Rebecca Black

Here are two videos. The first is the video for Rebecca Black's "Friday" and the second is an acoustic version sung on Good Morning America, essentially to retaliate against negative web criticism. I have no idea who Rebecca Black is, but she's going about making her career in the wrong way. But I guess any press is good press?

Proving she can actually sing isn't doing anything for her song. It doesn't matter that she is a good singer. She should have worked hard and written her own songs, slowly working her way to fame. Instead she has chosen to be manufactured and packaged to get an instant ticket to fame. Even Katy Perry had songs and an album out (with little recognition) before she changed her image to the pop star she is now. And Ke$ha had sung vocals on a number one hit song and received zero compensation in return. It's like acting: prove your talent, then do a blockbuster and then an Oscar potential picture. Once you've struggled to get on a record label's radar, you can do the couple pre-packaged pop hits to satisfy them and then slip in your own songs on the rest of the album. Furthermore, why would YOU pay the record company to let you record their song. They are the ones who need you to make any money off the song. Manufactured pop stars are called "sell outs" because they let themselves be manufactured in return for fame and money from record companies. Apparently you can now pay to be a sell out, defeats the point. I really hope Rebecca will recover from this and get the attention of a different label. Then maybe she can be judged for music she actually participated in creating, not some karaoke a record company recorded.

P.S. Does it make any sense that a group of thirteen year olds are cruising around in a convertible? And all this cost $2ooo, ever heard of 99dollarmusicvideos.com?