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Rebecca Black destroyed the lives of millions with “Friday.” I mean, I play it every Friday morning at work for all to hear, but that’s just because I’m a jerk. I quite enjoy everything about the song and its video because of its immeasurable horrendousness. It’s so bad that I can’t get enough.

And hey, I don’t have a music video. +1 for RB.

A month-ish ago, she starred in Katy Perry’s “TGIF” video, which was actually sort of humorous despite being another terrible song about Friday. Yesterday, Black released her second single, “My Moment.” It is essentially a follow-up to the hatred and flurry of negative feedback she’s received over the past four months. Brandon “Blue” Hamilton and Quinton Tolbert, who have produced for Bieber and Hilary Duff (oh boy!), are behind her new song. I suppose that beats some creepy pedophile in a van who stalks school buses, but that’s debatable.

The song is about her sticking to her dreams, doing what she wants, and making her way into the spotlight. It shows she is working hard, learning what it means to be a performer, and wearing nice dresses. Or whatever. I guess it’s a good message of confidence, if that’s the goal. Especially for a young girl who has been through lots of assault. At least she’s doing what she does, even if it isn’t great.

It’s certainly not a great song – I listened to it about an hour ago and don’t have the slightest memory of what it sounded like – but it’s not bad in the same way “Friday” was bad. Just bad in a generic, forgettable, bubblegum terrible pop way like many songs on the radio. Honestly, if Demi Lovato recorded this song instead and nobody ever heard of Rebecca Black, or if this were Rebecca’s first song without the taint of Friday, it’d be a hit. Instead, it probably won’t be too successful because of who performed it. We shall see.

If nothing else, the video features So You Think You Can Dance alums Kent Boyd, Robert Roldan (returning to the show this season as an all-star), Adechike Torbert, Ashley Galvan and Channing Cooke, and was choreographed by Lauren Gottlieb… who is absolutely rad.

Tags: my moment, rebecca black, Video