Gabriella Ferlita
You don’t need to have the world’s best memory to recall that Rebecca Black made perhaps one of the ‘worst songs of all time’.
Being the voice behind the 2011 viral hit 'Friday', the then-13-year-old was subjected to some pretty hefty online trolling for the song’s use of some pretty drab lyrics like ‘gotta get down to the bus stop / gotta get my bus / I see my friends’ and questionable autotuning.
I’ll spare you from the song’s chorus (you’re welcome), as the song is undoubtedly quite the earworm, which lends itself to the fact the track racked up more than 150 million views worldwide with the track on YouTube.
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Katy Perry fans might recall the singer making a pretty clever cameo performance in Perry’s music video for the single ‘Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)’ the same year.
The music video sees Black convincing Perry to come with her to a house party and giving the ‘Dark Horse’ singer a makeover. I mean, what better way to launch a single about a Friday night party than to invite the ‘Friday’ queen into the mix?
Nonetheless, the now-25-year-old has been on a one-way path to clearing her name free of all associations from her former viral pop-culture rise to fame.
Ten years on from her sophomore release, Black launched a six-track ‘hyperpop’ album titled ‘Rebecca Black Was Here’, in which her 1.5 million YouTube subscribers dived straight into last year.
More recently, though, the RIAA certified Gold-selling star has sold out all tickets to her debut US tour, while her first release in 10 years ‘Rebecca Black Was Here’ was nominated for Best Self-Released Record of the Year at A2IM’s Liberia Awards.
Not too shabby for the artist behind such an unpopular debut track.
This May, the Rebecca travelled across the pond to bring her highly sought-after tour to fans in the UK and Europe after hitting up Coachella for a stellar performance in April.
Her latest music collaborations include ‘Yoga’ with bbno$, ‘heart2’ with Umru & Petal Supply, and a feature on ‘New Moon’, an updated MØ remix which exudes all the glamour and sexiness of an 80s dance track with a Charli XCX-style chorus. It really is *chef’s kiss*.
Let’s face it, we’ve all made mistakes in our teen years, but Rebecca Black’s current work couldn’t be further from her past - and we’re totally here for it.