Rebecca Black released her viral song on Friday in 2011 that prompted her to get rid of it extensively as a pre-teen.
But on Wednesday the 23-year-old singer paid homage to that moment in her life while disregarding a new remix with Big Freedia, 3OH! 3, and Dorian Electra as well as a new future video.
Marking the important event ahead of the news she wrote, ‘this week FRIDAY turns 10 AND has gone GOLD. has been cooking a very special remix with some iconic people. ‘
10 years: Rebecca Black, 23, is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of ‘Friday’ viral hitting with a new remix and upcoming music video after she opened last year about the bullying she suffered when the song was released in 2011
The video shows nods to the original video where it is seen recreating that image-adjustable drive scene – with rotation.
The blue artist now showed off her modern edgy figure as she rocked a faux leather leotard with studs while driving with the gold cloak in her passenger seat.
The three-minute song features scenes from her bedroom before a car flies high in the skies with a series of characters – some animated and some not.
Her voice is raised and the pitch is elevated to make it more of a lame electronic banger.
With a twist: Black’s voice is spun up with the raised pitch to bring electro boppy into the teens’ bop
Teenager’s Dream: The three-minute video has scenes from her bedroom as a nod to the old video where accents like bows, corn bowls and makeup are climbed about as she prepares
Driving scene: In the original video she was driving in turn with friends as she chose to recreate for the video with version
When Black first released the song at the age of 13 she received a backlash for the teenage hymn, after it emerged that her mother paid $ 2,000 to access the pre-recorded song, with the money as well. covering the cost of the video shoot.
The song went viral for being ‘bad’ and was ridiculed by comedians and the public, although some would call it ‘sicklyly catchy,’ and it made her star overnight.
Just three months after its release the video had gathered over a 166M view on YouTube, but most of the engagement was as negative as it was at one point 3M ‘don’t like’.
Black spoke out months after the song’s release and told the Daily Beast, ‘Those painful comments really surprised me. At times, it feels like I’m being bullied online. ‘
Gone gold: Black revealed before the song was released that it had gone gold
Higher Production Value: When the song was released in 2010 her mother had ripped the song and covered the cost of burning the video by $ 2,000
Pushing forward: She has been honest about the bullying she has suffered over the years in several interviews, most recently sharing more in February last year when the song turned nine
Her record label Ark Music offered to remove the video but Black said she did not want to satisfy the ‘haters’, instead saying’ I want to show people that there is more to me than there is thinking. ‘
She followed a career in music, releasing Saturday in 2013 and a RE / BL record in 2017.
Sharing more about the ordeal she suffered as a teenager, she wrote an honest Instagram title on the ninth anniversary of the track in February last year.
above all, I just wish I could go back and talk to my 13 year old self who was terrified of herself and terrified of the world. to my 15 year old self who felt like she didn’t want anyone to talk about the depression she was facing.
for a 17 – year – old who would only arrive at school to throw food at herself and her friends. to my own 19 year old who had almost every producer / songwriter tell me they would never work with me, ‘she wrote.
Sad years: She shared that she was bullied for almost all of her teens on Friday, with depression, and doors closing her face as she tried to pursue a career after for the song to be an overnight star
New page: ‘you are not defined by one option or thing. time is healing and nothing is over, ‘she wrote as she reflected on her career after the viral strike in February last year; February 2020
‘you are not defined by one choice or thing. time is healing and nothing is over, ‘she concluded.
Speaking about her re-release of the hymn in Wednesday remix format she told TMZ:
‘I guess the day will never go away …. I believe he’s getting like a beast of nostalgia now. So much has happened in the last 10 years, I think it kind of represents some sort of simpler time. ‘
She continued to rub back on the support she received when online bullying began to take its toll.
‘I was 13, I was a child. I know people didn’t think before they talked, and we all do … but I think and I hope we go in a direction where there’s a lot of pressure at the words we say to others carefully. for them. ‘
A decade later: She told TMZ on Wednesday ‘So much has happened in the last 10 years, I think it kind of represents some kind of simpler time’