Every band (especially when it comes to indie bands), no matter what they might say, has a few key artists that they are influenced by, and most of the time, with some careful listening, you can pick out those influences in their music. So, when it comes to influences coming out in your music, how much is too much?
Recently, there has been some chatter around the internet that the electro-pop diva Ke$ha ripped off established French club-scene diva Uffie. More specifically, Justice’s track featuring Uffie called The Party:
To me, there’s definitely a similarity in the way Ke$sha’s vocal track on Tik Tok sounds:
Most people have never heard of Uffie, but she’s a huge club hit presence in the UK and Europe, and has been popular since 2006 or so. Ke$ha is relatively new on the scene, but has a been a background player for several years, doing backing vocals on track by Flo Rida and writing lyrics for pop artists like Miley Cyrus and The Veronicas.
Let us know what you think. Is Ke$ha ripping of an industry veteran, or is it just coincidence that they sound so similar?
Uffie should be honored that Ke$ha would rip her off. Im not sure if you’ve noticed but although I love Uffie honestly she’s barely someone that you could consider talented in any way musically…
Even with all that being said I don’t even think theyre similar enough for it to be a big deal…
I think that Kesha just sounds similar to Uffie. Whether she ripped Uffie off, well who came first?? If Uffie came first and there are similarities to get sued over then yes Kesha is in the wrong. However I don’t hear enough similarities to worry about it. Melodies are different, music is different. The only thing I hear is the similar style in the verse. I don’t think thats enough ground evidence for a lawsuit. But I could be wrong.
Ke$ha is the worst ever to see perform live, you can tell her voice has been messed around because they blatantly can’t sing.
Uffie was on the scene first, so am on her side, and she is actually okay live, and I love her songs more than I enjoy Ke$ha’s.
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Oh yeah, blatant obvious ripoff. Common, if she wasn’t would everyone keep talking about it? Uffie was so cool back in the day.. Ke$ha is the capitalist response.. big industry trying to cheaply cash in on something awesome and, as a result, ruining it.
i think so too, uffie’s the party has been on my ipod for ever, then kesha came out with tik tok and i was pissed because it seemed like no one noticed how alike they sounded. people just danced and stuff to a rip off. then again i let up about it and finally listened to kesha’s other songs. i don’t really think she did it on purpose, just listen to her other songs, they sound so original.
Oh yeah, blatant obvious ripoff. Common, if she wasn’t would everyone keep talking about it? Uffie was so cool back in the day.. Ke$ha is the capitalist response.. big industry trying to cheaply cash in on something awesome and, as a result, ruining it.
Kesha’s voice and songwriting is better, she’s more versatile, and she has a much better sense of humor. For these reasons, I find it hard to believe Kesha copied Uffie.
Kesha has written (yes, herself) over a hundred songs of a wide variety of genres over many years, has recorded and released many of them into the public domain. They’re on a wide variety of topics, mostly banal and occasionally profound, but always humorous and self-deprecating. Uffie has also written songs over many years, but they’re far fewer, and are weak and lyrically often clichee. She sings about one thing: about how much of a bad-ass Lolita chick she is. Moreover, Feadz does all the musical work, whereas Kesha actually *writes* *music.*
Kesha has sung on all of her songs, in many different styles, from punk to country — without the use of Autotune, but with extensive use of a vocoder, for effect only. Kesha’s voice has tremendous range. Uffie, on the other hand, chants in one singular, nonvariable style only. Whereas Kesha presents a wide range of expressions, Uffie has only one presentation: bad-ass Lolita. However, Uffie also does make use of a vocoder from time to time.
Kesha doesn’t take herself seriously. You can tell as much from her music and she’s even said so herself. She says that “there’s a pop-song in every situation,” and from this it’s plain to see that she writes music for fun. She could’ve done much more with her life, having had near-perfect SAT scores and an admission to Columbia, but, as she’s said she’s chosen to do the one thing she’s wanted to do since she was little. Uffie, on the other hand, seems to take herself much more seriously. In fact, there’s no humor in her music.
Kesha is a writer of pop music, whereas Uffie works only in the Paris club music scene. Automatically, there’s no comparison. But, without her sheer-sexy-Lolita-hotness and without Feadz, where would Uffie be? Kesha, on the other hand, would probably be where she is now, no matter what her circumstances were.
As for the similarity of “The Party” to “Tik Tok”, frankly, the narrative common to both songs is practically an archetype. Many young women who like to doll up, go dancing all night, and be rowdy and wreckless, would tell their story in essentially the same way.
similar yes, don’t know if that warrants a witch hunt or not but who cares really? musicians have been ripping each other off for hundreds of years, during the 50′s and 60′s african americans created an original rock/jazz/blues sound that nearly EVERY other white american/european rock band of the same period took a bite out of. there were even law suits won over this. the beach boys ripped off a song of chuck barrys(to the letter almost) and he won a lawsuit against them. in this particular case i don’t think there are enough similarities for it to hold much validity, im sure ke$ha may have had some influence from uffie but like i said almost EVERY musician/singer/song writer rips off someone from somewhere… there isnt a musical note/chord/drum pattern/lyric/octive that hasn’t been played/written/sung before, it’s just all on how you arrange the different elements to make it have the appearance of being original.
and i think m.i.a. started this whole thing by commenting on it in an interview a while back, but m.i.a. is dope so she gets a pass any time lmao
i honestly see no simalarity but the beat. Uffie is a terribly singer, it sounds nothing like Ke$ha and i find her’s better
1. Ke$ha is just as bad as crunkcore…or Screamo Rap (Oh my ears…)
2. Uffie is a lovable person that is fun that actually works with real musicians whereas Ke$ha is snotty for an untalented career that will end real soon (Hopefully tomorrow)
3. Justice is untouchable, if you want a comparison, listen to Uffies “Ready to Uff” and the idiotic three year old spelling “Tik Tok”
4. To be fair, neither are anything special with their songwriting, Uffie didn’t wanna do the whole music thing at first so I can understand why the lyrics are outstanding but Ke$ha actually tries and fails more than the Zune at her music.
5. I’d party with Uffie, least I wouldn’t come home with multiple STI’s the next morning.
i love ke$ha’s music, but have you heard her live?
quite frankly, she sucks.
her voice is edited to the extreme.
Lady Gaga is my favorite Electro/Dance artist because she can actually sing without having her voice edited. Listen to her as Stefani Germonotta and her cd Red and Blue.
Uffie and Ke$ha are both awful to me.
uffie and kesha are two very different people i dont know why people think their ripping off one another. they have different styles, there music is diffferent if u listen to it, and so are there music videos. come on people wats your problem! their not the same!
I like BOTH of their styles.
i think it’s pathetic that people want to start drama. They have been singing for the SAME amount of time. Kesha recorded over 200 songs, and THEN chose 15 to put on Animal, so Kesha took her time.
i still have a lot to learn about Uffie, but i have a feeling she will be my fave celeb (Second to Kesha)
its all about where you live and who you heard first. personally i like uffie better
Personally, in my humble opinion, Keisha is biting Uffie’s style. the second I heard her single on the radio I thought to myself “what the fuck? is this Uffie?” to say that Uffie has no talent is retarded. her earlier tracks are better i think. Keisha is just another radio artist, who’s songs get overplayed and beat to death with a hipster fixed gear bike.
I love Uffie, and Kesha is alright. But I think Dev from the Cataracs sounds far more similar to Uffie. And I’m not saying she ripped her off. They’re both good, and better than that whore Kesha, who got her fame singing about drinking jack, and wearing glitter. (:
FUCK KE$HA BROO! UFFIE ALL DAY NUKKA
I don’t think it was kesha who got featured with Justice.
well, if she is ripping Uffie thats enough for me to loose all respect for her. It would be nothing but trying to make money on some one elses work. Uffie should not be honored.
Also. For me its not about who makes the best musik, so i don’t think Uffie should bo honored her either, but about who makes their music and to their fans. They make different music. But i like Kesha. She makes great music, other than “the party”.
I don’t care if they sound the same. If it’s good music, then I’ll listen to it. Other artist sometimes steal songs, it happens all the time if Uffie really cared about it then she would probably sue Kesha but as far as I heard none of that happened. If you like Uffie good for you, if you like Kesha good for you. Just listen to what you want to listen to and be happy.
“Uffie’s in this bitch.”