 Jonah Weiner of Slate Magazine gave the song a negative review saying that " the song sets up ship on the fault line between charmingly daft and deeply irritating . " He then compared the song to work by other artists , stating that " the rapped verses are sub @-@ Fergie @-@ grade , proudly stuffed with groaners and to @-@ hell @-@ with @-@ the @-@ expiration @-@ date slang . " Weiner echoed the sentiment that the plotline seemed like " a sequel " to " Just Dance " , summing it up as " girl wakes up drunk , stays drunk , finds a dance floor and ( spoiler alert ) gets even drunker . " Jon Caramanica of The New York Times described the song as " a zippy and salacious celebration of late nights and mornings @-@ after . " He noted that " some have compared Kesha , unfavorably , to Uffie , who is signed to the influential French electronic music label Ed Banger and whose sass @-@ rap predated Kesha ’ s by a couple of years . " However , he thought that " if anyone should feel fleeced by ' Tik Tok ' , though , it ’ s Lady Gaga , who probably hears significant chunks of her hit ' Just Dance ' in its melody and subject matter . " 
