 The music video for " Tik Tok " was directed by Syndrome . It was shot in Kesha 's old neighborhood and the car featured in the video belongs to her . Kesha explained the experience saying , " the video I 'm excited about because I actually got to shoot it in my old neighborhood and the guy driving my gold car is a friend of mine " . The video 's party scene was shot in her friend 's house , which they refer to as the " drunk tank " . The singer said " the last party scene is in this house called the drunk tank , which is one of my friend 's houses that we all go party at . So I like it cause its super @-@ honest and genuine . " The video begins with Kesha waking in a bathtub in a home as she stumbles out and begins to look for a toothbrush in the restroom . She makes her way down a staircase looking at the pictures lining the wall . Kesha makes her way to the kitchen and walks in on a family who are having breakfast , startling them . She shrugs and then leaves the home as the family gets up and follows her . When she arrives at the sidewalk , she picks up a gold bicycle lying against a fallen fence and rides off . Kesha meets a group of children and trades the bicycle for their boombox . The video cuts to another scene where she rejects a guy and is picked up by a man portrayed by Simon Rex who drives her in a gold 1978 Trans Am . They are pulled over by the police , who handcuff Kesha . The scene then pans to her singing while standing in the T @-@ top as she dangles the handcuffs hanging from her left arm . The next scene shows Kesha in an empty room filled with glitter . She then attends a party with Rex for the final scene . The video comes to an end with Kesha lying in a different bathtub from the one she woke up in . The official music video has received over 250 million views on YouTube as of September 2015 . 
