In this day and age it seems the way to get the public’s attention is by outrageous songs, events, or videos.  This is why it was no wonder that 13-year-old Rebecca Black’s first single “Friday” went viral only after two days.

“Friday” was produced by Ark Music Factory.  Ark will charge some sum of money to write, produce, and shoot a music video for your song.  Ms. Black is not the first to have this done, but the first to turnover a hit over night.

Comedy Central’s “Tosh.0”, hosted by comedian Daniel Tosh, aried a clip of Black’s music video ridiculing it as “the worst song ever.”  This started a chain reaction of YouTube video hits that crested 12.4 million views in three days.

Despite the popularity, the gossip of the song has not been based upon the enjoyment of the song, but tearing the song apart.  Thousands of comments have poured in all saying one thing: this is the worst song ever made.  Despite the extreme ridicule of the song, after its fourth day of debut, “Friday” reached to the top 50 charts on iTunes, beating out even teen sensation Justin Bieber.

To analyze what makes this song the worst song ever created, there is a need to look at several aspects.  The first thing that almost everyone can agree on is Black does not actually sing well.  Many YouTube users who commented on the video refer to her voice as “nasally” and “hard to listen to”. 

Another aspect is the lyrics themselves; they seem quite trivial and unimportant.  The lyrics are quite easy to laugh at because they are simply stupid.

As for Black, she stated on Good Morning America that despite the bad reaction it is a “dream come true”.  She did not expect that her song would be so widely talked about, whether good or bad.  Not to say this has been all a happy experience.  Black told Good Morning America that whenever she first begun to read such hateful comments she begun to cry.  But since then, she has gotten past the initial hatred she read from views around the world.

This song is just an example of the most effective way to get this generation’s attention.  Whether the song was good or bad, it grabbed everyone’s attention and had everyone talking about Rebecca Black in a matter of days. 

Was the song truly that bad? 

Yes, it was a very poorly sung and written song. 

Should we put Black under such harsh scrutiny? 

No. I do not believe her plan was to become famous through this. 

Did she know it would go viral? 

No, she did not.

Some of the comments posted on her video on YouTube have been especially hateful and mean.  It is awful to judge her based upon this song since she did not even write it. 

Good Morning America asked her if she thought she was the best singer and her response was ” I do not think that I am the best singer, but I do think I can sing well.”

We should not treat her as harshly as we have.  Give her another month or two and we may not even remember who Rebecca Black is because something will replace her.