At the early age of 13, Rebecca Black stepped into the music world with her debut song, “Friday.” The song quickly went viral and got the attention of tons of netizens. But unlike the other superstars, this shower of attention was not due to love but hatred.
Rebecca received a maelstrom of abuse across all online platforms.
In 2011, Rebecca Black, a songwriter, and aspiring singer, stepped into the music world with eyes full of ambitions. She convinced her mom, Georgina Kelly, to sponsor her first music video and launched it. Surprisingly, the video got viral and crossed over 149 million views on YouTube. Although the teenager was happy for school, the view count, destiny has its plans.
Her first-ever YouTube video went viral, and the song was already a hit, but not because it was something extraordinary, it’s because the song was terrible. The youngster received a lot of hatred and crossed a storm of despise. But what polishes the skills of a true artist is hatred and troll. So Rebecca bounced back with a boom.
Death Threats!!
The toxic audience flooded their thoughts and comments on Rebecca’s Friday video. She was brutally abused and even collected death threats. The avalanche of hate was something overwhelming. She was mentally assaulted in her school too. The students bullied her about her song. The bullying went to such an extent that her mother was compelled to drag her out of the private school, and she started homeschooling her. Black revealed her despair and commented, “When you say that shit to a little child, it sticks with them forever and ever.”
She Suffered From Depression!!
It’s pretty evident that so much hatred for a young kid will drive them crazy. The negative attention of the people pushed the teenagers into the clutches of depression and anxiety. Black turned out to be meme material for everyone. Black revealed that the most hurting point was his close ones believed the “Friday” was the maximum Balck could have achieved. People stormed her with advice ranging from “learn to laugh at yourself” to “work hard to change your image.”
When she tried to step up and give a new edge to her career at the age of 19, all producers rejected her. It seemed like it was the end of Black, but after nine years of “Friday,” Black shared a post on her Instagram handle.
