Nanohedron wrote:What IS perhaps novel are the lyrics in the sense that they are samplings from messages on internet social media like Twitter or Facebook, and that is of course very au courant. But there's still no work/craftsmanship involved, as I count it, unless cutting and pasting together a collage may be called work/craftsmanship.
Is this true? Because that would explain a lot.
What bothers me most about the song is the
fact that no one asked the singer to take some
lessons before attempting it. Miss Black sings
way up in her nose. There's nothing autotune
can do about bad tone. Also, whenever she
sings about "...looking forward to the week
end,
week
end", her voice is not detectable on the
"week" part. I think it might go too low for her.
I took it upon myself to look into other videos
by Ark Productions. The company seems to
have a stable of preteen singers and a huge
video budget. They're making music
by
preteens
for preteens without the Disney
Channel's marketing vehicle. Also, given the
video's high production value coupled with its
immature scene choices, I wonder if this is
manufactured virality. It's hardly the worst
song
ever; there are probably
worse songs
just within Ark Production's catalog.
But Ark does seem to have
some singers
who don't need overproduction, and may
have a shot at being the next.... Oh, let's
say Ke$ha.
. Separating the words and music to be able to use the words as poetry is quite cool. Don't know if Friday could be done with a straight face though 
