
I think the director was trying to create a vision of the ''hyperreal" here. but it isn't close enough to what we recognize as human to inspire anything other than revulsion.

This startling image of the singer – and her voice - both lie snugly in the very nadir of the uncanny valley. Black appears here as a hideous moving drawing on the pages. because they set the tone for the rest of the video and establish its overarching motifs.įirstly. there's a couple things in this sequence worth pointing out.

we see a sort of calendar with flipping pages. We open with a production card and some building synths. after only a few viewings: this video is so multi-layered that unraveling its symbolism and meaning would take years of careful examination Remember that these are just my own observations. So let me take you through the video step by step and maybe at least a couple of you will begin to see. You've all missed the forest for the trees, and while you've been busy mocking it you've missed its brilliance. faux-happy surface is a seething cauldron of existential dread and despair. Why do I say this? Because underneath its bubbly. ranking right alongside anything Radiohead. This song and its accompanying video represent one of the greatest works musical art I've ever seen. This is not a troll or whatever the kick you think it is. Of course you retards don't see it you may never see it but I'm telling the truth. Song MeaningRebecca Black's song "Friday is a work of unparalleled genius. Seven, forty five, we're drivin' on the highwayĮverybody's lookin' forward to the weekend, weekend (we gotta get down)

Gotta catch my bus, I see my friends (my friends)Įverybody's lookin' forward to the weekend, weekendĮverybody's lookin' forward to the weekend Oo-ooh-ooh, hoo yeah, yeah (Yeah, ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ark)
