While Rebecca Black was on the set of Katy Perry's latest video, Benni Cinkle was hard at work in the studio recording a single of her own. Entitled "Can You See Me Now," Cinkle wrote the song over a year ago after reading the stories of abuse that young people had posted anonymously to the website SixBillionSecrets. At the repeated request of fans from all over the world, Cinkle, who starred in the Rebecca Black Friday video as "the girl in pink with the awkward dancing" decided to show her song to her mom. "My fans had so many questions for me," Cinkle recalled of that time immediately following the release of the Rebecca Black Friday video. "But even more of them were interested in what I was going to do next. I got a lot of requests to record a song of my own. And because it's something I've been interested in for a long time, I decided to give it a try."
As the "Friday" video's viral spread continued across the Internet, Cinkle's growing fan base continued to call for her to release her own song. "It was crazy, the amount of people that were saying, 'When are you going to sing, Benni?'" Cinkle laughed. "I just felt like the timing was right." Weeks later, Cinkle was in a Hollywood recording studio, hard at work at her debut single.
"I was amazed when Benni shared with me the lyrics for "Can You See Me Now" for the first time," noted Pati Cinkle, Benni's mom. "I knew that she was passionate about helping others, but when I heard the song and the story behind the song, I thought I am not going to be the one that stands in her way."
It's been three weeks since "Can You See Me Now," and already the video for the song is creating a stir on YouTube. Currently, it stands as the 43rd most-discussed video for the month. The conversation is sure to heat up when it goes into rotation on MTV and VH1 at the end of September.
True to fashion, Cinkle is enjoying the early success of her work, but she's not resting on her laurels. In fact, she hopes to continue to combine her love of music with her passion for charity work, and has pledged to donate 100 percent of net proceeds from iTunes sales of her single to organizations like The Trevor Project, the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth.
Cinkle is also relying on the fans from around the world that have found her through the Rebecca Black "Friday" video to lend their support to the charities that she promotes through her nonprofit organization, That Girl in Pink Foundation. "They have been an inspiration to me the whole way," Cinkle remarked of her fans. "Now, I'm hoping that they will join me and the That Girl in Pink Foundation to help others out there who need their support."
As the "Friday" video's viral spread continued across the Internet, Cinkle's growing fan base continued to call for her to release her own song. "It was crazy, the amount of people that were saying, 'When are you going to sing, Benni?'" Cinkle laughed. "I just felt like the timing was right." Weeks later, Cinkle was in a Hollywood recording studio, hard at work at her debut single.
"I was amazed when Benni shared with me the lyrics for "Can You See Me Now" for the first time," noted Pati Cinkle, Benni's mom. "I knew that she was passionate about helping others, but when I heard the song and the story behind the song, I thought I am not going to be the one that stands in her way."
It's been three weeks since "Can You See Me Now," and already the video for the song is creating a stir on YouTube. Currently, it stands as the 43rd most-discussed video for the month. The conversation is sure to heat up when it goes into rotation on MTV and VH1 at the end of September.
True to fashion, Cinkle is enjoying the early success of her work, but she's not resting on her laurels. In fact, she hopes to continue to combine her love of music with her passion for charity work, and has pledged to donate 100 percent of net proceeds from iTunes sales of her single to organizations like The Trevor Project, the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth.
Cinkle is also relying on the fans from around the world that have found her through the Rebecca Black "Friday" video to lend their support to the charities that she promotes through her nonprofit organization, That Girl in Pink Foundation. "They have been an inspiration to me the whole way," Cinkle remarked of her fans. "Now, I'm hoping that they will join me and the That Girl in Pink Foundation to help others out there who need their support."
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To learn more about Benni Cinkle, including her charitable work, nonprofit organization, debut single and video, visit the That Girl in Pink Foundation and Benni Cinkle's YouTube page.
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