five bucks to help me make it to the other side.

“Then I went waltzing up the purple driveway and found the door was unlocked.

“I got inside and totally freaked out, because there was Prince playing guitar in the other room.

“I called my mum and whispered, Ke$Animal ‘What do I do, I’m in Prince’s house?’

“She was like , ‘W hat do you mean?’ be “I said, ‘I snuck into his house.’

“She told me to give him my CD.

So Idid that. But he was in ban d practice so we didn’t get a chance buab fact to talk.

“I know I could have gone to jail but how amazing would that be if that was on my record? That would be the best thing to get arrested for in the entire world.”

With sales of her debut single having hit the million mark this week, Ke$ha was getting ready for a gig in Amsterdam when I spoke to her.

Having heard her story, I suggested that breaking in is perhaps the new breaking up. She laughed and promised to use the line as a lyric in one of her songs.

Already dubbed a wild child, Ke$ha w ill release her debut album, She S pears sang Animal , on January 11.

And she believes the album title better reflects her nature. She explained: “I am a wild child but I think I ammore like a wild animal. I act on instinct a lot b e cause I a m very in touch with the with Manchester fact that we are all animals.

“Just because we are in this concrete jungle doesn’t mean we can’t still be totally connected with a would on t he instincts we are born with.

“We are trained not to act on our instincts but to think about things. I don’t do that. records and too “I just think that if there is something you want in life you should go get it and don’t take no for an answer. I also think anything is possible.

“You can ask people to help you do stuff. But it comes down to getting yourself off the couch and doing something. That is how life changes and amazing things happen – when you take life into your own hands.”

So far, Ke$ha’s attitude has helped her t o pen son g s for Miley C y r us , sing vocals on Flo Rida’s hit Right Round and star in the Katy Perry video I Kiss ed A Girl.

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Ke$ha explained: “Paris and I don’t necessarily run in the same circles but I ended up at one of her house parties after I sang on her second single.

“I was entertaining myself, because we don’t have that much in common. So I was jumping off the roof into the pool and everyone thought I was a complete maniac.

“I was hanging out and dancing around by myself, then I got a little too excited and barfed in her toilet.”

Getting back to her career, Ke$ha said: “It has been quite a trek.

“I write my own stuff, so I am really excited that people are responding to a song that I have written.

“There are a lot of lovely pop stars out there who don’t write their own stuff.

“I have something to say. On Tik Tok, and the rest of the record, I write about everything.

“I have serious songs I wrote in. s’ with my brother that are quasi-political, then I have songs about aliens and songs about dinosaurs.

“You name it and I have probably written a song about it.”