Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Two viral videos, for entirely different reasons

Two videos going viral this week prove that what goes viral is not necessarily awesome. Many times, it is anything but. Presently, two terrible videos that are viral because... I don't know why?



Jennifer Aniston stars in a new video for Smart Water that has all the ingredients that make a good viral video. You know the stuff: hot celebrities, nerdy tech dudes, puppies, dancing babies, geeky teens lip syncing and of course crotch humor. To ensure it goes viral, the Smart Water video is called “Jen Aniston’s sex tape.”

That is, if you actually watch it to the end. If not it's just a bad Smart Water commercial.

Disclaimer: It's still a shit viral video. I took this description off the blogilvy website.



This next video is possibly worst song ever produced. No, seriously. Superlatives like that should not be used lightly, but once in a while something comes along that leaves you speechless because it defies all known limits.

It has it all. Autotuned singing, really bad dancing, an overage and slightly pervy looking rapper and nonsensical lyrics like "yesterday was Thursday, today it is Friday, we we we so excited." And it has 8 million views in a month. And really, why are 13-year-olds driving a car?

I don't like Justin Bieber, but I have to admit he has talent after watching this.