Admit it, readers. You’ve dismissed Tila Tequila‘s new EP, Welcome to the Darkside, and you haven’t even heard it yet. Shame on you. Tila Tequila, now known as Miss Tila, wants to be taken seriously as a musician — and you’re not giving her much of a shot. Is it because you think that the pioneer of the first bi-sexual reality dating show couldn’t possibly have a musical bone in her bikini-clad body? Is it because Tila’s only recent visibility has come from attention-whoring on Twitter? Or is it that Tila has tried more than once to jump-start a pop career by relying on little more than sex appeal and raunchy lyrics? The brilliant first line to the brilliantly titled “I F*cked The DJ,” for example: “I f*cked the DJ his d*ck was real big.” Okay, readers. You score a point!

But as Miss Tila herself once said to all of her haters: “Suck my d*ck.” The fact of the matter is that being a pinup model doesn’t exclude her from having enough talent to make it as a pop star — especially when plenty of contemporary stars don’t write their own music or play an instrument. By these standards, Tila’s song “Blue Dress” isn’t half bad. Sure, it’s a Depeche Mode remake. (Readers, you score again!) But I can hear the judges of American Idol saying that Tila not only stepped outside of her comfort zone by trading in lewdness to redo an earnestly dark New Wave ballad, but she’s also succeeded in making the song her own. Miss Tila’s version of “Blue Dress” pays tribute to the original with electro-synth keys and then diverges by using crisp violins and a stabbing guitar riff that sounds akin to a ’60s Western soundtrack by Ennio Morricone. Clearly, Miss Tila doesn’t have the pipes of an Alicia Keys or a Jennifer Hudson, but neither does Madonna. I like “Blue Dress.” Now crucify me.