14 DAY TRIAL // If you’ve never heard of Rebecca Black until today or until some hours ago, don’t fret, you’re not the only one. This young wannabe pop star has a single called “Friday” since February, but it’s just over the weekend that it went viral.
In fact, “Friday” is so famous that Rebecca Black is even trending on Twitter before “Pray for Japan.” Over the weekend, the official video clocked at 2 million views – it has now approximately 4.5 million.
With such figures, one would expect “Friday” to be the “Baby One More Time” (or some other iconic pop track) of our generation. Yet it’s far from that.
In fact, “Friday” is deemed the best worst song ever to come out and go viral. At first, it was believed to be just a parody of something else, but now it is certain it’s the real deal.
Rebecca is 13 years old and, on “Friday,” she sings about how she likes to go out partying with friends because it’s Friday and the weekend starts.
She also has such dilemmas as whether to sit in the front or the back of her friend’s car, while imparting valuable knowledge like “yesterday was Thursday/ today is Friday/ tomorrow is Saturday/ and Sunday comes afterwards.”
It’s not just the lyrics that are terrible on the song, but also its quality: Rebecca’s voice is autotuned to the max, while the repetitive melody only comes to emphasize how bad the words are.
“According to general consensus, Friday could well be the worst song ever written. Released by independent LA record label ARK Music Factory, the single is heavily produced and Black’s vocals have been auto-tuned to the hilt, giving the Black Eyed Peas and T-Pain a run for their money,” SMH writes.
“The lyrics are simple and repetitive (‘Friday, Friday, Friday’), the beat is monotonous and the inclusion of an unknown rapper attempting to give the track an injection of street cred only hampers the song’s efforts at becoming a likeable hit,” says the same report.
With all this, “Friday” continues to get views and Rebecca Black is still trending on social networks. Check out the song and video below. “Fun, fun, fun!”