" Friday " is a song by American singer Rebecca Black, written and produced by Los Angeles recording producers Clarence Jey and Patrice Wilson. The album was released by ARK Music Factory as Black debut single on March 14, 2011. The song features rap lyrics from Wilson, who have no value on this single. The music video suddenly jumped from the hits after Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax comedian Michael J. Nelson called it "the worst video ever made" on Twitter and the song was featured on Tosh.0 blog. The reception of the song was very negative.
The original video was removed from YouTube on June 16, 2011, due to legal dispute between ARK Music and Black itself. At that time, it has garnered over 166 million views. and 3.2 million "dislikes" (88% of total ratings) of YouTube users. The video was uploaded to YouTube again on September 16, 2011 and currently has over 3.1 million "dislikes" in March 2018 (79% of total ratings), making it the 6th least liked video on YouTube. Since the growth in popularity of songs and videos, there have been many videos and parody remedies. Forbes stated that the notoriety of the song is another sign of the power of social media - especially Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr, in this case - in the ability to create "overnight sensations."
Video Friday (Rebecca Black song)
Background and production
Co-author of "Friday" Patrice Wilson, a worker at Ark Music Factory, explained that she wrote the lyrics "on Thursday night entering Friday.I'm writing different songs all night and like, 'Wow, I've been a long time and it Friday.'And I'm like, wow, it's Friday! '
An Ark Music Factory client told Black's mother about the company's production service at the end of 2010; Black was 13 at the time, and lived in Anaheim Hills, California. Black's mother, Georgina Kelly, paid Ark Music $ 4,000 for the songs and accompanying videos, including a choice of two previously written songs. According to Kelly, the payment includes half or less of the cost of producing the music video, and the Black family can not pay anything in return for giving up all rights to the song. Black chose "Friday", because "the other song is about adult love - I have not experienced it, I feel it is my personality in the song." Ark Music extensively uses Auto-Tune tone correction software. Although Kelly has doubts about the quality of the lyrics, Black assures her that "I sing it when they write it, Mom."
Maps Friday (Rebecca Black song)
Composition
"Friday" uses the development of the 50's, the I-VI-IV-V chord that is widely used by popular songs like "Heart and Soul" and "Unchained Melody". This is done in B major key at 112 beats per minute. According to Randy Lewis of the Los Angeles Times , a known structure contributes to the catchiness of the song, making it what others call the earworm. The song also sees Black on the harmony track. In a review for Rolling Stone, author Matthew Perpetua described the vocals as having a "strange sounding voice that inadvertently highlighted the absurdity of pop boiler lyrics," adding that the tone in the chorus sounds unlike anything in pop music. "He noted that the sound was not entirely pleasant to hear, but declared that Black finally ended" sounds like a different singer with some kind of anti-charisma. "The lyrics of the song speak of" hanging out with friends and having fun, happy. "Paul Asay of Plugged In noted that the lyrics reflect the day-to-day incident, in teenage life like Black, like eating breakfast and going to school." He is happy because Friday. Which means a full weekend is likely to wait, "he concluded.
Critical reception
This song has received almost universal negative reviews from music critics, for songwriting, instrumentation, Black song sound, and video choreography. Lyndsey Parker from Yahoo! Music asked if it could be "the worst song ever." On March 29, 2011, the album surpassed Justin Bieber's "Baby" as the most disliked YouTube video, with 1.17 million dislikes, and had more than 3 million "dislikes", accounting for 88% of the total video ratings. The video was later removed, although it has been officially re-uploaded. Co-writer and producer of "Friday", Clarence Jey, said of the song "a concept that we think appears to have passed many limits, for better or worse." Observers call it "weird," "incompetent," and "very scary." The song and Black themselves "hooked" on social networking on the Internet, while being seen as "laughs watched by YouTube." On YouTube, the video meets with negative comments and video responses, including comments that are interpreted as "violent". Kevin Rutherford, a columnist for Billboard magazine, writes, "The Black Video for 'Friday' is one of the rare occasions where even the most experienced Internet culture critic does not know where to start From the live singing of Auto-Tuned hell to lyrics like ' Tomorrow is Saturday/And Sunday coming afterwards/I do not want the weekend to end 'and the rap is festive about passing the school bus,' Friday 'is something to be seen and heard to be fully appreciated. "Many other reviewers also chose the lyrics specifically for criticism , which is described as "too simple and repetitive" by TNT Magazine. Jim Edwards of BNET and Doug Gross of CNN both noted that rap breaks from the much older rapper were "creepy." Time ranked number two on the "Top 10 Songs with Silly Lyrics."
Despite the very negative reviews, some reviewers have positive things to say about songs and videos. Entertainment Weekly author Joseph Lynch notes that there is "something embarrassing about this song that makes you come back to watch more." Rolling Stone ' s Perpetua states, "When you see this video, you immediately realize that it's all' wrong ', but there really is a lot about pop music, if not intentionally." Okay! The magazine also noted that "there is a calling 13-year-old singer signed by Justin Bieber next." After watching the video, singer Chris Brown said: "Honest opinion is great, I will be jammin 'for it on Friday, Friday. ." Fellow teen singer Miley Cyrus denied that she had criticized Black, saying "I am my fan" and that she sang "Friday" while driving. Simon Cowell praises Black, saying "I love him [and] the fact that he gets so much publicity... People are very annoyed about the song, but I think it's hysterical. [...] Anyone who can make a lot of this controversy in weeks , I want to meet I like people like that. "He observes that" any song related to the weekend annoys you, it reminds me of 'Saturday Night'... This is what we call the 'hair dryer', ' a girl sings a song to their hairdryer as they get ready to get out, but the fact that it makes people so angry is brilliant. "Cowell advises Black not to" listen to anyone over the age of 18. I am very serious, no matter what he does, whether you like it or not, he is the most talked about artist in America today.No one more than 18 should understand him or he yukai. So he has to do it his own way. "
Patrice Wilson released her sequel for the song "Friday" on May 6, 2012, entitled "Happy", focusing on Saturday. Rebecca Black released her own sequel, titled "Saturday", in December 2013.
Performance chart
On March 21, 2011, the "Friday" music video has been viewed over 30 million times on YouTube. Forbes predicted that on that date Black and ARK Music had earned $ 20,000 from YouTube's revenue-sharing program, and Billboard predicted iTunes sales of 43,000 copies, roughly equivalent to $ 26,700 in royalties. In the week after it was released on iTunes, it has jumped to 19 on their sales charts, on March 19, 2011. "Friday" debuted on the US Hot Digital Songs chart at number 57 and went on to peak at number 38. "Friday" debuted at New Zealand Singles Chart at number 33 on March 21, 2011. The song enters Billboard Hot 100 at number 72 and rises to 58 next week. It sold 87,000 copies in the United States for the first two weeks and has sold 442,000 copies, by December 2013. The song also received airplay in Sweden. In the United States, it is played 12 times from March 16 to 22, considered low for the song Hot 100 . Despite the strong performance of the song elsewhere, Georgina Kelly stated at the end of March 2011 that her daughter did not receive money from the song sales to that point of time, saying "We have not received a penny from anywhere."
Music video
Development and summary
The concept for music videos is based on the lyrics and presented as a typical Friday for Black. He wakes up and goes to school, meets his friends on the street. At night, after debating whether to sit in front or behind the convertible, Black and his friends drive to the party at 7:45 pm. Patrice Wilson appeared near the end of the song to deliver a short rap. The video was taken on January 6, 2011 at Black's father's house with friends and family in addition, and takes several times over 12 hours. Some of the additions have become stars in their own right; his friends Benni Cinkle, Amanda Cooper and Hayley Grodt. Ark Music, according to Black's parents, warned them and he that they should not expect him to be famous. Black hopes his friends and family enjoy watching videos on YouTube and that might help him to start a singing career.
Reception
The video was posted on February 10, 2011 and received 4,000 views, enough to please Black, before comedian Twitter account Michael J. Nelson and a blog post Tosh.0 , "Songwriting Not for Everyone" drew attention on March 11, 2011, turning the video into a viral hit. Critics of song lyrics, the use of Auto-Tune on Black vocals, as well as video content also caused it to be viral. On May 9, 2011, the comments became subject to prior approval for the post. Two days later, comments are disabled and archives deleted. As of June 15, 2011, the video has over 166 million views, and 3.2 million "dislikes" from YouTube users compared to just 454,000 "likes". It also culminated in the top 20 most watched YouTube videos of all time.
After reading the rough reviews of "Friday", Black said that "the painful comment really surprised me." Ark Music offered to take a video from YouTube, but Black rejected the offer, saying that he did not want to "give the haters the satisfaction that they made me so bad, I gave up." Black's father had accompanied him in public in case of accident. In response to criticism over the significant use of the Auto-Tune song, Black performed an acoustic version during an interview with ABC News, which resulted in over 180,000 dislikes on YouTube (84% of the total ranking) in November 2011. Then in an interview with Black mother, Kelly, that he's "upset and irritated" after Black sheds a tear by comments, such as "I hope you cut yourself and die" and "I hope you cut yourself and get an eating disorder so you'll look beautiful." Black says, however, that soon he was able to ignore the comment, and asked Justin Bieber, his idol, to do a duet with him. Although Bieber has not released an official announcement about the offer, he posted on Twitter "Sunday comes after Saturday? Strange." Bieber then sang part of the choir at one of his concerts. Rolling Stone Perpetua once again praised Black after the interview and said, "He's actually a pretty good singer. [...] He's really a lover. [...] Black comes as a well - a corrupt child, happy and grateful. He also showed Black's intent to donate a portion of the profits from the song to the school art program and relief efforts in Japan after the 2011 T-hsu earthquake and tsunami. Benni Cinkle, known as "the girl in pink" and appeared during the second verse of video, released his own song titled "Can You See Me Now" and created the anti-bullying organization (That Girl In Pink Foundation) due to the negative response he got from "Friday".
The video for "Friday" is then placed at number one on the NME list "50 Worst Music Videos".
Controversy
Shortly after the video "Friday" became viral on YouTube, Black and his mother, Georgina Kelly, went into legal trouble with Ark Music over the rights to the song. In a March 29, 2011 letter from Kelly's lawyer to Ark Music, it was alleged that Ark Music failed to meet the terms of their November 2010 agreement by not providing their recorded songs and videos, claiming Black as an exclusive signed to the label, and by exploiting songs without permission - , sell "Friday" ringtones. While Wilson states that Kelly "will get a master and a song... [t] hey can have it", and agrees that Black is not exclusive to Ark, his lawyer claims that Ark owns the copyright for the song and the November agreement is invalid. In June 2011, Ark Music Factory began charging $ 2.99 to watch music videos on YouTube. Black's initial response was via a message through his Twitter account saying: "Thanks to all the messages regarding the $ 2.99 fee added to Friday's video, I have nothing to do with this !!"
On June 16, 2011, YouTube removed the official video for "Friday". Instead of a message where the video reads: "This video is no longer available because of a copyright claim by Rebecca Black. Sorry about that." A spokeswoman for Rebecca Black said her legal team had asked YouTube to take the video because of an ongoing legal dispute with music producer Ark Music Factory. Ark Music Factory responded by saying disappointed that Black decided to withdraw his video from YouTube even though both parties were "negotiating with good intentions". He added: "There is already an ongoing and open dialogue with our company, so we are blind to get a 'Take Down Notice' alleging copyright infringement, not a call or e-mail from Rebecca's representative.Our usage of this video has been fully authorized (evidenced by four months without interruption and 160 million-plus view without objection) by Ms. Black and the copyright holder.Whatever it is, we will continue to take the high road and resolve complaints as soon as possible, so that millions of people watch Friday for free every day can continue to enjoy the video. "On September 16, 2011, the video was restored to YouTube, on Black's official channel.
The cover version and popular culture
Glee Cover Cast
The cover version was released by the second season cast of the Glee TV series. The cast performs it on the show as well. The official release features members of Puck (Mark Salling), Artie (Kevin McHale) and Sam (Chord Overstreet) on vocals, as part of a prom celebration on the prom Queen episode that airs on May 10, 2011. Series co-creator Ryan Murphy explains to The Hollywood Reporter the use of the viral hit as a tribute to popular culture. He said: "There are rules for that which are described in the show." Glee Club was hired to perform a song for the prom and they were told by the principal to please perform the popular songs that the kids knew. " Murphy noted that the cover of Glee ' s "Friday" offers a different choice because it is sung by men for other 17-year-olds. This show rewards pop culture and, like or hate, it is pop culture. "
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Other versions and performances
On April 1, 2011, "Friday" was performed by Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Taylor Hicks and The Roots on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. The New York Knicks City Dancers joined. Jimmy Fallon released "Friday" as part of his Warner Records 2012 album, Blow Your Pants Off , featuring high profile acts like Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen. The album won Best Comedy Album at the Grammy Awards 2013.
The song has also been included in the recording by Richard Cheese, and lives in concert by Todd Rundgren, Odd Future, Nick Jonas, and Justin Bieber. Singer Katy Perry performed the song on selected dates during her California Dreams Tour , including at Rod Laver Arena, Newcastle Entertainment Center, TD Park, Canada Water Center and 1Bank Center. During the 5th August concert at the Nokia Theater L.A. Live, Rebecca Black joins Perry on stage, performing the song as a duet.
Many "Friday" parodies have been uploaded to YouTube and become viral on their own right. Conan O'Brien and Andy Richter also made a joint parody titled "Thursday" at the Conan event on TBS. The YouTube Bad Lip Reading phenomenon was launched when anonymous music and video producers changed the audio to "Friday" videos with new music and lyrics about gang fighting. "Gang Fight", released in March 2011, grabbed Bad Lip Read a million hits and thousands of subscribers, with many spoofs coming soon.
Black appears as himself in Katy Perry's single music video "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)". She appears as the host of a party in the next house that is "Kathy Beth Terry". At the end of the video, "Terry" tries to blame the excesses of the party (which later moved into his own home) in Black, only to his parents (Corey Feldman and Debbie Gibson) to disbelieve.
ARK Music Factory launched the "Ark TGI Friday Covers" project, featuring a cover version of "Friday" by famous artists along with other user-submitted tributes, back to work, and a parody of the song/video and inviting users to submit their versions. to deliver via the Ark Music Factory site. In November 2012, several outlets suggested that Nicole Westbrook was "the new Rebecca Black", at the launch of Patrice Wilson's "It's Thanksgiving". Kohl Department Stores uses a modified version of the song as a jingle ad Black Friday 2011. Hook "This Friday, Friday, should be down on Friday" changed to "It's Black Friday, Black Friday, Must go to Kohl on Black Friday".
Black made his national television debut by performing a mash-up of the song along with his second single, "My Moment", on the eve of America's Got Talent for a special YouTube round on August 10, 2011. This round featured a variety of actions has auditioned via YouTube. Rebecca Black sang an acoustic version of the song at Good Morning America . Rebecca performs Friday together with "My Moment", lives in Suncorp Place, Sydney as part of the launch of Telstra's LTE 4G network. She also sang "Friday" live on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
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References
External links
- "Friday" on YouTube
- Eriq Gardner, "Rebecca Black's 'Friday' Taken Off YouTube (Analysis)", The Hollywood Reporter , June 17, 2011. Legal explanation for removal.
- Derived from tweet by @michaeljnelson, March 11, 2011
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