If even one of these "memes" makes it out of this community, I'll consider myself happy soul.
Anyway...
I don't get the hate.
Sure it 'sucks' on the level that it's an uninspired pop ditty sung by someone with no great talent. What I don't get is how it's somehow worse than the 10,000 other songs over the years that fit that description?
Is the hate somehow that this girl dares to break away from the system of how pop musicians are supposed to make it to the limelight? Because Ms. Black's rise to pseudo-popularity doesn't involve nepotism, extreme luck, corporate backing, and age-inappropriate sex-appeal, is she really worthy of all this hate. Why are people mad that her path to success isn't based on talent, when most pop-musicians's aren't.
And how many pop songs are based on the someone cloying wish-fulfilment premise "I'm not gonna give up, I'm special!" At least 80%. The fact that this girl actually isn't that talented and now has this celebrity is exactly the appeal.
I'm not an expert in "bad pop songs", by any means - actually I don't listen to that much pop at all.
While I'm sure there are lots of songs comparable in quality and banality, but this one certainly had the luck of being the "next Justian Bieber" found on Youtube, just as him - and was at the right place at the right time, I guess.
Having that said, I don't think I remember hearing any such crap as "Friday" from any of the "major" female pop singers - Britney and X-tina both had some good ones and some cheesy meh ones, Ashley Simpson is pretty decent... Nelly Furtado is good... who else is out there?
Lady Gaga does flashy OTT weirdshit, so she sure ain't anywhere on the "banality" list.
"Friday" has the advantage of being EXTREMELY banal to the point of parody, and also has Ms. Black singing with a fake, cheesy grin at the camera.
It's annoying to a ridiculous degree.
Also, I don't think that any of the commercial pop stars actally became famous... by people who didn't like their work. People weren't paying money to buy their CDs and tickets so they could bash them, they were fans.
The vast majority of the people who made the video(s) popular... didn't like it. It's received negatively by the vast majority, except for Simon Cowell, who's just lots all respect I might've had for him.
Also she evidently can't sing well (as seen from her live performance in some room), and I think most of the famous pop sing...resses, can at least give off a clean performance while doing some challenging choreography etc. (not sure, though).
It's the same as with Justin Bieber who just SUCKS live (listen to "eneh-meneh-my-lova" or whatever that crap is called... certainly not playback!).
extreme luck, corporate backing, and age-inappropriate sex-appeal
Well, extreme luck she had, as lots of better amateur singers on youtube go unnoticed. She does have some "sex-appeal" in the video, although I don't think it's age-inappropriate.
But hey, you know... instead of contemplating why all the other horrendous pop artists don't get 100 parodies, let's rejoice that at least this one gets its share :D