(mouse clicks)
♪ (dramatic chord) ♪
♪ (electro house music) ♪ - (girl) Oh my god, I love this song.
This is my jam! - What?
- Why would you do this?
- It's my girl, Rebecca!
- Oh my god. - ♪ 2 PM, getting out of my bed ♪
♪ Tryin' to get Friday out of my head ♪
- Already love it. I've seen this.
- ♪ It's all so hazy ♪
♪ Got a little too crazy ♪
♪ You know I'd do it all again ♪
- Apparently Rebecca Black doesn't like me at all,
because I did a parody of "Friday" and I was "mean."
I'm sorry! I forgot you were 12.
- ♪ 'Cause this is our song ♪
- Gotta have my bowl, gotta have cereal.
- "Friday" reference. Shocker! Wow.
- This one actually wasn't as bad.
- ♪ This Saturday, we gon' party all night ♪
♪ One we will remember for the rest of our lives ♪
- (singing along) ♪ This Saturday, we gon' do it bigger than ♪
♪ We ever had before ♪
♪ I don't want this Saturday to end ♪ ♪ (instrumental break) ♪
- Oh, me on a skateboard not doing it right.
- You know, this video would only be better
if Dave Days were in it.
- (sighs deeply)
- We had score of how many "Friday" references
we could put in this video.
- ♪ Rollin' up in my new scene ♪ - Is that Dave Days?
- Daaaave!!
- There he is, Dave Days!
- ♪ Right next to me, yeah, yeah ♪
- Oh, look how much fun she's having!
- ♪ Ain't got no deadlines ♪
♪ There's nowhere else I'd rather be ♪
- ♪ This Saturday ♪
♪ We gon' party all night ♪ - Is that a YouTuber singing?
- ♪ One we will remember ♪ - Everybody's like,
"Oh, the 'Friday' chick!"
- ♪ This Saturday ♪ - The sad thing is,
these are not the real reactions I get from my friends.
- ♪ I don't want this Saturday to... ♪ - It's catchy.
It's better than Friday, for sure.
- ♪ Today is Saturday ♪
- Sing it, girl. - ♪ We gonna live ♪
♪ Like there's no tomorrow ♪ - Oh. I love it.
I genuinely actually love it. - ♪ Wouldn't have it any ♪
♪ Other way ♪ - Where's Miley?
There she is! - ♪ Yesterday was Friday ♪
- It's so great! I'm-- oh.
- Oh, the references.
- They're like little shout-outs for her people.
- ♪ ...this Saturday to end ♪
♪ (instrumental break) ♪
♪ I don't want this Saturday to end ♪
- I've never been to a party this fun.
- Who actually parties like this?
- I am a little bitter.
I was not at this party. - ♪ I don't want this Saturday to end ♪
- (rapper) RB, Rebecca Black!
Fast lanes, switching lanes! - What's happening?
- That's racist.
- Is that supposed to be the dude from the original?
- (cop) Come on! Let's go, junior! - (laughs)
- Oh, lol. I just got it.
(high-pitched voice) Ha! It's funny!
- (embarrassed) Well, that was fun. That was really fun.
♪ (dramatic chord) ♪
- (Finebros) So who was that and what song was it?
- That was Rebecca Black and that was "Saturday."
- That was Rebecca Black,
and that was the incredible masterpiece "Saturday."
- That was me. And that was my song, "Saturday"!
- (Finebros) And when you first heard "Friday,"
do you remember what you thought? - I remember!
- ♪ Friday, Friday ♪ - (giggles)
She's so bad!
- She holds it against me a lot!
- I thought she was trolling.
- I didn't hate it. I just thought it was so funny.
- I was one of the naysayers, and I'm ashamed of that.
- I genuinely thought it was one of the worst songs
I'd ever heard, which of course was why it became huge
and everyone wanted to share it around.
I bought it, actually.
I probably shouldn't admit that on camera.
- I... was... TERRIFIED for her.
I went through something similar.
And to see the scale that hers was on, I felt so awful.
Because it did go so badly for me,
and I was split right down the middle.
There was people that loved me and then people that hated me.
It seemed like everyone hated this girl.
She has since then obviously proven
to be a really talented singer.
But even if she wasn't a good singer,
that's absolutely no reason to destroy someone's life.
(clang) - (Finebros) Truth!
A lot of people feel that you purposely made it
to be this bad song and bad music video.
What are your thoughts on the people who think that?
- Well, it was honestly something
where I didn't really care what the song was about at 13.
I had the opportunity to get my own song,
and it was something I'd wanted to do for a long time.
And that was that.
- (Finebros) And now with "Saturday,"
what are your thoughts of the song?
- I actually kinda like the song.
- I love the song. The song is so danceable.
- Altogether it wasn't as bad.
- I love that Dave was in it.
- It was cute. It was catchy.
You know, I'm rooting for Rebecca Black.
- The thing that I like about "Saturday"
is that there's a self-awareness to it now
that, okay, I know how you took "Friday,"
and I'm rolling with it.
- "I get why I'm here. I get why you know me.
I'm not ashamed of it."
- It was like the perfect balance
of "[bleep] you" and "I'm awesome."
- (Finebros) What were you going for with "Saturday"?
- The idea of "Saturday"...
It's the "Friday" video of me acknowledging
what the video was and how it did.
And this is me moving on and to a new day.
I've been wanting to do it for a year now.
But one, I didn't have people around me
that supported the idea.
And one of my big things is making fun of myself.
Then I became friends with Dave a year ago.
And he wanted to do it so bad. So we just-- it worked.
- (Finebros) Rebecca has now become a full-fledged YouTuber.
- Yes.
- (Finebros) She now has over 700,000 subscribers.
- Queen! Get it!
- (Finebros) What are your thoughts of her turning "Friday"
and everything that she went through
into this kind of success on YouTube?
- I applaud her for rolling with the punches,
for understanding how she was received and then embracing that.
- That's what a Rebecca Black fan is.
It's someone who understands how she became popular
and understands that dynamic,
and is still making a choice to be a fan.
- I think she was smart the way she went about it.
She had all that leverage from the original.
- I feel like there's a part of you
that feels bad for what happened to her
and feels bad for how much she got ridiculed.
So you kind of want to see, like,
"Okay, well, let's give her another chance."
- When you get that much hate, you're gonna be sad for a second.
And then you're gonna be like, "Okay, yeah, I messed up."
When you own up to that kinda stuff, you get a bit of respect.
- From the start, her intention
was nothing but pure and good and honest.
Sure, we may have made fun of it at the beginning.
But then when she started to make videos,
we saw that she was just one of us.
- (Finebros) What was it like to open yourself up
and embrace this idea of being a YouTuber fully?
- Well, it was really scary.
Because I know there are a lot of people that say,
"Oh, you're just trying to use the YouTube train
to keep yourself relevant."
But I was honestly really surprised to see the amount of people
that were fans of it and that really liked it
and have continued to watch
and the way the channel's grown since then.
- (Finebros) So the Saturday video now has over 19 million views.
- Whew!
- That's pretty good.
- If you look at the dislike count, there's a lot.
And, I mean, that's okay. Everyone gets haters.
- (Finebros) Still getting a lot of hate.
There's over 100,000 dislikes. - You know.
- I'm sure.
- You wouldn't expect anything else.
- People are just gonna do that
because they thought it was fun to hate on her in "Friday."
- (Finebros) Why do you think there's still so much notoriety
even though it's been years since "Friday"?
- 'Cause she named it "Saturday."
And people want to see, like, "What are you about to do?"
- People are always waiting for the sequel
to something successful so they can rip it apart.
- It got picked up by a ton of news outlets. That always helps.
- It's kinda like with Boxxy, for example.
Boxxy has this huge viral video. Everybody remembers her name.
And then she comes back and then people watch the videos again.
It's because they now have such a presence on the internet,
if they do something new, people are gonna instantaneously know.
- Even from my perspective and angle, I don't understand it.
I don't understand why people continue to be fascinated
by something that was such a long time ago.
And there are gonna be people five years from now
waiting for "Sunday."
Regardless of whether or not she waits for it,
they're gonna be like, ♪ yesterday was Saturday ♪
(crazed) ♪ And today is Sunday! ♪
Like, they are just gonna be waiting for it.
- (Finebros) Do you think she deserves the success and fame
that has come from all this? - This is a difficult question,
because at first I thought that she didn't.
And then as I got to know her and what she was doing
with the world and all these people that didn't like her
and how she treated everything, I was like, "Yeah, she's got it.
She's got that star quality."
- If she can put up with all these people
hating on her as much as they do...
People are like, "I want to kill you,"
and, "I hate you. You're the worst singer ever. You're 13!"
And she took it and she made it work.
- The world is talking about you.
You're not asking them to. They're doing it.
They're finding it interesting, whether it's good or bad.
And they're making you a celebrity.
So if they make you a celebrity,
I guess you deserve to be a celebrity.
- So many people who have a career in entertainment,
including us-- it wasn't totally calculated, you know?
It's like, there are circumstances outside of your control
that are the reason that you had something that was a hit.
Nobody is a completely self-made person.
- (Finebros) Finally, what would you want to say to Rebecca,
keeping in mind Rebecca
will be in this episode of YouTubers React?
- (shrilly) OH MY GOD! THAT'S AWESOME!
- Oh, wow. Awesome. That is amazing.
- Oh jeez. (laughs)
Oh, thanks for telling me last second.
Keep doing what you're doing! (chuckles)
(muttering) Don't take everything I said seriously.
- Don't hate me please so much. I wasn't trying to be mean.
It's just what I do.
We should be friends, you know what I'm saying?
You should be in one of my videos. Let's do something.
- Let's make "Sunday." You and me. I'll rap.
It'll be about, you know, waking up, going to church.
- You go, Rebecca. You've done it.
You've embraced who you are, and we love you for it.
- (valley girl voice) Hey, it's your girl.
It's your girl, Catie, aka Boxxy.
Like, let's chill sometime, 'kay?
'Cause we got loads to talk about, and it's just gonna be so fun!
- I appreciate that you do you,
because you're inspiring other people to do them.
Any time that you feel like anybody is against you,
realize that we, the YouTube community, have your back.
- (Finebros) Last question:
how does it feel coming out of "Friday"
and now having fans that really do support you?
- It's very different and very overwhelming.
I feel lucky because it's still not really "popular opinion"
to think of me as, "Oh, I love Rebecca Black."
So people that can be honest with that and be upfront with it--
that shows great character to me.
- (Finebros) And will there be a "Sunday"? - No.
(giggling) I can say that!
I'm done with weekdays!
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- ♪ I had such a good time, I hope you did too ♪
♪ I don't want this episode to end ♪
♪ (end music) ♪