Rebecca Black Celebrates 14th Anniversary of Viral Hit ‘Friday’ by Calling Herself an ‘Old Hag’

Mar. 15, 2025

Rebecca Black on March 6, 2024 in Inglewood, California.Photo:Michael Buckner/Billboard via Getty

Michael Buckner/Billboard via Getty

Rebecca Blackis celebrating the 14th anniversary of her viral hit 2011 song, “Friday.”

On Monday, Feb. 10, X (formerly known as Twitter) accountPop Base shared a postthat read: “14 years ago today, Rebecca Black released ‘Friday.’ ”

Black, 27, then quoted the post andadded, “girl this video officially older than i was when it dropped,” jokingly writing, “old hag!”

Rebecca Black in the “Friday” music video.Rebecca/YouTube

Rebecca/YouTube

“In my life, there were people I personally knew at school and in my inner circle who verbally abused me,” shewrote in an essayfor NBC News’ Think in October 2017. “But then there were also complete strangers from all around the world using social media to deride me, degrade me and even worse; some people threatened my life.”

“And a lot of those experiences were people who were obviously, like, poking fun and laughing,” Black said on the Jan. 14 episode ofMythical Kitchenof the bullying she endured. “That can be like, slightly crushing as a kid.”

She previously told PEOPLE in February 2023that she thought the opportunity to make a pop music video would help her achieve her dream to become a musical theater actor.

“I just knew that I loved to perform. I thought I was going to go to New York, and my biggest thing was like, ‘Can she get into Juilliard or the Tisch program?’ " she recalled. “That was where ‘Friday’ came from, just like, ‘What can I do to put on my resume?’ "

Rebecca Black on January 27, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic

Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic

In a Monday, Feb. 10Totemcover story, Black said she “looked outward for advice or guidance” after the release of “Friday.” She also noted that her upcoming album,Salvation, is a project that “feels like coming home” and “reclaiming confidence I’ve always known I had but struggled to tap into.”

“It’s been a journey back to that sureness I had when I was younger, doing musical theater or when I first recorded ‘Friday,’” she explained. “It feels healing.”

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Black’s new album,Salvation,is due out on Feb. 27.

source: people.com