Westbrook's 'Thanksgiving' the new Black's Friday?

When the viral video of Rebecca Black’s ‘Friday’ came out in the Youtube, as expected, many were hooked up with it. Not in a good way though but quite the opposite. Ever since, the video was released, it was the most disliked video in Youtube. It has accounted for 87% of the total ratings of the video. It has caught the attention of the public after comedian, Michael J. Nelson, with its many followers in Twitter, has called it ‘the worst video ever made’.

As if the masses can’t get enough of this kind of videos, another one is conceived and inspired from the latter. Child singer Nicole Westbrook would like to have the same media attention that Black amassed with her song ‘Friday’. What better way to enjoy Thanksgiving than to sing a song for the turkey day.    Patrice Wilson, the man responsible for “Friday” and an entire series of low-budget tween music videos wrote and produced the song, ‘It’s Thanksgiving’. Everything from its goofy lyrics, appearance of sappy extras and even Wilson himself is also present in the song.  Its number of views have rose up to 70,000 since its release on the early weeks of November. Will Nicole Westbrook’s ode for the turkey day beat Black’s Friday?  

What might be more irritating about these songs are it’s characteristics of having a too-simple lyrics and a catchy tune that messes up and gets repeated in your head over and over again. Although, Black’s Friday has raked some negative reviews there are a few positive ones also. Surprises of all surprises one of them came from Simon Cowell, famous for being an overly-critical AI judge, said that he praised Black for her brilliance for the publicity she got. The fact that it got the attention of the people with mixed emotions was a genius. He advised Black not to listen to critics over 18 years old and to continue doing it in her own way.

Maybe we could learn something from Simon, after all. Success is subjective. As long as you get to enjoy what you do and have a passion for it, you’ll reach to greater heights. Just like what happened to Justin Bieber, who has become the most sought-after tween star. Even if one of his hits, ‘Baby’, was also frowned up and ditched by many. We’ll never know it but Black and Westbrook might be the next big thing. They both have the same unwavering spirit that Bieber had when he was starting. Inspite of many criticisms hurled at him, he still continues to press on. ‘Never say never’ remember?