Rebecca Black finally speaks! 'It feels like I'm being cyberbullied'
Earlier this week Zap2it published an article about the music video for Rebecca Black's incendiary "Friday." In the article we wrote: "If 'Friday' is a joke, then it is most certainly on us, because we just
wasted 3 minutes and 48 seconds of our admittedly awesome life enduring
the most awful music video ever created."
We weren't the only site coming down on the music video. Slate called it was "disastrous," and Time.com said it was "a whole new level of bad." We won't even go into the comments on Twitter and YouTube about the song, video and/or the artist.
But guess what, Internet? Black has heard all of your comments but she's not going to back down.
"Those hurtful comments really shocked me," Black tells The Daily Beast in her first interview since the song and "The Black Plague" (Take that, Bieber Fever!) took over the world. "At times, it feels like I'm being cyberbullied."
In the interview Black, 13, wants to make it clear that she did not in any way write "Friday," which includes lyrics such as "Tomorrow is Saturday and Sunday comes afterwards." Lyrics? More like poetry!
"I didn't write it at all. The other song was about adult love -- I
haven't experience that yet," Black explains. "'Friday' is about hanging out with
friends, having fun. I felt like it was my personality in that song."
While Black's voice is auto-tuned (heavily) on the track, she is planning on recording an acoustic version of "Friday" to prove she can actually sing. "I want to show people there's more to me than they think."
"Funniest part of the whole thing is Rebecca Black is actually [an] amazing
singer [with] a unique tone and a fantastic fun person," Clarence Jey, Black and Ark Music boss, says.
"The concept we feel seems to have crossed a lot of boundaries, for the better
or worse."
When hateful comments dominated the comments section on the video's YouTube page, Ark Music asked Black if she would like the video taken down. She refused. "I decided not to give the haters
the satisfaction that they got me so bad I gave up."
In case you missed it, here's Black's music video:
you've gotta be kidding me. girl, just SIT DOWN.
This girl's gotta grow a pair.
Hey, I'll bet 6-7 year old girls love the song. I can see them screaming with their friends, holding hands and jumping up and down. I mean, just about every genre has a taker...
You dont do somethign in public or on the internet until your good at it.. It's her fault
"In the interview Black, 13, wants to make it clear that she did not in any way write "Friday," which includes lyrics such as "Tomorrow is Saturday and Sunday comes afterwards."
Unfortunately, she sang them. That's a big part of the problem.
"Funniest part of the whole thing is Rebecca Black is actually [an] amazing singer [with] a unique tone and a fantastic fun person," Clarence Jey, Black and Ark Music boss, says."
Fun person, probably. Good person, even. Maybe even a good singer, despite how that refrain sounds. But I don't trust a guy who would put out some dreck like this.
Here's the thing: If you're going to do something this public, you have to be able to take criticism. I feel bad for this girl that she's had to endure a lot of it with only one song under her belt, and I gotta give her props for self-confidence, which she seems to have a lot of, but there's very little denying that it's probably the worst music video and probably song of at least the 2000s.
Way to stand up for yourself Rebecca Black. Cuz now you've totally earned our respect given the fact that you don't write your own songs. You're truly a creative soul. But hey, props to you -- I think you set a new record for how low our generation can stoop.
Sign of the times. Anyone with or without talent can make a YouTube video.
Emma Mae, please speak for yourself. It seems like everyone but you doesnt care how much she stands up for herself. Her song is garbage.
That song was bad and she should feel bad.
Poor girl. She is a victim here. She's a child. She is facing the consequences of the inadvisable actions of adults.