Besides her wild outfits, glow-in-the-dark paint, and admitting to brushing her teeth with Jack Daniels, [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Ke$ha[/lastfm] is known for using GLITTER everywhere! Has she decided to lose the glitter this time around??

2011 was a pretty great year for [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Ke$ha[/lastfm], and 2012 is looking to be just as busy! As she gets ready to go back into the studio to record her next album, she let us in on a few things that may be different this time around…

“I think that my first record was heavily influenced by Licensed to Ill and the Beastie Boys and that [first] record is, like, very brash and very sassy and very unapologetic and irreverent. And I love that,” she told MTV News about her 2010 debut Animal.

“I’m really proud of that, but I have learned over the past three years of doing this that being vulnerable doesn’t mean you’re weak. I very much want to be seen as a strong woman, but I realize that vulnerability can also be a strength. So on my next record, you are going to hear probably a little more of that,” she added.

So when can we excpect to hear this “new” sound from [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Ke$ha[/lastfm]??

“I’ve been writing but I haven’t gone in with [producer Dr. Luke] yet. He’s working on stuff and I’m working on stuff for it. But [to] actually start, we go into the studio in January, early January.“