Also go to Youtube to see the number of likes and dislikes for the official video.
For those of you unfamiliar with the name Rebecca Black, she is a grade 8 student and the latest overnight teen music sensation. Her current song and video "Friday" is among iTunes top 40 and her video has been viewed close to 40 million times on YouTube. The controversy surrounding her fame, is the negative comments and criticism she has endured. While she has conceded that she has "some talent" and uses voice enhancing technology, is her harsh treatment by some justified? Her music style is not on my playlist, but it is hard to believe that anyone could comment "You should cut yourself". I wonder what negative feedback like this does to a developing teen. This negative press will certainly translate into greater fame and monetary compensation, but at what price. Do you see her a victim of cyberbully or her and her parents as business savvy salesmen? Should there be limits on what people can post on the YouTube? Check out this link as well for a news commentary on the video (sorry couldn't embed the video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjFIzWjT5I4 Also go to Youtube to see the number of likes and dislikes for the official video.
32 Comments
Daniel Hejnar
3/23/2011 12:02:11 pm
Shes a victim of a crime she didn't commit, although personally I don't like the song she should be congratulated with the money she is making and the fame she is getting everyday. In a positive way, it sucks that people use the internet in harmful ways...
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ashes
3/24/2011 02:12:32 am
i cant believe people would actually say that !! i mean about her
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Sophie
3/24/2011 02:13:39 am
I think that all the comments that people posted are really mean and inapropriate to be posted. i agree that her song is.....well i really don't like it, i feel bad for her because those comments are really mean, to read them would be mortifying to me if i wrote the song.
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Kienna
3/24/2011 02:23:50 am
I don't think that she is a victumof it all. All the comments and all the critisumI do like her song but it's a good song for a grade 8.
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Donald
3/24/2011 02:23:57 am
IDK, because the internet is a straaaaaange place, man...
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ryan
3/24/2011 02:24:45 am
WOW thats the worst song i have ever listend to...the song just repeats it self....ahh i got it stuck in my head
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Justice
3/24/2011 02:24:55 am
Auto tuning is fun i auto tuned my voice and i can sing like miley cyrus
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ryan
3/24/2011 02:26:28 am
by the way that was me ED
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Daryka
3/24/2011 02:26:44 am
i dont paricularly like the song but its not fair that she's getting those mean comments... "go cut yourself." really!thats just really wrong,i think that it is taking it too far.
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Kyle
3/24/2011 02:27:00 am
She's not a victim, but she has to expect that there'es gonna be people out there that will hate. That's the internet hunny, get used to it!!!!
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Hannah
3/24/2011 02:27:13 am
I think that the comments were really mean that people said about her, the songs not the best but i still wouldnt leave comments like that
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ashes
3/24/2011 02:27:33 am
i think she is STRONG for getting over all the vishus comments people have left
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Ryan ET
3/24/2011 02:28:06 am
OMG! Why do people even say that? She is a mayjor target for cyber bullying! People need to step off, give her space, and just leave her alone! GEEZ! It's just a song! We have had other bad songs (NOT NAMING ANY) So just BE QUIET! Not you guys...I mean the noob tubers. And who cares if she auto-tuned?!? Miley Cyrus did once! Shaun Kingston did! So why can't she? IN CONCLUSION! To be "nice" i'm gonna say the nicest thing about her music video to show respect! :) SINCERELY: Ryan ET (Caring Person)
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Emily
3/24/2011 02:28:16 am
I think that if auto tuning was not used people might not say such harsh things. Also her video shoes such an awesome lifestyle. When her age came out people started to wonder why she would show that type of lifestyle, when she's only 13.
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Bayley
3/24/2011 02:28:19 am
I think she is an amazing singer.... She does not deserver any of the hate she is getting... people have there own opinions but the hate she is getting is just mean... if i don't like it and im not even her think of how bad she feels...
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jordon
3/24/2011 02:28:34 am
thats not nice to say stuff to people if u dont have nothing else to say then don t say nothing. what if she got under pressujre. i would not like to have been the person that sent a bad note
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Danielle
3/24/2011 02:28:44 am
Well whenever you put something on youtube you know you are gonna get nasty comments, so getting these comments shouldn't be too much of a shocker. Espescially if you come out and say i auto tuned it you are gonig to get made fun of. i think her voice is okay but her lyrics are just explaing what she is doing, it does not have any creativity to it.
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carlos
3/24/2011 02:29:28 am
wow that is so mean, there is nothing wrong with that song and i don't know why people don't like it. the people who do can destroy themselves
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ryan
3/24/2011 02:30:16 am
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha justin beiber he is the wort canadian
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Danielle
3/24/2011 02:30:49 am
but those stupid people should lay off her. the people saying those things are just jelous that that song is a big hit and she is making alot of $$$
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@#$@
3/24/2011 02:33:22 am
bad bad bad
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Luke
3/24/2011 02:41:15 am
I personally do not like this song but the comments on youtube are just their opinion. I don't like this song because it's pop music and I don't really like pop music. I didn't leave a bad comment but I did dislike the video. Because that is one of the worst songs I have ever heard.
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Alexis Dean
3/24/2011 02:42:48 am
Rebecca isn't the best singer but she isn't the worst. Sure she's not that good but really people shouldn't be that mean. She is only 13, right? What if you were singing and got told "hey you suck, go die"? You wouldnt feel to good about it...
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!@#$%^& RB
3/24/2011 02:55:56 am
i really love this song but i do understand why some people hate it cuz it is auto tuned so much but i still cant get over the fact of peop-le saying such mean things to her like "go cut your self" i meen how can a person be so mean to another person.
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Mr. C
3/24/2011 08:43:28 pm
My thanks to Bayley for emailing links to the above two videos. I am always inspired when we can make real connections in learning.
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Mr C
3/24/2011 08:46:21 pm
Thanks for the great comments. I woke up this morning and guess what song was in my head....have a good Friday Friday, got to get down on Friday.
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nelson
3/28/2011 09:38:02 am
im not too too fond of her song because she has too many lyrics that are obvious for example "thursday before friday" like really people this is the easiest song to put together in the history of humanity.?!?!?!
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Mr C
5/11/2011 09:56:44 am
Some info make you think...
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Cassie
9/6/2011 10:26:53 am
Look just because you think she is horrible doesn't mean the world has to know it. Everything is opinion and although I don't care for it doesn't mean i should tell her to die. She was just a girl looking to make a name of herself, and even though she should have known that when you post something on youtube your going to get people saying they hate does not make an exception for most people to say what they did. So remember next time you say thing as harsh as you did what if it was you?
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Jake.L
11/17/2011 09:16:17 am
The people who commented on her videos and things like that are just making it easier for her to get more popular because their are still people watching it because they think it's funny.
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Tara&Allie&TaylorKing&Haleigh:)
12/21/2011 10:12:28 pm
We all enjoyed the Lego video, so we suggest you to add it to the page:)
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