Mike's Blog Experiment: 04/15/11

Today is Friday April 15th. Yesterday was Thursday, Thursday.

On Friday March 11, 2011, Rebecca Black's viral song and video had only 3,770 hits on YouTube.

A mere five Fridays later this video has surpassed 100 million views!

Official YouTube Video Just Before It Went Viral

The tune is catchy, but I believe it is the absurd lyrics that skyrocketed this one to fame. Let's take a look at some of those lyrics...

"7am, waking up in the morning
Gotta be fresh, gotta go downstairs
Gotta have my bowl, gotta have cereal"

"Fun, fun, think about fun
You know what it is
I got this, you got this
My friend is by my right
I got this, you got this
Now you know it"

Huh?? If that wasn't crazy enough, it goes on to give us an autotuned lesson in the days of the week...

"Yesterday was Thursday, Thursday
Today i-is Friday, Friday

...
Tomorrow is Saturday
And Sunday comes after...wards"

View the full lyrics to Friday here


Rebecca Black

So Who Is Rebecca Black and How Did She Get Discovered?

Rebecca Black is a 13 year old from California. Rebecca's friend, Alana Lee, told Rebecca about a song and video she had recorded with Ark Music Factory. Rebecca's mom paid Ark Music Factory around $4,000 to record the song Friday and produce the video. Ark subsidizes the cost of the the production, but retains a portion of the publishing rights.

Rebecca now has her own website: rebeccablackonline.com

The rapper in the video is Ark Music Factory owner and co-writer of the song Friday, Patrice Wilson.

Patrice Wilson

This massively popular video has spawned many parodies...

Conan O'Brien did a parody called "Thursday".

Even Darth Vader has a parody. You can view it here.


Darth Vader "wakin up in the morning"

I've saved the very, very best parody for last.

This is much better than the original and I have watched it many times.

Stephen Colbert Performing Friday on the Jimmy Fallon Show

You can also watch the rehearsal here.