After making a name for herself thanks to her viral “Friday” video, Rebecca Black has returned with a followup offering titled “My Moment”.
Compiling highlights from her post-“Friday” doings, Rebecca Black’s “My Moment” video includes footage from her last day of junior high, her attendance at movie premieres, and her gig hosting MTV’s Online Music Awards.
What do you think has she had her moment or is this just the beginning?
Rebecca Black – My Moment
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Stuff.co.nz Rebecca Black has another famous fan: Lady Gaga.
At a Musicians@Google event on Tuesday, Gaga stuck up for the 13-year-old singer – who has been widely mocked on the Internet for her song, Friday.
“I think it’s fantastic,” Gaga said of Black’s fame through YouTube, where she has more than 35 million streams.
“I say Rebecca Black is a genius and anyone that’s telling her she’s cheesy is full of shit,” Gaga went on, although she noted that she hasn’t seen the video. Over the weekend, Simon Cowell defended Black as well.
Black says she has been cyber bullied for her song, which she recorded after her mom paid US$2000 to LA-based Ark Studios.
According to Billboard.biz estimates, she’s making about US$27,000 a week from iTunes sales and YouTube streams.
During her long visit at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, dubbed ‘Google Goes Gaga’, the singer plugged Google Moderator, a tool her fans use to submit text or video questions.
“At Google, we’ve seen Gaga build her career by embracing technology, as well as constantly innovating for her fans,” said the company’s Marissa Mayer.
GOOGLE GOES GAGA Video below
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| The top of the Vero building Auckland. |
Rebecca Black’s “song” Friday exposes our biggest city with over 58,000,000 (that’s 58 million) hits.
Auckland is digitally added to the background when her and her friends are “singing” (or at least giving the autotune a workout) in the back seat (in the back seat) at 7:45,she’s drivin’ on the highway
cruisin’ so fast.
With all those viewers, let’s hope we see more visitors flocking to Auckland to record their own auto tune fantasy.
If you must watch it to confirm it is below.
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The 0800 Jukebox crew.
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Rebecca Black, a 13-year-old girl from America who “loves to sing, dance and act”, released her first single, Friday, last month. In the past two days, the single – which includes the lyrics “yesterday was Thursday, Thursday/Today is Friday, Friday” and “tomorrow is Saturday, and Sunday comes afterwards” – has more than doubled its hits on YouTube, racking up views of over 13 million!!!!!.
It has also spawned a series of parody videos and remixes. But why all the fuss? 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.
The lyrics are simple and repetitive (“Friday, Friday, Friday”) and not even germaticaly correct (We We We so excited!), 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.
Rebecca Black – Friday. Is this the worst song ever?
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
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?
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
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
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
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
Until next time keep rockin’
The 0800 Jukebox crew.
www.0800jukebox.co.nz