{"id":234609,"date":"2021-04-23T23:14:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T20:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/friday-singer-rebecca-black-reflects-on-surviving-internet-infamy\/"},"modified":"2021-04-23T23:14:20","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T20:14:20","slug":"friday-singer-rebecca-black-reflects-on-surviving-internet-infamy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/friday-singer-rebecca-black-reflects-on-surviving-internet-infamy\/","title":{"rendered":"#’Friday’ singer Rebecca Black reflects on surviving internet infamy"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#’Friday’ singer Rebecca Black reflects on surviving internet infamy<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Rebecca Black was only 13 when her infectious song \u201cFriday\u201d blew up the internet. A decade on, the now-23-year-old singer reflected on her breakout moment \u2014 plus the memes, remixes and negative fallout that followed.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy world changed in a lot of ways,\u201d Black told The Post of her tumultuous 10 years. \u201cIt was exciting, overwhelming and a little insane.\u201d<\/p>\n

When \u201cFriday\u201d first dropped in 2011, the pre-teen party anthem garnered more than 166 million YouTube<\/a> hits in several months and even landed the adolescent an app<\/a>earance on Jay Leno\u2019s \u201cThe Tonight Show.\u201d Fellow teeny tuners tried to cash in on her success with similarly catchy ditties, including Nicole Westbrook\u2019s \u201cIt\u2019s Thanksgiving\u201d<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cChinese Food\u201d by Alison Gold.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people around me trying to capitalize,\u201d exclaimed the unexpected celebrity, \u201cand all of a sudden there were so many things that were brought into my life that were very adult.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Teen pop singer Rebecca Black poses for a portrait in 2011 in Los Angeles.<\/figcaption>
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Unfortunately, the young star\u2019s newfound fame had a dark side: Detractors tore into the budding starlet over everything from her appearance to her voice.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe criticisms were too inappropriate to say to somebody\u2019s face, especially a child,\u201d Black lamented to The Post. <\/p>\n

The bullying got so bad that Black\u00a0received death threats<\/a> and\u00a0chose to be home-schooled\u00a0to escape the taunts.<\/p>\n

And while Black continued to release songs \u2014 including the viral hits \u201cMy Moment\u201d (2011), \u201cSing It\u201d and \u201cIn Your Words (both in 2012) \u2014 she felt like something had to change.<\/p>\n

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Rebecca Black arrives to the \u201cProm\u201d world premiere at the El Capitan Theatre on April 21, 2011 in Hollywood, California. <\/figcaption>
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\u201cI was trying to figure out who I was, and what I had to say at all,\u201d said Black of her elevation. \u201cBut I needed a shift to feel like I had control.\u201d<\/p>\n

That meant starting a YouTube channel<\/a>, which, along with providing a home for her songs, featured behind-the-scenes snippets from the singer\u2019s life. It currently boasts more than 1.4 million subscribers. <\/p>\n

Black used her new platform to speak candidly about the depression she had experienced since the age of 15.<\/p>\n

\u201cTherapy\u2019s been a huge part of my mental-health experience,\u201d the influencer told The Post. \u201cI\u2019ve tried to use my platform as a place for people to not only feel less alone but feel like they could see what could happen on [the] other side.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rebecca Black performs during the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards broadcast on April 8, 2021. <\/figcaption>
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Black\u2019s music evolved as well, going from milquetoast party tunes to songs \u201cthat were directly reflective of my life,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The star\u2019s upcoming tracks \u201cGirlfriend\u201d and \u201cPersonal\u201d delve into her relationships with other women \u2014 a subject she first spoke openly about in 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Despite her transformation, Black admits she owes everything to \u201cFriday.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Ten years later, it seems that Rebecca Black is finally at peace with fame.<\/figcaption>
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In February, the star celebrated her breakout hit\u2019s 11th anniversary with a hyper-pop remix featuring rapper Big Freedia and other giant stars.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was basically taking the knob of \u2018Friday\u2019 and cranking it to the extreme,\u201d gushed Black of the reboot, whose video currently boasts more than 2.5 million views. <\/p>\n

Reflecting on her breakout hit, Black said: \u201cPeople have found a new way to communicate through the internet, and I think \u2018Friday\u2019 is kind of an important part of it.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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