{"id":57,"date":"2011-03-15T20:00:47","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T20:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/03\/rebecca-blacks-friday-makes-fridays-seem-awful.html"},"modified":"2011-03-23T12:27:28","modified_gmt":"2011-03-23T12:27:28","slug":"rebecca-blacks-friday-makes-fridays-seem-awful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/03\/rebecca-blacks-friday-makes-fridays-seem-awful.html","title":{"rendered":"Rebecca Black&#8217;s &#8220;Friday&#8221; Makes Fridays Seem Awful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have been wondering what the hottest music video out right now is, then feast your eyes on Rebecca Black&#8217;s &#8220;Friday.&#8221; &nbsp;It is a bit like Justin Bieber meets Ke$ha meets the worst thing that I have ever heard &#8211; and at least 7 million people have watched it. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I recognize that I&#8217;m not the target audience for this song, but I expect more from our next generation of leaders. &nbsp;This video was so soul crushing that I had to watch Glee to cleanse my listening palette &#8211; and that ridiculous plan <i>actually<\/i> worked.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Enjoy?&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CD2LRROpph0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>Related &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/02\/britney-album-art.html\">Things That Challenge My Faith: The Success of Britney Spears<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/theprophetofpop\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">Follow the Prophet of Pop on&nbsp;<b>Twitter<\/b><\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/prophetofpop\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">on&nbsp;<b>Facebook<\/b>!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have been wondering what the hottest music video out right now is, then feast your eyes on Rebecca Black&#8217;s &#8220;Friday.&#8221; &nbsp;It is a bit like Justin Bieber meets Ke$ha meets the worst thing that I have ever heard &#8211; and at least 7 million people have watched it. &nbsp; I recognize that I&#8217;m&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[299,301,302,303,300],"class_list":["post-57","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pop-star-riot","category-things-that-challenge-my-faith","tag-rebecca-black-friday","tag-rebecca-black-justin-bieber","tag-rebecca-black-keha","tag-teen-sensation","tag-who-is-rebecca-black"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rebecca Black&#039;s &quot;Friday&quot; Makes Fridays Seem Awful - The Prophet of Pop<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/03\/rebecca-blacks-friday-makes-fridays-seem-awful.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rebecca Black&#039;s &quot;Friday&quot; Makes Fridays Seem Awful - The Prophet of Pop\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you have been wondering what the hottest music video out right now is, then feast your eyes on Rebecca Black&#8217;s &#8220;Friday.&#8221; &nbsp;It is a bit like Justin Bieber meets Ke$ha meets the worst thing that I have ever heard &#8211; and at least 7 million people have watched it. &nbsp; I recognize that I&#8217;m&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/03\/rebecca-blacks-friday-makes-fridays-seem-awful.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Prophet of Pop\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-03-15T20:00:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-03-23T12:27:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S. 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