Rebecca Black Shares How 2 A-List Stars Helped Her Amid Mockery Over 'Friday'
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The 2011 song unwittingly made Black a punching bag for millions of social media users when she was 13 years old.
Rebecca Black will never forget being “the butt of a joke” — or Lady Gaga coming to her defense.
The singer-songwriter was only a teenager when her debut single “Friday” was released in 2011 to viral and widespread mockery on social media, but she recalled a genuine vibe shift after her biggest idol at the time came to her defense.
“It was so special,” she told Mythical Kitchen in an interview Tuesday. “And it’s only meant more to me, I think, as I’ve kind of gone throughout my career and have tried to navigate this entire process. I mean, at the time, it was such a crazy experience to be a 13-year-old.”
“Friday,” a pop song about a teenager anticipating the end of her school week, was written and produced for Black by record label ARK Music Factory as a gift from her mother. But it was torched upon release for its basic lyrics and shoddily directed music video during the nascent days of YouTube and social media, which she said Tuesday “can be slightly crushing as a kid.”
The song unwittingly made Black a punching bag until Lady Gaga herself decried the backlash.
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