Teen Girl Rakes in $40K With Insane 'Friday' Song
Yesterday was Thursday, Thursday Today i-is Friday, Friday (Partyin’) We-we-we so excited We so excited We gonna have a ball today
Judging that, at the time of this writing, Rebecca Black's "Friday" music video has nearly 50 million views -- that's simply staggering.
The video may make even less sense than the lyrics (though, I can't argue with the fact that "Tomorrow is Saturday…And Sunday comes after...wards"), but her video's gone viral and it's been making lots of money.
This 13-year-old girl's parents bought her a pop star at Ark Music Factory, a studio that specializes in ready-made pop songs for tweens. Whatever they're doing there with their auto tuners and video producers – and perhaps even song writers – they've struck gold.
The YouTube ad views coupled with iTunes download have pushed Ms. Black's efforts to a sum of $40,000, according to the New York Times.
Like it or not, Rebecca Black's song has made its mark on pop culture. After all, It’s Friday, Friday.
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What happened to good music? People will listen to anything with a good beat now-a-days even if the lyrics don't make sense.
this song is so DUMB that its hilarious. Like the lyrics are garbage! hahaha.
Welcome to the future of music, lol
Welcome to the future of music, lol
If it's the future of music it's because people are paying attention to it lol
Even though the lyrics are so bad, it's catchy as hell. That's the difference between a crappy song that no one cares about and a crappy song that gets 50 million views.
I can't handle that voice... It hurts my ears, combine that with the STUPID lyrics and this is just painful.
Why Tomshardware... why!
This is a much better version of that video: http://www.viddler.com/explore/thechive/videos/407/
Devin Connors
Tom's Guide
This is just awful. Just. Awful.
"well...I'm glad she knows the days of the week"
- my girlfriend
Not much else can be said that is positive about that song, Who wants to pitch on an auto-tuned toms hardware rap with me?
"One of the wonders of the world is going down
It's going down I know
It's one of the blunders of the world that no-one cares
No-one cares enough" - The Sound of Muzak, Porcupine Tree
had to pause the video @0:50, couldn't listen any more
New JB LOL!
I have never wished cancer on a person....until i was finished watching that.
I have never wished cancer on a person....until i was finished watching that.
You're a badass, wishing cancer on a 13-year old girl. Keep it classy, guy.
That was the worst piece of crap I've heard in a year... which is really quite sad, because I actually heard something worse. Thankfully I've got a mental block on the song and artist.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw8IEd3LDzg
This cover doesn't sound too bad. Have a listen
i've tried for 2 days (not very hard, mind you) to watch this, but, being in Germany, "this video isn't available in your country" ...and i refuse to watch rip-offs and dubs and such before watching the real thing.
thanks youtube for not allowing me access to this meme...
Feeling nauseous after watching 30 seconds of that.
Welcome to the future of music, lol
you didn't really think your comment through much did you?
this isn't the future of music , it is the history of music as well , 90% of music that ever made it onto any charts was total utterly stupid crap .
all you have to do to understand this fact is look though a history film on modern popular music.
the internet is actualy a godsend to music in general , sure ocassionaly something really stupid gets popular , but in general the internet has allowed people to break outside of what the "industry" want to push down thier throats, not to forget it has done wanders , for musicains that would have otherwise never ben heard of , just becasue they didn't kiss the right butt cheek or smoke the right pole .
and if the occasional stup[id pop song gets popular , i think it a great price to pay. after all when the industry was force feeding everyone what they wanted to sell , they often force fed us far greater number of stupid sh-- songs , than what gets popular off the web.
Congrats to that girl. Now she has a little money to use for college....where there are more parties.
How I miss the times I listened to bands like AC/DC, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Bad Religion in my TV... Not c*** like this...a female version of Justin Bieber... =(
Please save the music!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw8IEd3LDzgThis cover doesn't sound too bad. Have a listen
GREAT cover
what the fuck does a 13 yo know about partying? unless she's a slut in the making. i don't approve of this music.
Damn you Tosh.0 blog, damn you to hell for making this popular! I find it funny how people assume other people really like this song due to the number of views. It is because it sucks so bad, thats why it is popular. Jay Leno, I'm looking at you.
Well, she is 13. How deep do you expect her lyrics to be?
The lyrics were so bad I found them funny. If all she has to do is show up and sing bad lyrics then there is nothing to be impressed with here (well she sings better than me, but then so did my cat when I accidentally stepped on her paw this morning). If she had to do more then maybe, maybe she has some talent. Either way Kudos to her. Her video is making more money than my stocks this year... 
Kickin’ in the front seat
Sittin’ in the back seat
Gotta make my mind up
Which seat can I take?
That's some songwriting right there.. it's getting linked like the old Rick Astley video once was.
It does beg the question, which seat she decide on?
This is by far the best version,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwvdxV26q8I
Too bad it's full of auto-tune.
What's funny is that people call the lyrics "trash" or not "deep", yet this song as been written by none other then Bob Dylan himself (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FISHEO3gsM) and he's considered a "Master" poet! lol!!!!
This is by far the best version,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwvdxV26q8I
listen to the real song first, cant stop loling now
OMG, how lame.