What better day than Friday to blog about Rebecca Black?
Rebecca Black is someone who was never supposed to get her own blog post on this blog, but alas the time has come and it is time to let loose about this lyrically-impaired 13-year-old. Rebecca Black sings the obnoxious song "Friday." She became a "youtube hit" and everyone on Tumblr knows who she is and has gifs of her and her awkward friends dancing in pink.
Yahoo News reported earlier this week about the background of Rebecca Black and the awkward girl in her video dancing in pink has her own Tumblr where she tells everyone she is a real life friend of Rebecca.
Yahoo News says: Honestly, we're not sure if these questions will ever be properly answered. But we do know that "Friday" is the churned-out product of a Los Angeles-based company called the Ark Music Factory, which sends out casting calls looking for singers between the ages of 13 and 17 to record its songs and, if all goes well, become overnight YouTube stars (a la Justin Bieber). Rebecca Black's "Friday" is Ark's first major hit--and after this, we sincerely hope it's the company's last.
Rebecca was completely obscure on Twitter until one day she started trending.
Mashable poses the question: What do you think? Is this a cruel trick to play on a teen wannabe singer or should Black embrace her sudden fame?
The lyrics to this song are horrendous, honestly. She is 13-years-old and even Willow Smith (10-years-old) is a much more credible performer with whipping her hair back and forth (granted she's the daughter of Will).
There's some random rapper guy in the video who looks like Ice Cube, but clearly isn't. It's kind of strange and confusing - where did he come from and why is he creeping behind a school bus?
Here are the lyrics, and yes these seriously are the lyrics:
(Yeah, Ah-Ah-Ah-Ah-Ah-Ark)
Oo-ooh-ooh, hoo yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah-ah-ah
Yeah-ah-ah
Yeah-ah-ah
Yeah-ah-ah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
[Rebecca Black - Verse 1]
7am, waking up in the morning
Gotta be fresh, gotta go downstairs
Gotta have my bowl, gotta have cereal
Seein’ everything, the time is goin’
Tickin’ on and on, everybody’s rushin’
Gotta get down to the bus stop
Gotta catch my bus, I see my friends (My friends)
Kickin’ in the front seat
Sittin’ in the back seat
Gotta make my mind up
Which seat can I take?
It’s Friday, Friday
Gotta get down on Friday
Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the weekend, weekend
Friday, Friday
Gettin’ down on Friday
Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the weekend
Partyin’, partyin’ (Yeah)
Partyin’, partyin’ (Yeah)
Fun, fun, fun, fun
Lookin’ forward to the weekend
[Rebecca Black - Verse 2]
7:45, we’re drivin’ on the highway
Cruisin’ so fast, I want time to fly
Fun, fun, think about fun
You know what it is
I got this, you got this
My friend is by my right
I got this, you got this
Now you know it
Kickin’ in the front seat
Sittin’ in the back seat
Gotta make my mind up
Which seat can I take?
[Chorus]
It’s Friday, Friday
Gotta get down on Friday
Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the weekend, weekend
Friday, Friday
Gettin’ down on Friday
Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the weekend
Partyin’, partyin’ (Yeah)
Partyin’, partyin’ (Yeah)
Fun, fun, fun, fun
Lookin’ forward to the weekend
[Bridge]
Yesterday was Thursday, Thursday
Today i-is Friday, Friday (Partyin’)
We-we-we so excited
We so excited
We gonna have a ball today
Tomorrow is Saturday
And Sunday comes after...wards
I don’t want this weekend to end
[Rap Verse]
R-B, Rebecca Black
So chillin’ in the front seat (In the front seat)
In the back seat (In the back seat)
I’m drivin’, cruisin’ (Yeah, yeah)
Fast lanes, switchin’ lanes
Wit’ a car up on my side (Woo!)
(C’mon) Passin’ by is a school bus in front of me
Makes tick tock, tick tock, wanna scream
Check my time, it’s Friday, it’s a weekend
We gonna have fun, c’mon, c’mon, y’all
[Chorus]
It’s Friday, Friday
Gotta get down on Friday
Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the weekend, weekend
Friday, Friday
Gettin’ down on Friday
Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the weekend
Partyin’, partyin’ (Yeah)
Partyin’, partyin’ (Yeah)
Fun, fun, fun, fun
Lookin’ forward to the weekend
It’s Friday, Friday
Gotta get down on Friday
Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the weekend, weekend
Friday, Friday
Gettin’ down on Friday
Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the weekend
Partyin’, partyin’ (Yeah)
Partyin’, partyin’ (Yeah)
Fun, fun, fun, fun
Lookin’ forward to the weekend
Yes, that was not a joke. That was the lyrics.
And even better is the video:
Oh Daniel Tosh, Tosh.0, what have you done? Taking this girl from obscurity and bringing her into the light and all over the Media. Even appearing on television shows and claiming she'd like to work with Justin Bieber!
Since today is FRIDAY she was chosen to appear on Good Morning America TODAY, and that was a treat. Oh please, this is something that needs to stop. Seriously. She needs to go back to school, take some vocal lessons or maybe something else - but really, she should not think that she is on the same level as Bieber. Happy for her for getting recognized, but it just seems like a bad joke.
Here's a poll taken from the LAtimes as to what the consensus about her song is:
-Nikky Raney
And yes, Daniel Tosh is to blame.