Die Young (Kesha)

"Die Young" is a song performed by Ke$ha for Warrior. The track was written by Dr. Luke, Benny Blanco, Cirkut, and the lead singer from indie band, fun., Nate Ruess. The song appears as track two on the album. It was registered onto her BMI on September 6, 2012. The track was scheduled to be released on September 25, 2012, but was released onto iTunes a day early.

Background and development
The video was directed by Darren Craig. To promote the single, two teaser trailers were released online. The first showed a waffle waitress holding a slip of paper inscribed with a capital "R", which resembles the official logo of Rihanna, leading to rumors that Rihanna would possibly be featured on the song. The second video appeared online, after the singer tweeted, "Wanna hint?". It displayed Ke$ha in the Tokyo Metro, whistling the chorus of "Die Young" An official lyric video was posted to Ke$ha's Vevo account the day of the single's release. On September 24, 2012, celebrity makeup artist and blogger for People Scott Barnes wrote that he was working with Ke$ha on the music video for "Die Young". On the video itself and the makeup artistry behind it, he said: "... I like to blow people’s expectations away, and that means creating something they’ve never seen before — so stay tuned to see what we come up with." Photographs of Ke$ha on-set for the filming of the music video leaked online. Jenna Hally Rubenstein of MTV commented: "...Ke$ha [is] into wearing basically nothing these days...and it's looking like that no-clothes theme has continued." She compared the leaked photographs and the cover art for the single, further comparing it to Cher's body rope, certain professional wrestlers, and Amazon princesses. Ke$ha announced that the video would be released the following day on November 7. "Die Young" is also Ke$ha's only music video to ever become "VEVO Certified."

Concept and synopsis
Playing the role of a cult leader, Ke$ha and her fictitious disciples raid a hamlet in rural Mexico, engaging in various forms of sexual debauchery. According to Billboard, the video is a shout-out to the Illuminati. Occult symbols ubiquitously associated with the secret society such as the all-seeing eye of Horus, inverted crosses, pentagrams, and triangles pervade the video. Calling the imagery "blatant", Billboard reviewed the video as "tak[ing] the singer's button-pushing ability to dizzying new heights." Sending text messages to her "Animals" (an affection title bestowed on her fans) in the video, Ke$ha writes: "We made it… SOUTH OF THE BORDER… they'll never find us here". The scene was later removed due to product placement.