Ke$ha, Kelly Clarkson, Rita Ora and pop's new obsession with death

With a generation of fans raised on Twilight, we shouldn't be too surprised that the charts are full of death discoUntil recently, rug-cutting party anthems would summon us to the dancefloor with the promise of it being like 1999, or some party rock in the house, or a few hoochie mamas showing their nanas. Now, step forward Ke$ha. Her contribution to the clubbing canon, new single Die Young, exhorts us to party as if we're going to end up mangled in some horrible car crash on the way home.Ke$ha ...

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