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Remember that one time when this girl named Rebecca Black innocently tried to release a cute lil' music video called "Friday" on the internet and it spawned an unbelievable amount of hatred and backlash, as well as a million bajillion YouTube views? While Rebecca's too busy making it rain to care about all that backlash, her friend in the "Friday" video is taking a stab at her own music career. Say it with me: "Here we go again."
Benni Cinkle, otherwise known as "that girl in the pink shirt" in the "Friday" video -- no seriously, that's what she named her YouTube channel -- has released her own song and video, "Can You See Me Now" (DEFINITELY not to be confused with Kanye West's "See Me Now"). And in a sharp contrast to Rebecca Black's video, "Can You See Me Now" is like, about really serious stuff... mixed with dancing?
In between shots of what looks like some kind of celestial nightclub, some pretty heavy stuff goes down in "Can You See Me Now" -- teen pregnancy, LGBT issues and self-harm. And it's all set to a synth-heavy electronic track that seems much more fitting for a European dance club instead of an educational high school health class video. Oh, and at the end, Benni gets butterfly wings. Because, sure, throw those in there.
While the video kind of has us scratching our heads (read: trying to figure out WTH is going on here), there's one thing we've learned: Rebecca Black has made anything possible on the internet. Literally. Anything. And to that we say, "Thanks!" Actually, "Thanks?"