Posts posted by Jimmie
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Edited by JAMSHA
The Rebecca Black Phenomenon
The Rebecca Black PhenomenonBy Kevin Allocca 5:50 PM | Mar 14, 2011 | Categories: Music , Viral
Last Friday, an unknown singer named Rebecca Black began a sudden upward trajectory that would catapult her into what's become one of the biggest viral phenomena of the moment. Her video for the song "Friday," was picked up by pop culture blogs on Friday and spread quickly across the weekend. "Rebecca Black" has been a trending topic on Twitter since last evening.
Up until last Thursday, the clip had drawn just over one thousand views. The video, which was posted Feb 10, now has over 2 million views and was seen over 1.3 million times yesterday alone:
Partly attributable to the sudden rise were postings by some influential tweeters on Friday who helped spread the music video. MST3K comedian Michael J. Nelson was among them and wrote, "Let this be on your lips as you head into the weekend (it also answer the ? 'what's the worst video ever made?')"
There was a similar tone taken by the pop culture sites that picked it up that day. Collectively, the video and song have become the target of jokes, criticism, and confusion on a massive viral level.
In fact, the single has inspired a number of tongue-in-cheek, parody covers ranging from pianos and banjos to a Bob Dylan imitation. We've put together a playlist below.
-
-
Not in a million! She will be the first female artist to have all 4 singles from an album to go #1 since Mariah (1990-1991)! Astonishing but far from being biggest female star of US!
"Biggest since" Katy is a mega star in the USA. Her singles sell in the bucket load. More number 1s than Lady Gaga :o
-
-
-
-
-
-
CODE ALOUD | Results
in Girls Aloud
Exactly, look at Biology - no chorus for 2 minutes. Labels would think that is crazy these days considering choruses are usually the most important part of a pop song but Girls Aloud and their label took the risk and look at what paid off. Pop classic.
The Show is another example. It breaks the mold of conventional verse - Chorus formula and threw that out of the window creating a masterpiece of a pop song that shouldn't really work but does.