Time to cheer up Rebecca Black! Simon Cowell reveals he 'loves' America's most reviled teenager

Time to cheer up Rebecca Black! Simon Cowell reveals he 'loves' America's most reviled teenager


* 13-year-old says 'It feels like I'm being cyberbullied'
* She did not write the much-mocked lyrics

Rebecca Black became a YouTube hit for all the wrong reasons this week after her heavily auto-tuned song Friday was viewed more than 16million times online.

The American teenager, who has been dubbed the worst singer in the world, admitted she cried when she read some of the thousands of negative comments online.

But she has been offered support from an unlikely source - music supremo Simon Cowell has revealed that he 'loves her.'

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YouTube sensation: Rebecca Black was launched into the spotlight this week after her heavily auto-tuned song Friday was viewed more than 15 million times online

YouTube sensation: Rebecca Black was launched into the spotlight this week after her heavily auto-tuned song Friday was viewed more than 15 million times online

Talking to People magazine he said: 'I love her [and] the fact that she's gotten so much publicity. People are so upset about the song, but I think it's hysterical.'

And in news sure to bring a smile to any wannabe's face, he added: 'I want to meet her. Anyone who can create this much controversy within a week, I want to meet. I love people like that.'
Lyrics to Friday, sung by Rebecca Black

7am, waking up in the morning

Gotta be fresh, gotta go downstairs

Gotta have my bowl, gotta have cereal

Seein’ everything, the time is goin’

Tickin’ on and on, everybody’s rushin’

Gotta get down to the bus stop

Gotta catch my bus, I see my friends (My friends)


Kickin’ in the front seat

Sittin’ in the back seat

Gotta make my mind up

Which seat can I take?


It’s Friday, Friday

Gotta get down on Friday

Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the weekend, weekend

Friday, Friday

Gettin’ down on Friday

Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the weekend


Partyin’, partyin’ (Yeah)

Partyin’, partyin’ (Yeah)

Fun, fun, fun, fun

Lookin’ forward to the weekend

Meanwhile Rebecca insists she is talented - and says the fact that people remember her song means something.

Online critics savaged the record, which is about a teenager getting ready for the weekend, but it is soaring on iTunes anyway.

The 13-year-old's mother paid $2,000 to the LA based Ark Music Factory - production company for aspiring teen singers - to get the song and video made.

The video was shot in her father's home, and friends and family were the extras.

Presented with two songs to potentially record, she chose 'Friday' - but she did not write the mocked lyrics.

Some cyberbullies have even told the teen she deserves to die.

Rebecca gave an interview to Good Morning America and said: '[The worst thing I've read was] I hope you cut yourself and I hope you get an eating disorder so you'll look pretty, and I hope you go cut and die.

'When I first saw all these nasty comments I did cry.

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'I felt like this was my fault and I shouldn't have done this and this is all because of me. Now I don't feel that way.'

One Internet user wrote: 'Even deaf people are complaining.'

She also defended the song.

'I think that's an accomplishment. Even a person that doesn't like it, it's going to be stuck in their head,' she said

'That's the point of it, it's a catchy song.'

Her mother, however, was not so ready to forgive.

Dr Georgina Kelly told GMA: 'In all honesty, I probably could have killed a few people.

'But that probably would get me nowhere. Yeah, it makes me angry and upset.'

Kelly and husband Dr. John Black, are both veterinarians.
Make me a star! The 13-year-old's mother paid $2,000 to get the song and video made

Make me a star! The 13-year-old's mother paid $2,000 to get the song and video made

The song has already spawned several covers.

Rebecca, who started vocal lessons when she was 10-years-old, sang the US national anthem on GMA in a bid to prove she could actually sing.

One of the song's producers said: 'She was actually in key.'

She added: 'I think I have talent on some level. I don't think I am the worst singer but I don't think I'm the best [either].'

'Those hurtful comments really shocked me,' Black, 13, she told the Daily Beast. 'At times, it feels like I'm being cyberbullied.'
Facing the critics: Rebecca went on Good Morning America and admitted that she isn't the best singer

Facing the critics: Rebecca went on Good Morning America and admitted that she isn't the best singer

And she did not write the words.

When presented with two songs, she chose Friday as 'The other song was about adult love–I haven’t experienced that yet.'

Remarkably for a girl so young and so attacked, she also defended herself and plans to continue pursuing her musical dreams.

'I decided not to give the haters the satisfaction that they got me so bad I gave up,' Black said, explaining why she refused to take the video off of YouTube.
Protective: Rebecca's mother (left) said she is 'angry and upset' over the criticism her daughter has received

Protective: Rebecca's mother (left) said she is 'angry and upset' over the criticism her daughter has received
Never give up: The aspiring singer, who lives in Orange County, performed the National Anthem on GMA in an effort to prove she can sing

Never give up: The aspiring singer, who lives in Orange County, performed the National Anthem on GMA in an effort to prove she can sing

Thanks to iTunes, she's profiting from the experience.

The money will go to her savings, her school theater program and Japanese relief efforts. 'I just want to be able to keep doing what I love, which is singing.'

Rebecca, from Orange County, in California, also told GMA how her dream is to duet with Justin Bieber.

She said: 'I have Bieber fever. I am in love with Justin Bieber.

'Just thinking about it gives me butterflies.'

And she sent a message to the teen pop sensation asking if he wanted to do a duet.