It reminds me of when a female comedian makes a "spoof" song and video, right down to the complete lack of actual content and the endless stream of unitonal, nasaly "singing" without any letup. (Sorry, I love you Sarah Silverman, but if I never hear you do another 'funny' Lilith Fair parody song I'll be okay.)
"Got to have my cereal ... which seat should I sit in ... fun fun fun fun fun fun. Tomorrow is Saturday, and Sunday comes afterwards." The auto-tuned voice. (Or is it?) The meaning of "getting down." The rap about the school bus, and "time is ticking." Kelly O, you have made me a very troubled man today.
If you can sit through more than a minute of that you should have your head examined. I don't mean for being able to sit through more than a minute of it, I mean for possible brain damage resulting from having sat through more than a minute of it.
Are there people that actually like this, or is it all just "wow, that is hilariously awful!"?
Aw, you guys are tough on 11 year olds! At least she's not slutting it up like all of her contemporaries, and at least she's a girl putting herself out there in a positive way. Given that little girls have zero role models that resemble themselves, the backlash against this girl (not on Slog, but on the internet in general) is predictably sexist, cruel and discouraging.
And, yes, the song IS god awful, but since when have the majority of tweens responded to Patti Smith—fuck, it's the rare adult who appreciates Patti Smith! This song is harmless and positive, and in this f-ed up world I'd rather my kid listen to this song, with headphones on, of course, than Miley or Britney.
Nanny-state me wants to outlaw any visual depiction of teens riding without seatbelts, teens in convertibles, teens sitting on the tonneau cover of convertible while distracted teen driver careens down Mulholland Drive or some-fucking-where, etc.
"Where does the Internet at large get over itself and stop bullying someone because it’s easy? Why do you have to collectively shit on a 16-year-old girl? Sure, it’s bad. But so is the McRib. So is Charlie Sheen. So are the Kardashians. So was Antoine Dodson, who made a career out of his sister nearly being raped..."
how come no one has mentioned the old black guy driving by himself rapping along with an 11-year old girls song? where the hell did he come from? Is he trying to kidnap her?
The vocals are all WAY too enunciated. Everyone involved with this video looks awkward, like they were pressured into it and are trying to silently communicate a distress signal with their eyes or braces.
aww, you guys- so mean! This little girl is cute in an awkward way. I mean, I don't know how old you sloggers are, but if you're an adult and this isn't your niece or somebody for whom you have to pretend to think this song is super cool, you should probably say nothing at all.
@20, 31:
I think it's fair game to ridicule the video/song, and not necessarily the singer. Even though the production on the song and music video is super cheap and third-rate (to say the least), it still looks pretty professional. This isn't some girl singing into her webcam, it's a production by a team. Of adults. who really should know better.
I love how the 'agenda page' in the beginning of the video says 'music practice' and then it proceeds to be the most digitally produced auto tuned piece of shit imaginable.
Sorry I'm late to this party, but I have an actual anecdote to report . . . My students, teenagers all, showed me this in order to make fun of it. The thing has gone viral as Worst Video Evah at my school
We are the last generation. We are doomed. Go forth, brothers and sisters, and salt the earth. Crouch cold and weeping on the bare ground for THE END IS NIGH AND YOU CANNOT ESCAPE.
HEAR, OH BABYLON, the voice of the herald of judgment.
None of the kids in this video are wearing their seatbelts (is the guy in the front even old enough to have his license?) That's all I have to say about this unfortunate bit of over-produced disposable teen pop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqq3cgvZS…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93TS1NIhn…
Are there people that actually like this, or is it all just "wow, that is hilariously awful!"?
And, yes, the song IS god awful, but since when have the majority of tweens responded to Patti Smith—fuck, it's the rare adult who appreciates Patti Smith! This song is harmless and positive, and in this f-ed up world I'd rather my kid listen to this song, with headphones on, of course, than Miley or Britney.
@14, is that right?
http://www.dlisted.com/node/41202
"Where does the Internet at large get over itself and stop bullying someone because it’s easy? Why do you have to collectively shit on a 16-year-old girl? Sure, it’s bad. But so is the McRib. So is Charlie Sheen. So are the Kardashians. So was Antoine Dodson, who made a career out of his sister nearly being raped..."
Now THAT would be worth watching.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYh0oRhnD…
The vocals are all WAY too enunciated. Everyone involved with this video looks awkward, like they were pressured into it and are trying to silently communicate a distress signal with their eyes or braces.
I think it's fair game to ridicule the video/song, and not necessarily the singer. Even though the production on the song and music video is super cheap and third-rate (to say the least), it still looks pretty professional. This isn't some girl singing into her webcam, it's a production by a team. Of adults. who really should know better.
So . . . The kids are all right.
HEAR, OH BABYLON, the voice of the herald of judgment.