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written by JoshRimer.com on May 12th, 2011
When it was first suggested to me to do a parody of Rebecca Black’s music video for Friday, I thought, na – it’s already been up for a few days, so it’s going to be old news by the time I get my version done. Well, fast forward to more than a couple months later and it’s still one of the most viral videos out there. Incredible.
In case you’ve somehow escaped it, Rebecca Black’s “Friday” has almost 150 million views, and is a worldwide phenomenon for how bad of a song, singer, and music video it is. There are almost 3 million dislikes (thumbs down) on the video compared to only 400,000 likes (thumbs up). Comments have been disabled, presumably because they were overwhelmingly negative and not the type of thing a young, teenage girl should read being written about herself.
What’s good news for Rebecca and bad news for her haters is that she is here to stay, according to the YouTube Trends blog. YouTube believes the viral video star will be sticking around and will be seen on trends lists and other kinds of top ten lists everywhere in the future. Here’s why:
1. Friday is a music video. Music videos are watched more than other kinds of viral videos because they have more chances of being watched by a viewer over and over again. Ever find yourself singing or humming a song after seen its music video on YouTube, and maybe rewatched it a few more times later on? YouTube believes that this is exactly the kind of influence Rebecca’s song has on us. It’s the kind of song that people love to hate. Like your favorite cheesy movie, it’s often worth watching more than once.
2. It’s a polished production that’s being shared around to laugh at. “It’s more ripe for parody” as YouTube says and that’s proven to definitely be true. In one week alone, there were over 1,000 parodies made, and those videos come from all over the globe. A music video is typically easier to parody than your average YouTube video.
Another interesting thing to note about her video, is that YouTube’s rating system clearly is more focused on how many ratings you get, as opposed to the positivity score. Rebecca Black’s video is the top result in YouTube search for the word Friday, out of over half a million videos, despite having so many dislikes than likes on it. I’ve noticed this on my videos too – my Rihanna parody is the first result in YouTube search for the words Only Gay, out of over 100,000 videos, and yet it has over 500 dislikes. Granted, there are three times as many likes on it, but at first I was worried about the effect all those dislikes would have – which turns out to be a positive one regardless, as long as people are interacting with the video.
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I think Rebecca Black is successful on beating Justin Bieber’s Baby video as most hated youtube video or something like that. Maybe it has something to do with the chorus that irritates people. Sometimes parody could be funnier to watch than the real thing.
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Friday’s parody has more likes than Rebecca Black’s original friday. I really can’t imagine how she feels of having a lot of dislikes .
If I am her, I will not continue singing!
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Can’t wait for Rebecca Black and Justin Bieber duet.
My best friend showed me this video a couple weeks ago and I was surprised to see all the views it received. I guess it’s possible that ANYONE can get famous, however the video has to be reeeally good, or reeeally bad. You have to admit-it is kind of catchy.
This girl is amazing. Not talented, but I can’t believe how many views she’s received off of this song. I remember hearing about her on TMZ and her name coming out of radio hosts’ mouths. Is this really all it takes? Well, at least she had a “one hit wonder” (or kind of)..
Well, now the song is on Glee…Gosh!. Now I’m waiting for the next Rebeca Black’s single. It won’t be long before will see this girls with another poppy song.
Surprisingly, people are still talking about it. On every Friday in my life.. I hope she goes away. Are YOU sick of her? :p
That girl is beyond annoying and I will be extremely happy when she is no longer a part of my world!
I am not an anti-rebecca black who always gives her a thumbs down on her videos in youtube. I didn’t also say shes that good but I like her angelic and expressive face and to her new video with katty perry she looks really pretty.
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I like her. Rebecca Black is a queen, can anyone imagine you become famous because everyone hates you? and yet instead of being you become more popular because of it? its achievement. People may somehow popular because everybody loves her/him but in Black’s case everybody hates her and she’s famous now she isn’t a loser a winner to be called .. heheh
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What’s wrong with these girls writing songs from their diary pages ???
Oh, Rebecca Black…I want to hate her, but I have to kind of admire someone who can make a song and accompanying video that are so terrible yet she’s become so unnecessarily ‘famous.’ I knew as soon as I saw that awful video and all the publicity it was getting that she was going to get something out of it- like they say, bad publicity is better than no publicity.
Where did she get the money to make this? Bank of Mommy and Daddy I assume?
That girl is beyond annoying and I will be extremely happy when she is no longer a part of my world!
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It’s interesting that this video is still considered so popular on youtube, despite the extremely high number of dislikes. Like it or not, this song is etched into peoples brains, and though her popularity is fading fast, I don’t think Rebecca Black will ever truly go away
If Rebecca black is famous for being hated, will she go away if we like her?
It’s so popular because of it’s uniqueness. Extraordinary video