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glitteryv(This is the first of a mini, within-the-Fannish-50-S2--posts, series abt non-Kpop music I dig. Also, I just HAD to post this today cuz, well, IT'S FRIDAY! 😁)
Back in 2011, 13-y.o. Rebecca Black dropped a song called "Friday". I'm not going to do a revisionist take on this debut cuz the song WAS bad (and the MV was also basic AF.) Now, the general culture being what it was in the 2010s (i.e. mean-spirited toward women of any age in a way that was brutal and gross), Rebecca got dragged by every late night TV host, comedians, pop culture show guests, music critics, your barber, your friends, etc. The amount of vitriol aimed at her (for an admittedly bad yet inoffensive song) was nightmarish. Whether this happened cuz of how fast it went viral or something else, I don't know.[Personally, I was v. 🤷🏾♀️ abt the song and never really got why ppl went so OTT with their hatearade. Alas.]
Anyways, Pop Culture doesn't stop for anyone so, eventually, the scorn against Rebecca died down. Occasionally, both her and her debut song would be brought up for 'joking' purposes; almost always framed as a weird moment of USian pop culture. As far as anyone knew, she had gone underground.
Only, she actually didn't? In the sense that she kept working on her craft, dropping songs for years. The tides did begin to turn in her favor around 2018-2019 when she did reality TV and whatnot.
I gotta admit that I didn't (re)discovered her until last year and have since become a fan of her music from 2020-onwards. I'm not sure what her 2012-2019 music sounds like cuz I haven't checked it out. There's nothing abt that part of her discography that's appealing to me. Maybe I'll do that one day.
Rebecca is a Mexican-American, openly queer, singer-songwriter whose current musical output is hyperpop and electropop. She does have some ballads (I'm linking one bellow.) I've liked pretty much everything she's dropped circa 2020-ish and always look forward to her next project.
Fun fact: she did a remix of "Friday" with some folks (including Big Freeida) on the TENTH anniversary of that song which was widely liked (especially when compared to original version of that song.)
Here are 4 of my fave songs by her in chronological order:
Personal (April 2021)
Love the way she uses AutoTune here: not to disguise/improve her singing but as an actual tool to make the listening experience an interesting (in a good way) experience. Good beats too. The MV is on the simpler side with moments of weirdness that might pull you in.
Trigger Warnings: Lots of flashing lights and shaky cam to the point of image distortion.
Crumbs (Nov 2022)
More voice distortion (amping up her vocal fry here and there) and a fairly decent melody. The MV kinda starts intense, steadies a bit, and then ends on a mellow-ish note. It's the first part of a storyline (with the second part in the next MV). This is all abt the fantasy, the desires, and some of the 'darker' thoughts. Not all of it is comfortable, but I'm also not sure it's meant to be?
Trigger/Content Warnings: visual effects (mainly strobe lights and some camera tilting). There's a scene in the first 24 seconds of the MV in which Blue Latex Rebecca cuts into the upper chest of the Rebecca on the operating table. There's NO gore, but the scene does show (fake) blood. Also, in the last part of the MV, Rebecca is wearing a see-through leotard; her nipples are v. visible, so I'll say this is an NSFW MV.
Look at You (Dec. 2022)
Can Rebecca sing? I'm gonna go with yes, she can. Here's a ballad abt encouraging ppl and letting them they're loved. Like I said above, this does continue the storyline from "Crumbs." Only, this time, we're back in the real world. So Rebecca's wearing casual clothes instead of the fetish-inspired fit from the other video.
No trigger/content warnings.
Trust (Oct. 2024)
There I was last Friday, chilling out, when YT notified me that Rebecca Black had a NEW tune! And, listen, I'm biased as hell, but there's no way anyone can't say this song is not A BOP AND HALF!!! Especially since it's meant to get you to dance your heart out (or, at the v. least, sway to if you've got no rhythm). Rebecca sounds great.
The MV is a riot from the v. beginning. Here she's (metaphorically) staring back at all of the judgment she's gone thru for over a decade; various folks bring out all of the usual commentary abt her; she's being tried for her many "crimes". And yet, she gotta say her piece.
So she starts wildin' until her point is made...and then she declares herself "guilty". I always chuckle when she winks at the camera. Obviously, she's in on the joke but, at the same time, she's (AFAIK) not here to try to appeal to anyone (as in "begging them to give her a chance.") She's simply gonna keep on keeping on and you either get with her or not. Also, yays for her signature bedazzled chainsaw being in the MV.
Some parts of the MV reminded me of Lady Gaga's "Papparazzi" MV. Erm, minus the murder bits. XD
Trigger warnings: HEAVY strobe light usage during the first minute or so of the MV and also in some clips toward the end.
Back in 2011, 13-y.o. Rebecca Black dropped a song called "Friday". I'm not going to do a revisionist take on this debut cuz the song WAS bad (and the MV was also basic AF.) Now, the general culture being what it was in the 2010s (i.e. mean-spirited toward women of any age in a way that was brutal and gross), Rebecca got dragged by every late night TV host, comedians, pop culture show guests, music critics, your barber, your friends, etc. The amount of vitriol aimed at her (for an admittedly bad yet inoffensive song) was nightmarish. Whether this happened cuz of how fast it went viral or something else, I don't know.[Personally, I was v. 🤷🏾♀️ abt the song and never really got why ppl went so OTT with their hatearade. Alas.]
Anyways, Pop Culture doesn't stop for anyone so, eventually, the scorn against Rebecca died down. Occasionally, both her and her debut song would be brought up for 'joking' purposes; almost always framed as a weird moment of USian pop culture. As far as anyone knew, she had gone underground.
Only, she actually didn't? In the sense that she kept working on her craft, dropping songs for years. The tides did begin to turn in her favor around 2018-2019 when she did reality TV and whatnot.
I gotta admit that I didn't (re)discovered her until last year and have since become a fan of her music from 2020-onwards. I'm not sure what her 2012-2019 music sounds like cuz I haven't checked it out. There's nothing abt that part of her discography that's appealing to me. Maybe I'll do that one day.
Rebecca is a Mexican-American, openly queer, singer-songwriter whose current musical output is hyperpop and electropop. She does have some ballads (I'm linking one bellow.) I've liked pretty much everything she's dropped circa 2020-ish and always look forward to her next project.
Fun fact: she did a remix of "Friday" with some folks (including Big Freeida) on the TENTH anniversary of that song which was widely liked (especially when compared to original version of that song.)
Here are 4 of my fave songs by her in chronological order:
Personal (April 2021)
Love the way she uses AutoTune here: not to disguise/improve her singing but as an actual tool to make the listening experience an interesting (in a good way) experience. Good beats too. The MV is on the simpler side with moments of weirdness that might pull you in.
Trigger Warnings: Lots of flashing lights and shaky cam to the point of image distortion.
Crumbs (Nov 2022)
More voice distortion (amping up her vocal fry here and there) and a fairly decent melody. The MV kinda starts intense, steadies a bit, and then ends on a mellow-ish note. It's the first part of a storyline (with the second part in the next MV). This is all abt the fantasy, the desires, and some of the 'darker' thoughts. Not all of it is comfortable, but I'm also not sure it's meant to be?
Trigger/Content Warnings: visual effects (mainly strobe lights and some camera tilting). There's a scene in the first 24 seconds of the MV in which Blue Latex Rebecca cuts into the upper chest of the Rebecca on the operating table. There's NO gore, but the scene does show (fake) blood. Also, in the last part of the MV, Rebecca is wearing a see-through leotard; her nipples are v. visible, so I'll say this is an NSFW MV.
Look at You (Dec. 2022)
Can Rebecca sing? I'm gonna go with yes, she can. Here's a ballad abt encouraging ppl and letting them they're loved. Like I said above, this does continue the storyline from "Crumbs." Only, this time, we're back in the real world. So Rebecca's wearing casual clothes instead of the fetish-inspired fit from the other video.
No trigger/content warnings.
Trust (Oct. 2024)
There I was last Friday, chilling out, when YT notified me that Rebecca Black had a NEW tune! And, listen, I'm biased as hell, but there's no way anyone can't say this song is not A BOP AND HALF!!! Especially since it's meant to get you to dance your heart out (or, at the v. least, sway to if you've got no rhythm). Rebecca sounds great.
The MV is a riot from the v. beginning. Here she's (metaphorically) staring back at all of the judgment she's gone thru for over a decade; various folks bring out all of the usual commentary abt her; she's being tried for her many "crimes". And yet, she gotta say her piece.
So she starts wildin' until her point is made...and then she declares herself "guilty". I always chuckle when she winks at the camera. Obviously, she's in on the joke but, at the same time, she's (AFAIK) not here to try to appeal to anyone (as in "begging them to give her a chance.") She's simply gonna keep on keeping on and you either get with her or not. Also, yays for her signature bedazzled chainsaw being in the MV.
Some parts of the MV reminded me of Lady Gaga's "Papparazzi" MV. Erm, minus the murder bits. XD
Trigger warnings: HEAVY strobe light usage during the first minute or so of the MV and also in some clips toward the end.
