Rebecca Black’s “Friday” music video was removed from YouTube today after nine separate cases of suicide were reported. The suicides, while still under investigation, have all been linked to one thing: each person had been watching and listening to the Rebecca Black “Friday” music video. The string of what is now being called the “Rebecca Black suicides” has occurred within the last 72 hours.
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Two people in Los Angeles reportedly held hands and jumped from their sixth story apartment building’s window. Neighbors could hear the ominous tones of Black’s song “Friday” being played loudly from the couple’s apartment. “We don’t know why they did it,” one neighbor said, “they were such nice people. The police seem to think it has to do something with that song that was playing, but I don’t know how a song could make anybody kill themselves. I mean, everybody has the option to turn it off.”
The LAPD refused to respond to the press over the incident.
If a YouTube user now tries to access the song, they will get a message that reads: This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Rebecca Black. Recently, “Friday” was put behind what is known as a paywall, and users where asked to pay $2.99 to access the video through YouTube Rentals. The media so far has not widely reported the “Rebecca Black suicides” but Hollywood Scoop claims the video was taken down because it was “so terrible”.
The other seven reported “Rebecca Black suicides” have been singular cases spread throughout the world. One in Japan, two in Russia, another in Chicago, Brazil, France, and Italy. All of the apparent suicide victims jumped out of windows. The highest was from thirty-two stories, in Japan.
“I heard the most annoying song coming from the apartment next door. It was so loud. And then I heard screaming,” said one bereft neighbor. “I was going to call the police, but then I heard sirens and I looked outside and I could see way down below my neighbor. It was pretty gruesome. He fell a long way.” When the neighbor was told which song was being played in the apartment next door, he said he hadn’t heard of it, but he could understand why his neighbor had jumped.
“Some people are not logical, I guess. Me, I would have just hit the Off button, or unplugged the stereo so I wouldn’t have to listen to the song. I do understand the feeling of wanting to kill yourself when having to listen to it, though.”
Famous retired psychologist, Hubert Humdinger (pronounced hum-din-jer), said this is not an uncommon phenomenon. “People have long been killing themselves over songs or certain types of art. Sometimes there is a pulse. Sometimes there is a feeling somewhere in the body that freezes the human. So the human’s brain is practically screaming to turn off the song, or stop looking at the painting, but the body refuses to look away, or to stop listening. I think this song by this young Rebecca Black is just such a song. It is demonic. It refuses to be shut off. It should be banned.”
More on Humdinger can be found at Dear Dirty America
This story is developing….
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