Rebecca Black - Friday, the YouTube video

I'm sure you've all heard about this video by Rebecca Black called "Friday." It seems like it just came out of nowhere and hit me in the face. I didn't hear about it until the DJ's were talking about it on the radio. There I was on the way to work when they start talking about this "horrible" YouTube video. One of the DJ's actually felt bad about making fun of Rebecca Black when he heard the story behind it. What's the story, you ask?

Well, apparently this 13-year-old girl named Rebecca Black (image from Forbes blog) and her mother scrounged together $2,000 and paid to have this video made. The company provides a song and produces a music video. All of this for $2,000. For Rebecca, it appears to have paid off. Not all videos created by this company are going to hit it big, but hers certainly did. I guess I shouldn't say, "hit it big", but it's definitely become a viral video. Black has had over 22 million hits to the video on YouTube and she's already been interviewed on ABC. Her song has reached Number 19 in the top 100 on iTunes. I'm not joking.

I, personally could have lived with the song, but the chorus is so odd to me that I can't stand listening to it. Not the chorus lyrics, but the sound of her voice when she belts out "Friday!" really sends chills up my spine. Not good chills, bad chills. She doesn't sound bad at all during the rest of the song. Before you send me hate mail about my ability to "live with" the song, you have to understand that with three young children I spend my time listening to teeny boppers singing on the Disney Channel. I'm used to hearing this type of music on a daily basis. Before you watch the video, please be warned that the song will be stuck in your head no only for Friday, but the entire week.

I hope that Rebecca can use this experience and this media frenzy to her advantage. Go for your dreams, girl!