United Kingdom, March 5 -- Rebecca Black struggled to "cope" during her teenage fame.

The 27-year-old singer became suddenly known around the world in 2011 with her track 'Friday' - which her mother had paid the now-defunct ARK Music Factory $4,000 to write and also film an accompanying music video - and recalled her parents having to step in to "protect" her.

She told The Times: "I was trying to cope in the ways that I knew how.

[My parents] were doing the right thing and protecting me from exactly what was happening.

"I thought I would move to New York and be in theatre. Making 'Friday' was supposed to be the equivalent of going to summer camp."

The 'Salvation' hitmaker refused to have the song taken down and decided to just "live ...