(Just to be clear, this is an art analysis.)
I would like to take the opportunity to express why the song “Friday” by Rebecca Black is perceived to be important, but in reality should not be. The story behind this horrendous music video/song is that there is a record label company that caters to rich parents with kids age 13 to 17 who want to record a music video. The end result? Rebecca Black’s song “Friday”. This song has been dubbed one of the worst songs if not the worst song in history and yet it has accumulated 26 million views on Youtube in a month and is currently the 38th most purchased song on iTunes. This is a most curious conundrum considering that there are little to no redeeming qualities to the song, the lyrics are preposterous, and Rebecca Black’s voice is so horrendous that not even auto-tuning it could save the song, yet the song is still popular. Perhaps it is because the song is so bad that we feel obliged to listen to it and share it with all our friends; perhaps it is because the lyrics are so ridiculous that we can’t help but laugh at them; maybe even, it is because we like to have something to hate on that everyone mutually accepts to be terrible. Whatever the reason, value has been assigned to this song where value should not have been placed. The song should have drifted into the unknown corners of the internet, but instead rose to the surface as a song everyone “must” hear, but no one should enjoy.
Oh, come on, it's not that terrible!
ReplyDeleteJust a bit of fluff that is not completely terribly executed by a non professional. (Even if she want to be one.) Yes, it is a vanity project. And, yes, wealth is behind this sort of opportunity. But it's not the worst thing in the world -- just think about some of those American Idol auditions. Some of those people are truly, painfully clueless about their awfulness. (I have to admit, though, that R's voice was really annoying me by the end of the song; I guess that was the auto-tuning and its plastic overtones.)
On another note, what is the point of the rapper in this song/video? What narrative role does he play? What is his connection to all the cute (generic?) tweeners in the video? I find this part of the composition the most puzzling and interesting.
Here's an interesting way to deal with this issue:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2011/mar/30/rebecca-black-paulstretch