Rebecca Black is giving Friday Proceeds to Japan

[StealthyNinja]

Well, she seems to be, or is very good at pretending to be a nice person, so props to her for that. At least the money is going towards something useful.

40 million Youtube hits. Big whoop-de-doo. Means absolutely nothing. Her music is still awful.

 

[EvilPicnic]

The song is execrably bad, but that's not her fault. The people to blame are Ark Music Factory for writing and producing it, and her parents for paying them $2000 to make it.

I actually find her personality quite endearing, and the bullying and character assassination grossly unfair. The idea that she had anything to do with the song creatively is frankly ludicrous.

 

[Timbydude]

That song made money?

Shame it's going to make absolutely nothing really. That said, I've seen what passes for 'music lovers' these days, it could well be up there in the millions already...
On the one hand that would be great for the Japan relief. On the other hand it kind of makes me sad for mankind if true.

Actually, the song was about #27 on the iTunes Top 200 for a week or so, so I'm guessing it brought in some cash.

OT: The song is awful (that's why it became famous in the first place), but she's just a kind little 13-year-old girl who wanted a chance to go after her dreams. I don't get why people are demonizing her for making an innocent song; she's not even keeping the proceeds for herself. All those people on YouTube who told her to kill herself or that they hoped her family died, etc. are just plain evil.

 

[Sparrow]

Although a naive thing to do, it is nonetheless still a good gesture. I think we'll be seeing a lot more of this girl in the future, regardless.

 

[Scanniza]

The song is absolute garbage, but yeah, I don't have anything against the girl herself.
Still though, I find it amusing how people are saying the song is good and popular, when like 25 million of those 40 million hits have been made by people from 4chan trying to troll the video :3

 

[Queen Michael]

To be honest, I don't really hate or like the song. I don't care about it one way or the other.

 

[Zaik]

Why would that change my opinion on her song? It's an auto tuned piece of crap written by some drugged up monkey in a dungeon somewhere, she's only there to be hot jailbait.

You know, great that she's giving some money that she lacks the sense and maturity to properly appreciate to people who she barely knows anything about because it's a trendy thing to throw a bunch of money at a crisis. It says nothing about her at all either. At best she's trying to deflect attention away because all the "cyber bullying" hurt her feelings. Realistically, it's just another PR stunt engineered by some wily mustache twirling agent.

The actual person "Rebecca Black" I am entirely indifferent to.

 

[StonkThis]

There are people who liked that thing?

 

[shiaramoon]

My issue is not with her, or even the song really. The only issue I have is with the song lyrics and whoever wrote them. Hopefully her next song will be much better.

 

[hurfdurp]

I would be hanging on to that money with the tightest death grip ever if I were her.

 

[Penitent]

Given that the two points of discussion on hand are A) Rebecca made a sub-standard pop song that nobody will remember in a year from now, and B) a massive donation has been put forward by one person - a child, at that - which of the two is honestly worth bringing up?

I am honestly surprised that people would still care enough about the former to bring it up. It's more than any one of us can give, after all.

 

[DethKid]

the new black eyed peas video was shot in tokyo a week before the disaster and all they managed to do was put a disclaimer at the beginning and end tell ing people to go to the redcross website and donate.

A massive money making machine like black eyed peas gave nothing, whereas this girl donated all her earnings.

I dunno, i don't like the song, but i have to respect that.

 

[Hader]

I can dislike a song and not be bothered by the person who made it. I don't care either way for the song, but the fact she is donating is good enough in itself. Coupling her song and her charity together shouldn't be done past the fact that it's the money from the song being donated.

 

[lee1287]

havent heard it. Wondered why people kept updating FB with FRIDAY messages.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

See! It is true that you can turn shit into gold.

 

[lacktheknack]

That song made money?

Tons. Never underestimate the power of "OMG IT'S SO BAD I NEED TO HAVE IT"ness.

 

[TheAmazingHobo]

Never heard of her or that song before,
but she donates money to people who need it, so I like her.

Also, I´m really f*cking excited right now, because apparently I am finally old enough to be completly, utterly oblivious to stupid young-people internet bullsh*t.

 

[Plurralbles]

it's like watching a tsunami wrecking an entire country... you want to look away but...


Yeah, it makes sense why she's doing it^^