Decoder Ring: Gotta Get Down on Friday
b'Rebecca Black\'s music video for Friday was Youtube\'s most watched video of 2011, thrusting the thirteen-year-old Rebecca into a very harsh spotlight. Dubbed "The Worst Music Video Ever Made" Friday was an almost universal object of derision. This is the story of how Friday came to be, and how nearly a decade after it went viral, it sounds so different than it did back then.\\nSlate Plus members get ad-free podcasts and bonus episodes of shows like Dear Prudence and Slow Burn.\\xa0Sign up now\\xa0to listen and support our work.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'