It's been 10 years since MsRebeccaBlack released the infamous song 'Friday,' and now the singer is taking control of her narrative.
Rebecca Black’s rise to internet fame back in 2011, when she was just 13 years old, was dizzying to witness: seemingly overnight, her song “Friday” became synonymous with everything everyone hated about pop music—banal, vapid, and omnipresent. A decade later, Black has become a figure of semi-ironic adoration in the pop sphere, emerging every now and again with a one-off single or EP. But it wasn’t until this year that things finally started to click for her musically.
came far before she’d ever envisioned her new direction. After “Friday,” Black needed time to focus on healing and existential questioning, to clarify for herself who she was, and what made listening to her music worthwhile. “I couldn’t have made this project without having experienced ‘Friday,’” she says, referring to the maelstrom that followed her first song’s release. “Ironically, it’s a huge part of the reason I still do what I do.
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