>Take vocal lessons
>Use disgusting amounts of autotune anyway and sound like Urkel
Put two and two together.
>Use disgusting amounts of autotune anyway and sound like Urkel
Put two and two together.
Friday Singer surprised at the hate her song is getting
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Wow, people. You're deplorable. If you don't like her music don't buy it or listen to it, but you don't have to be a jackass to her. She's not forcing you to listen to it. If 13 year olds enjoy this music what's wrong with that? Kids play with toys and do immature things. It's when adults behave like children and get jollies off of making fun of someone less than half their age.
Grow the fuck up.
Grow the fuck up.
Ok. I watched the video to try and wrap my mind around what was happening.
This is, in short, a poorly written song.
Her voice is not bad. It is, regrettably, presented as more of the same.
This is, in short, a poorly written song.
Her voice is not bad. It is, regrettably, presented as more of the same.
Because... you would be impartial and experience the music for yourself?Tdc2182 said:
Then not comment on the matter?
Geez, anybody can claim to be a victim of cyber bullying these days! No, it has nothing to do with the horrible song you sang, everybody on the internet is just a bunch of cyber bullies. Never mind the actual professional critics and journalists, they're bullies too.
I hadn't seen it. I had heard it was atrocious, and I don't tend to do atrocious to myself on purpose, but looking at this thread I decided that if I was going to make a reasonable judgement about the thing, I was going to have to watch it.
Having done so, I have to say: damn you, thread. Damn you to hell. That is a truly obnoxious, insipid, inane, and value-free song.
The kindest thing I can say about it is it's not technically incompetent. It follows its simplistic melody faithfully, thanks at least in part to the wonder that is autotune.
So is it cruel and unfair to criticize it in a forum where it might get back to its young singer?
Cruel, perhaps. But not unfair. An adult decided to bring her daughter to this company to make this video, and if they didn't contemplate the potential consequences of releasing a music video to the public, she's done an incredibly poor job in the basic parental role of protecting her child. If the singer had the sense of musicianship that her supporters wish to suggest, she should have been capable of recognizing the song she was offered was inane drivel and the way they were producing it showed absolutely no signs of that musicianship.
The fact that the song has gotten so much publicity and her family is likely to cry all the way to the bank makes it that much harder for me to muster sympathy. "Hurt feelings" are an utterly predictable consequence of Internet publicity; ignorance of that is like ignorance of the results of pulling a gun's trigger.
And a special shout out to the company behind the video for making our disposable pop-music culture that much more disposable. Gentlemen, I hope Anonymous gets hold of your credit card numbers.
Having done so, I have to say: damn you, thread. Damn you to hell. That is a truly obnoxious, insipid, inane, and value-free song.
The kindest thing I can say about it is it's not technically incompetent. It follows its simplistic melody faithfully, thanks at least in part to the wonder that is autotune.
So is it cruel and unfair to criticize it in a forum where it might get back to its young singer?
Cruel, perhaps. But not unfair. An adult decided to bring her daughter to this company to make this video, and if they didn't contemplate the potential consequences of releasing a music video to the public, she's done an incredibly poor job in the basic parental role of protecting her child. If the singer had the sense of musicianship that her supporters wish to suggest, she should have been capable of recognizing the song she was offered was inane drivel and the way they were producing it showed absolutely no signs of that musicianship.
The fact that the song has gotten so much publicity and her family is likely to cry all the way to the bank makes it that much harder for me to muster sympathy. "Hurt feelings" are an utterly predictable consequence of Internet publicity; ignorance of that is like ignorance of the results of pulling a gun's trigger.
And a special shout out to the company behind the video for making our disposable pop-music culture that much more disposable. Gentlemen, I hope Anonymous gets hold of your credit card numbers.
Trolls 'like' this sort of thing. Young girls trying to entertain, the perception of innocence, bright colors...
It's a shame people are taking it this seriously. It's not like she's trying to be another Jessi Slaughter or anything, just a -Disney type- girl singer trying to make music for her age group.
But as we all know, they feed of off grief tears.
It's a shame people are taking it this seriously. It's not like she's trying to be another Jessi Slaughter or anything, just a -Disney type- girl singer trying to make music for her age group.
But as we all know, they feed of off grief tears.
I honestly thought it was a parody.
I mean, come on? How old are the kids in this? 12? 13? And they're driving cars to midnight rendezvous' and partying down? And the lyrics? I thought the kid just had a great sense of humor!
But no. I was wrong.
I mean, come on? How old are the kids in this? 12? 13? And they're driving cars to midnight rendezvous' and partying down? And the lyrics? I thought the kid just had a great sense of humor!
But no. I was wrong.
She is probably a great singer who was more talent (singing) than, say, a lead singer for a screamo band. (IMO)
However she is naive, and obviously does not understand how craptacular the song was.
However she is naive, and obviously does not understand how craptacular the song was.
I finally watched the video all the way through, against my better judgment. Her voice was painfully piercing. And just when I thought it couldn't get any worse, they just had to throw in the "Token Rap Verse That Doesn't Make Any Sense But Helps to Get a Small Percentage of the Urban Music Market." Why do rappers need to get involved in every song a girl ever writes these days? This song could only get more generic if she'd auto-tuned herself into an android. But given her voice, it probably would've been an improvement.
Ok, I went to a High School that was connected to a Middle School. All the 13-year-olds there looked like toddlers I could easily trip over. Seriously, there is no way this girl is 13. And if she really is, she's way too young to be out partying late at night, especially if those parties involve hanging out with grown men. I guess that's OK as long as he's a black rapper.
Ok, I went to a High School that was connected to a Middle School. All the 13-year-olds there looked like toddlers I could easily trip over. Seriously, there is no way this girl is 13. And if she really is, she's way too young to be out partying late at night, especially if those parties involve hanging out with grown men. I guess that's OK as long as he's a black rapper.
I just listened to the song out of curiosity, now please excuse me while my bleeding ears cause me to die of bloodloss. I don't know how to react to the kid herself, but the song was terrible. Also about two and a half minutes in, some guy shows up singing out of nowhere, so now I'm confused and in pain.
This would be wishful thinking, but perhaps this will teach a record label how to NOT write a song. Then again, considering that they felt "FUN FUN FUN FUN" was a legitimate means of songwriting, I wouldn't be surprised if their collective intelligence measured up to a horse in a field of grass during a tornado.
I understand that record execs don't care about much except for money and fame, but surely SOMEONE at that establishment had to look at those words and think really hard "Wait a minute... what if this is... the opposite of money?"
I understand that record execs don't care about much except for money and fame, but surely SOMEONE at that establishment had to look at those words and think really hard "Wait a minute... what if this is... the opposite of money?"
I disagree. I think the real culprits are the people who convinced a thirteen year old girl to do this.KiqJaq said:
It wouldn't be very hard to write a bad song and convince a 13 year old American girl to record it in hopes of "fame". I think you are being overly harsh of her - she's just a kid.
I think the "hate" should be directed at the person who wrote this song, the mother and the record company.
But hey - it achieved what they wanted. Everyone is talking about it and it is probably making a lot of money.
Fame is a drug far more potent than cocaine, and far more damaging.
See Britney Spears, Michael Jackson, Justin Bieber, The Beatles, Glenn Beck, etc. etc. etc.
See Britney Spears, Michael Jackson, Justin Bieber, The Beatles, Glenn Beck, etc. etc. etc.
