Troubled singer Chris Brown was a guest on Hot 99.5’s Kane Show, this morning. Kane and his morning crew were surprised to learn that Brown had never heard of the YouTube sensation, Rebecca Black’s “Friday” video. As of this morning, “Friday” has garnered over 17 million views on YouTube, and it’s leaping up the chart on iTunes.
According to Popeater.com, Rebecca’s parents shelled out the thousand or so dollars to Ark Music Factory, a company out of LA that pairs aspiring young singers with talented musicians, producers and songwriters to make music videos.
It’s a great concept when you really think about it: no record companies to put your album on the shelf for years while they hassle you with reams of paperwork to sign your life away so they can make millions of dollars off of you while you end up broke and toothless like 50 Cent and other rappers will soon be.
Anyway, Chris claimed he’d never heard of Rebecca or her catchy viral video hit, “Friday”, even though she’s been trending on Twitter for the past 3 days. So Kane played it for him.
“I’m never a hater. I thought it was great.” Brown told Kane. “I’ll be jammin’ to it on Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday.”
Meanwhile, Rebecca — if that’s even her real name — was a guest on ‘Good Morning America’ this morning. She’s only 13-years-old, and she’s not at all impressed with her first taste of fame. The budding singer, who seems like a nice kid, has just discovered that not everyone is going to like her or her song.
She said it doesn’t bother her that people think “Friday” is the worst song ever. It’s the harsh YouTube comments telling her to go “cut herself” and “get an eating disorder” that crossed the line in her book.
