Justin Bieber

This kid is really famous!

Hm. Haven't noticed this Google/Twitter thing before.

He's also kind of terrible.

He's better than Drake

Herpes is better than Drake! Way to set the bar!

i originally read 'famous' as 'fabulous'.
so did the wiki/allmusic thing, a few exclamation marks appeared over my head, after which i re-read the post and realised my mistake.
think i will wait for my kids to tell me what his records are like.

He's really famous/popular? I saw him in guest spots on two Nickelodeon shows -- iCarly and True Jackson VP (my 8-year old daughter watches both shows) -- and figured he was just an actor playing a country singer.

He was terrible, BTW. His voice seemed auto-tuned, and his songs seemed flat and hackneyed.

yeah but he looks like a cuet lesbian!

He's really famous/popular?

http://gawker.com/5409943/the-long-island-tween-justin-bieber-riot-of-09-pandemonium-arrests-terror+tweeting

No kidding? F---g A.

I assume that sometimes labels just keep pressing until a act is popular. I'm open to be convinced otherwise with respect to this kid's talent, but wow, those few Justin Bieber songs I heard were, at best . . . servicable? Adequate? Unmemorable? Nondescript? Maybe worse.

are you a ten year old girl with cheesy parents?

lol. Hardly. Actually, the reverse: I am a (hopefully not cheesy) parent watching the same shows as my 8-year old daughter.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/fashion/03bieber.html?ref=fashion

He's got a "swagger coach"....

he makes me so uncomfortable

Did the Jonas Brothers do the same?

no

So when an Atlanta-based hip-hop manager named Scooter Braun called nearly two years ago, Ms. Mallette was confused. “I prayed, ‘God, you don’t want this Jewish kid to be Justin’s man, do you?’ ” she recalled.

‘God, you don’t want this black guy to be Justin’s swagger coach, do you?’

man, this kid is getting CALLED OUT on the internet.

the number of high school/middle school facebook groups about Bieber being 'totally a fag, like' is overwhelming.

So when an Atlanta-based hip-hop manager named Scooter Braun called nearly two years ago, Ms. Mallette was confused. “I prayed, ‘God, you don’t want this Jewish kid to be Justin’s man, do you?’ ” she recalled.

scooter braun is responsible for asher roth as well

the first bieber single is actually pretty good bcuz it was written by terius, but maybe it's just my age but his whole 'popularity' wrt screaming girls & what not just feels very fake & through-the-motions to me. his singles aren't even massively popular in the US. dude's just a trending topic, idk

He was on one of the network's New Years Eve shows and my Disney Channel watching nieces (age 10 and 13) know of him/kinda like him.

"one time" is pretty huge, jordan, idk. not saying he's worth a damn or will have another good song, but he's got a legit hit

“I have a swagger coach that helps me and teaches me different swaggerific things to do,” Bieber told the Toronto Star last month. “He has helped me with my style and just putting different pieces together and being able to layer and stuff like that.”

Or, as swagger coach Ryan Good, 24, told the Toronto paper: “Usher called me and said he thought Justin would benefit from being around a cool white boy.”

from: http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/music/story/1619297.html

http://twitter.com/thatrygood/status/6884726870

http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/37825840/n5129210_43666357_5501558.jpg

"one time" is pretty huge, jordan, idk. not saying he's worth a damn or will have another good song, but he's got a legit hit

― the bait vs. radrake david (k3vin k.), Monday, January 4, 2010 2:16 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

he just said it's not "massively popular," and he's right, it didn't even break into the top 10.

We're giving this kid a thread? Makes me ashamed of my country for the first time since Nickelback, tbh.

He Flo Rida'd The Cardigans' 'Lovefool' = point of no return.

need i remind y'all i was hating ahead of the curve: Rolling Worst Songs of 2009 (formerly 'I AM SO FUCKING APPALLED')

"youtubers with record deals" is a despicable trend no doubt and beiber's voice is bad but the tune is just fine imo

ha j0rdan actually likes the song now, contrary to his initial rxn

RIP

Death and Legacy

Bieber died following a gunshot wound sustained during a late night altercation in west Manhattan. According to local detectives, Bieber and his alleged girlfriend Selena Gomez attempted to enter a New York City nightclub with fake IDs but were recognized by several patrons. Witnesses claim Bieber was belligerent and threatened to shoot one of the bouncers. Justin subsequently reached into his coat pocket and withdrew what the NYPD has claimed to be a small .25 caliber pistol. James Rodriguez, an on duty police officer at the scene, responded by shooting Bieber once in the head. It was later determined that Beiber's handgun was errantly loaded with .22 caliber ammunition.

Paramedics arrived on scene shortly after the shooting but were unable to resuscitate Bieber, who was pronounced dead shortly before 11pm EST. The area surrounding Larry Flynt's Hustler Club on Manhattan's West 51st street has been closed off and witnesses are being questioned as the investigation into this tragic event continues. No statement has been released by Bieber's family or publicist, and no one else was injured during the altercation. Although toxicology reports have not yet been issued, several tablets of the prescription drug Dilauded were found on Gomez' person and it is speculated that both her and Bieber were intoxicated.

found that JUST before it was deleted

OMG SWAGGER COACH

everyone needs a swagger coach imo

wrong, if everyone needs a swagger coach, then who coaches those without swagger?

swagger leprechauns!

i swag when i coach
i swag when i coach
i swag when i coach
now watch me coach and swag

he really makes me feel like a paedo

http://www.damnimcute.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/carter.jpg
"damnimcute.com"

i think aaron carter was different because a. i was also 12 b. he was singing about playing basketball with shaquille o neal and having a "party" when his parents were out at dinner or whatever. beiber is like, "seducing" women in his videos. idk, blech.

Yeah, 'one time' really only grosses me out because:
a) his 'invisible' braces are incredibly, ickily visible
b) he's 'seducing' girls
c) he looks like he's 12 rather than 15
d) he embodies everything that i find so compelling but also so disgusting about teenagers of today.

http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt18y5hOUX1qzftyjo1_400.jpg

how old was britney when her first single came out?

16

he really makes me feel like a paedo

― total eclipse of the shart (J0rdan S.), Thursday, January 7, 2010 3:05 AM (12 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

For what? He's not remotely in the vicinity of attractive. I mean, he's unsettling in that way you're disturbed when your 14/15 yr old sister gets her first boyfriend or something but...sort of harmless and ignorable until you're confronted with the music head-on.

[broken img killed]

He's like...two parts kicked puppy, one part Disney channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTCm8tdHkfI

i know like whatever fast forward twitter etc but i mean, welcome to the past

RIP

Up next: hilarious Kerry v. Bush jib jab cartoon. Don't go anywhere, ILX.

hey dont taze me bro

Perhaps you'd like to hear some Chuck Norris Facts, plax?

wow @ "love me" on arrow pointed toward his crotch on official single artwork

is this kid music on snl right this week

http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_430xN.139857570.jpg

“We’ve got nothing better to do / than watch Disney, and have a couple of Dews.”

amazing shirt

http://waitingforbieber.com/

oh wow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxSeCKwz-jw

http://www.tmz.com/2010/06/17/justin-bieber-drinking-cops-maryland-bar-woman-katie-underage-police/

lol

loooooooooooooooooooooooool

Internet Pranksters Attempt to Send Justin Bieber Tour to North Korea
Posted Tue Jul 6, 2010 11:25am PDT by Joseph Brannigan Lynch in Stop The Presses!

If Internet pranksters have their way, Justin Bieber will be performing in one of the world's most oppressive regimes. Communist North Korea is currently leading an online poll on Bieber's My World Tour website, where the 16-year-old singer asked his fans to choose which country he should tour in next. Bieber didn't put any place off limits and, of course, Web-based troublemakers took full advantage of the trusting Canadian heartthrob.

Users of the website 4chan-an influential Internet subculture that introduced the world to lolcats -- made sure North Korea received over a half million votes, catapulting it from 24th place to 1st place. That puts the despotic communist country ahead of Israel by about 5,000 thousand votes -- and if nothing changes before the contest wraps on July 7, it will make North Korea the winner.

Considering almost no one in North Korea is allowed on the Internet and the country's restrictive media probably doesn't give the mop-haired Bieber much coverage, it's fairly unlikely that any of those half million votes came from actual North Korean citizens.

Regardless of the online poll's outcome, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il and Bieber's tour manager can probably agree on one thing: the adorable, elf-like singer almost certainly won't be adding the harsh regime to his world tour.

This isn't the only thing the Internet has done to punk Bieber lately, though. Over the holiday weekend, hackers broke into Bieber's YouTube videos and redirected preteen fans to false articles about their idol dying in a car crash. And those were actually some of the more kid-friendly websites to which fans of the 16-year-old singer were redirected.

The rumors were so prevalent that the boy himself made a point of tweeting about it.
"Let's take some time to answer some crazy rumors...I'm not dead," Bieber posted on his Twitter account. "I had to check on this one...but it turns out I'm alive."

Furthermore, he also assured fans that he's "not Peter Pan," demonstrating that the music sensation has a sense of humor about himself. Being a wildly popular teenage superstar probably takes the sting out of being the butt of Internet jokes like these.

Proof: http://tweeter.faxo.com/Justin_Bieber_My_World_Tour

yeah but he looks like a cuet lesbian!

― Fox Force Five Punchline (sexyDancer), Wednesday, December 9, 2009 11:43 AM (6 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

prescient post

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y85543zESO8

What a wonderful world.

Original's better.

http://gawker.com/5603069/justin-bieber-to-play-himself-in-3d-biographical-movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0GjKiy3nSI

as much as I dislike the Bieb, that's a much more professional response than I've seen many more seasoned pros elicit after being nailed.

(RON ARTEST TO THREAD)

Nice throw! Surely not from the hands of a pre-teen

that's a much more professional response than I've seen many more seasoned pros elicit after being nailed.

Josh Homme to thread.

Chad Kroeger, too.

I'd watch this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVLmC8Motfg

that didnt feel good

the elle photoshoot he's done with kim kardashian is an odd thing indeed

holy shit guys: http://soundcloud.com/shamantis/j-biebz-u-smile-800-slower

not to be "that guy" but this like the 4th time someone has posted that link on ILX today

jesus really? i guess that makes ME that guy.

where the fuck else was it posted?

ok - i see it now on the "ambient albums" thread.

also here: RIP Justin Bieber

also a 77 thread but I can't remember which one

jesus. i thought i had completed due diligence by searching ilm for Bieber.

we have too many threads on to many boards here.

also fuck you everybody who found this before i did.

fuck you too

fair enough.

first!

"You’re not going to believe this, but technology has found a way to make Justin Bieber sound as good as Animal Collective."

http://www.nerdist.com/2010/08/winwinfail-episode-ii-bieber-fever/

why would you want to do that?

i don't have time for a single thing i've heard by bieber, but it's animal collective who wish they could sound as good as he does, clearly

They both remind me of people with tiny penises.

ouch

arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/PKzcmEJEuOoLRffwEjxM0A?feat=directlink

Brazilian police find Justin Bieber painting in the house of dangerous drug lord in Rio. Really.

http://twitpic.com/3b25tf

Justin Bieber wants shariah imposed in North America!

http://www.salon.com/life/justin_bieber/?story=/politics/war_room/2010/12/30/justin_bieber_ground_zero_mosque

http://www.twitvid.com/DJHH3

if this is the new 80s, maybe bieber will bring us the new graceland

Um...so after months and months of radio immersion, I think I might actually like 'Baby'? A fair deal, even.

Like...someone needs to be making harmlessly PG male pop music, so it may as well be him. Plus, it's not mindlessly pounding Dr. Luke house-pop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYQJ_SIVUVE

On 'Today', Hoda and Kathie Lee had to check up on him this morning because he had the sniffles. I'm not entirely sure, but I think KLG hit on him. O.o She asked if he like older women.

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/PKzcmEJEuOoLRffwEjxM0A?feat=directlink

Brazilian police find Justin Bieber painting in the house of dangerous drug lord in Rio. Really.

― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Monday, November 29, 2010 5:04 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark

i thought "painting" was a verb here

^^^ me too. That makes more sense now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zb64y6Nvs0

belongs in the justin bieber r.i.p. thread obviously

Its fun to hit play and then keeping clicking on the 12 second mark.

Actually pretty cool.

now why did I misread the headline as "Justin Bieber Played With Nick Cave Last Night"? not sure if that scenario would've been cool or just universe shattering.

Justin Bieber Played Nic Cage Last Night.

http://gawker.com/5830913/justin-bieber-cutout-heist-goes-horribly-wrong

singing the i'm on one hook / remixing drake's trust issues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwX3FdwMCUs

oh i guess drake sings the i'm on one hook on the original trust issues

dude why would you even listen/share

bieber > drake

it's weird, he's singing not completely like a child. interesting imo.

looking forward the biebr/weeknd collab album

anyway, of all the bullshit you listen to... -- i guess bieber singing about drinking syrup and not trusting women can't measure up with selena gomez & the scene

damn j0rdan comin brolic w/ it

yes i have watched videos by bieber's piece of ass girlfriend, sue me

i'm coming very brolin w/ it, as well

http://www.altfg.com/Stars/n/no-country-for-old-men-brolin-4.jpg

autogoonies

http://i.imgur.com/xR1vj.png

Am I thew only one who thinks Justin Beiber is starting to sound like Tracy Chapman during points of that song?

http://i.imgur.com/W1JWm.png

lmao

best ever

;_; ;_; ^_^ ;_;

THANK YOU BIEBER GOD

so not going to happen

Do Bieber fans enjoy/listen to the Kanye/Raekwon remix that samples Wutang? I had my hopes up that it would be a bigger deal.

who are te other three?

random hysterical fans

I bet the Kanye remix was their gateway to Bieber.

I feel like there's a THANK YOU BIEB GOD joke we could be making

THANK YOU BIEBER GOD

― J0rdan S., Sunday, October 23, 2011 6:29 PM (Yesterday)

damn, sorry for ignoring you jordie

who are te other three?

They're famous Finnish models, don't you read yr damn internets?

damn, sorry for ignoring you jordie

― dayo, Monday, October 24, 2011 9:10 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

it's ok

TMI.

oh ffs

Justin Bieber's manager has claimed that the singer's "balls have dropped".

Scooter Braunt, who looks after the pint sized popstar

this is just really solid writing, editing and fact checking from the NME.

c'mon dan it couldn't last forever

i would actually start reading the NME religiously if they just added a superfluous T to the end of everyone's name

NOEL GALLAGHERT: SHOCKING NEW INTERVIEW

KATY PERRYT

【http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/imagebuzz/terminal01/2011/9/8/13/awkward-justin-bieber-fan-very-nsfw-30314-1315503025-7.jpg】

Contrary to reports, Justin Bieber's balls have not yet dropped. In fact, he doesn't even have balls.

I am fucking dying laughing at dylan's pic

lol/aw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBVXPYTzczU&feature=player_embedded

http://i.imgur.com/cZ2uy.png

About 6,000,000 results for "justin bieber performing baby"

cool.

new single is great

it's very 2002 timberlake but of course that's not a bad thing

it's called "boyfriend" & i would link to it but i don't feel like hunting for a good link right now

and written by mike posner o_O

http://ellen.warnerbros.com/2012/03/justin_shares_a_clip_of_his_new_song_0323.php

Last time he was here, Ellen predicted what Justin Bieber's new song, "Boyfriend," would sound like. Now that it's about to be released, Justin wanted to play her a clip and show her just how right she was!

LOL!

(skip to likr 1:37 on that video)

yeah innit. christ who'd have thought? (Pop Justice 'song of the day' too).

It is so similar to N'sync's "Girlfriend" but in all the right ways.

hope this is a hit

it's a justin bieber song

lol the verses remind me of the whisper song

lol it totally does sound like the whisper song!

i find that i feel a weird relief that biebs has finally made a decent song (maybe even a great one) - you knew it was gonna happen sooner or later and now here it is.

lex did you hate Trust Issues?

i don't think i heard "trust issues"

and google reveals that it features drake so i don't think i'm gonna

also cuz i can't stop listening to this :o

it is actually 2012's first great pop song, isn't it

dope song!

i haven't heard this so i can point and laugh at you guys for liking a song written by mike posner

swag swag swag on you
chillin by the fire while we eatin fondue

o_0

hang on did bieber really just exclaim "BURR!"

This song is not as good as "Somebody to Love."

I've been loving Bieber for years now. Way to catch up.

it is actually 2012's first great pop song, isn't it

― lex pretend, Monday, March 26, 2012 1:57 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark

i was thinking this... but it's probably the second great pop song after "call me maybe"

I've been loving Bieber for years now.

― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Monday, March 26, 2012 2:18 PM (5 seconds ago) Bookmark

http://dailydoseoflies.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/untitled_51.png

Well, no, I still like him with a low voice. But the thrill is gone.

this is produced really well, they layer his vocals nicely in places

he's put out some good stuff before but i thought it would be at least another album cycle before he made his 'justified' move

It's weird to say, but I like his performance on this way better than I actually like the song.

OK, feds take me away.

by far the most interesting thing i've seen from this commodity:

http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/2012/03/19/justin-bieber-gets-beaten-to-a-pulp-in-new-video-photo-shoot/

Noam Chomski ‏ @NoamChomski Bieber is not going to tell young girls about feminism or Beauvoir's books, he is going to tell them about having fun and consuming.

(yes i realize that's not really chomsky)

i find that i feel a weird relief that biebs has finally made a decent song (maybe even a great one)
Runaway Love is a great song.

i only really like the remix w/ raekwon & kanye but i agree the remix is a great song

I love the sound of "Boyfriend" -- it really does feel like a return to production styles of ca. 2002-04 -- but I wish there was more of a tune here.

more of a tune? it's one of the most immediately catchy things i've heard this year

i'm putting on an r&b night tonight and i'm gonna play this and not tell anyone what it is

parts of this new bieber sound are remarkably similar to jesse mccartney

he's put out some good stuff before but i thought it would be at least another album cycle before he made his 'justified' move

My thoughts exactly. Otoh I can see that they had to do *something*, "My World"'s production/angle/songwriting was tethered to his pre-pubescent voice. I just wish I could say I liked this more than, uh, anything off "Justified".

Yeah, if we're extending the Justified comparison, I just wish it was closer to "Like I Love You" than to a back-half track like "Right for Me."

is 'the justified move' the most overrated thing ever? it's possible.

this is fine but i'm not that enthusiastic about it.

are those bird calls? whoooooo....

kind of feels like Bieber's entire career since the moment he got signed is about riding out The Other Justin's arc and making the Justified move feel like a grim inevitability

Yeah, if we're extending the Justified comparison, I just wish it was closer to "Like I Love You" than to a back-half track like "Right for Me."
Why's everyone always dissin Right For Me?

Has anyone since Timberlake been in a position to utilize "the Justified move"? As if this is something that's happened more than once?

it kinda depends on whether you think the key context of that album is the move from pop to R&B, from group member to solo star, from teenpop star to universal/'adult' pop icon, or whether it applies equally to female acts etc. lots of artists before or since have had rough parallels in some of those categories, Bieber's just probably the most at once (although he was never in a group).

http://justinbieberasrenaissancewomen.blogspot.com.au/

There's part of the talky vocals that reminds me of David Banner's Play. That's the only thing I dislike about it.

"Boyfriend" blows, y'all are high

I agree, this is mediocre.

"Boyfriend" bows at #2 this week, making it his highest-charting single.

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1e1h33fnS1qb3wfwo1_400.png

I like-not-love it. Although he stands accused or is praised for Justinism, Timberlake in 2002 positioned himself as a sex dawg and hired Clipse; Bieber gets down on one knee to assure her of his gentlemanly credentials. The guy's still courting the G to PG crowd.

I like-not-love it.

same here. it's more Celebrity Justin than Justified Justin. baby steps.

he's not even on third album Jesse McCartney level tbh

i don't know that i've ever knowingly heard a jesse mccartney song

Is he James' brother?

those jesse mccartney singles are pretty good

ppl comparing this to "the whisper song" and "play" are high -- there's a lot more to those songs than soft rapping

eh it's not a striking similarity but i hear it

don't not like this but i'm consciously siding against it. superficial allures but its emptiness transfers over and you feel kinda used afterwards

still a great single tho, i'd have greenlighted it too

yeah it's definitely shrewd

So, I watched "Never say never" last night, it's amazing. There was a shot of Scooter Braun watching from side stage, he had tears in his eyes, and I totally get it.

if i was making bank off justin bieber i'd be crying every time i saw him perform, too

Na na na, that's what I THOUGHT, I was super cynical about the whole thing. "Usher reboots his career", Scooter makes some cheddar, a billion teenagers get obsessive. There's more to it than that, maybe? At least, there was for me. It's like seeing a highlight reel of one's own adolescence. All the good bits but with better hair and clothes.

I read something C Wilson just wrote with regards to Hirsch's "Bully":

Sitting through the vérité evidence, moment by moment, did provide a sort of therapy – not so much in the sympathy I felt for what the characters were enduring as in the way it had me constantly anticipating how the moments we were seeing would affect the lives ahead of them. Of course the lens through which I was doing that forecasting was my own experience, and so the lens became a mirror, in which I could see the threads tracing back from today to those moments of my own, way back.

And he hit the nail on the head, with regards to "why do I care about Tyler Clementi". The same observation rang true when I was watching Beibs at the bowling alley.

(In the movie, I didn't actually see Biebs at a bowling alley.)

Zac Efron got hawt after his adolescent polyurethane phase. There's hope for the Bieb.

Owen just imagine how much better it would have been if you saw it in 3D

I'm not opposed to watching it, but I'm feeling too self conscious to check it out from the library. Maybe if I check out two old Criterion titles or something at the same time...

Zac Efron got hawt after his adolescent polyurethane phase

Mmm, nope. Efron's hotness reached its apex with the Rolling Stone cover. He is now merely tapthatguy fodder.

lol

otm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb_jJgXyLqc

obviously

http://ab.img.v4.skyrock.net/ab9/justine-biber-007/pics/2926867357_1_3.gif

http://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/201206/justin-bieber-gq-june-2012-interview?printable=true

This article almost makes me feel sorry for him.

We head into his studio, where Aldred greets Bieber and pumps him up for the evening by ripping the sleeves off of his T-shirt while he's still wearing it. OUTTA MY WAY, SLEEVES. This is clearly not the first time they've performed this ritual. It's Bieber's patented entrance move, his talcum powder tossed in the air. Being Justin Bieber means having an endless number of T-shirts to destroy.

punk rock lives!

article wasn't very good

Would've been way better if he'd actually gotten to smoke pot with Bieber and take him to a titty bar.

new song is good!

this is cool, kind of annoying tho

There's a glimpse of a thoughtful person in there, someone who knows he's a caged animal. We talk music, and he mentions his love for pre–"Black Album" Metallica—"One," "Fade to Black." "Those are my jams," he says.

http://www.gq.com/images/style/2012/06/justin-bieber/justin-bieber-02.jpg

i've seen that photo like 20 times now and i'm still not sure if the thing with his head is on purpose or just an epic photoshop disaster

he looks like a teen god

j0rdan so obsessed with head/neck photoshopping

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, March 26, 2012 4:15 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark

he looks more like a lesbian here than I've ever seen before.

yeah it wasnt great (or at least was predictable) but i dont think there was any way to make it better short of kidnapping biebo and harvesting his organs

so do you guys think after he washes up he'll be semi-normal, or that he'll be totally fucked up? He actually seems like he's got a reasonably good head on his shoulders, comparatively speaking.

he'll be making decent money playing a wacky meta version of himself in a shitty sitcom in 2018

He actually seems like he's got a reasonably good head on his shoulders, comparatively speaking.

not the best thing to remark on in light of recent posts

j0rdan so obsessed with head/neck photoshopping

i can tell by some of the pixels

what are you referring to? xp

we were talking about the head/body size ratio in the picture where you said he looks like a lesbian

lulz

ok, well, he's got a good head on his shoulders in that particular photo at least

actually, maybe not.

well, the head is ok, it's actually the body that is causing me confusion

so do you guys think after he washes up he'll be semi-normal, or that he'll be totally fucked up? He actually seems like he's got a reasonably good head on his shoulders, comparatively speaking.

― Poliopolice, Tuesday, May 29, 2012 3:53 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

he seems like a twerp to me, but a boring one with level-headed people around him, so who knows

I expect he will found a videogame company that will attempt to publish a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game

Ironically, I see a lot of weed and titty bars in his future.

there's no reason his career shouldn't look like britney or timberlake's did after they turned 18

I expect he will found a videogame company that will attempt to publish a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game

his legend will also be based on "the bloody sock" moment.

there's no reason his career shouldn't look like britney or timberlake's did after they turned 18

― ♆ (gr8080), Wednesday, May 30, 2012 6:56 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

there's no reason his career shouldn't look like the dozens of other teen stars who couldn't maintain the level of fame those 2 did, too

i mean expecting bieber to have the same career arc as timberlake just because that's what he's blatantly being groomed to do is like expecting ja rule to eventually have a discography equal to 2pac

His flow is slower than prostate cancer.

there's no reason his career shouldn't look like britney or timberlake's did after they turned 18

― ♆ (gr8080), Wednesday, May 30, 2012 6:56 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

i could totally see him going off the rails a la britney if his management wasn't so tight -- still may happen cuz he seems to have a small rebellious streak

timberlake is a high bar tho -- there's nothing really to suggest that bieber has that kind of songwriting talent, for instance -- he's supposedly some writing on this album and the songs are definitely impressive but if he ever puts out an album 75% as good as 'futuresex/lovesounds' i'd be floored

i think he could have a pretty rewarding career as a singles artist whose albums are half pretty good, half total nonsense -- but he's still far, far away from his mid-20s

I know nothing about the dude, but does he work with any auteur producers, or just hitmaker hacks? JT's smart move was hooking up with Neptunes and Timba at the peak of their powers (more or less). He had an ambitious eye for quality. The Bieb seems to be all about product right now, which is the safe move. But he's also really stupid young.

(Though even my 7-year old and her friends make fun of him, so who knows what that portends)

well, even with songwriting credits on No Strings Attached it was still impossible to recognize Justin the polymath we know today.

I know nothing about the dude, but does he work with any auteur producers, or just hitmaker hacks? JT's smart move was hooking up with Neptunes and Timba at the peak of their powers (more or less). He had an ambitious eye for quality. The Bieb seems to be all about product right now, which is the safe move. But he's also really stupid young.

― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, May 30, 2012 10:45 PM (28 seconds ago) Bookmark

he has a mix on this album -- guys like darkchild, hit-boy, bei major, diplo, so it's not exactly a katy perry album

his lead single was written by this fuckin guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKoFGDLW7mg

i don't really understand j0rdan's Katy Perry contrast, unless he somehow things Stargate, Dr. Luke and Tricky Stewart are somehow more hacky/less auteur-like than Hitboy or Bei Major

i don't exactly think hit-boy and bei major are geniuses or something, but they're more auteur than stargate and dr. luke

Dr. Luke is a much stronger parallel to 2002 Neptunes than those dudes

i mean i don't necessarily agree w/ josh's premise entirely, but it's a mildly interesting and adventurous tracklist -- but i'd say the same for usher's new album, idk

how many major label albums can have a diplo production credit before that ceases to be shorthand for 'adventurous'

oh, i don't really give a shit about diplo, but his a&r people def stepped further out of the box than i would've expected.

i mean, look, it's not like 'justified' was that adventurous either, for the record -- working with tim and the neptunes wasn't exactly novel

i dunno if you'd asked me a year ago who was gonna work on this album i probably would've said frank ocean and no i.d. (xpost)

ya you might be right

wtf @ that close up of pierce mumbling to himself and coughing like a smoker

All around the wu-ur-urld. Sounds like being in the midway when the kids start getting mad anyone else is there.

(And I like it better than any of the other club thrash anthems I've heard lately. Also, "Boyfriend.")

No talk abt "Die In Your Arms?" I really must be the only one who loves the shit outta this song.

This killed me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgdXchXWqUg

lmao

amazing

If I were the Bieber, that'd be the highlight of my life not involving Selena Gomez.

sock men

bieb?

If I were the Bieber, that'd be the highlight of my life not involving Selena Gomez.

― clemenza, Thursday, June 14, 2012 11:05 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark

after they explained to you who that old guy was

Handler: "He used to be the president, Justin."
Bieb: "Never see him, I don't know what he does."

lol

That clip is amazing.

the bieb is canadian, lil dude don't need to give a fuck

'im a sock man' to the tune of im the scatman

holy hell that pass off the steal

wrong thred!

you guys having worked out which the good tracks are on this album i am kind of listening to them all the time

it's kind of like a better usher album tbh

as long as you LUH-LUH-LUH-LUH-LUH-LUH-LOVE ME

idk, the album doesn't often rise above this minimal "just ok" level for me. it just kinda plods along with its competent-but-sorta-limp hooks, edm-y beats and diaphanous lyrics and doesn't hit much of a stride for the most part. and the title track is just embarrassing, i can't even put myself through it again.

(i love how mere seconds after i thought, "wow, his voice sounds unusually annoying here" during "right here" drake entered the track and instantly one-upped him in that regard.)

that said, i do like a number of the songs on this album -- "boyfriend", "thought of you" (which i would say does actually 'hit a stride'), "catching feelings" (which appropriately enough is one of the only tracks that actually captures a ~feeling~ for me, however uncomplicated), "as long as you love me"

i'm sure many people will like it (including people who never liked anything he did before) but i'm not even sure this is even negligibly better than his previous material

nicki minaj's verse is oddly beautiful to me despite the lol-worthy wiener/selena rhyme. love love love her delivery. JUSTIN - BIEBER!

"take you" and "catching feelings" are my other highlights, as well as the first 3 tracks which i already knew were all A+

they kinda leaked all the best songs early, also bonus tracks > over half the shit on the album

the first six or so songs are awesome... "catching feelings" is the one ballad that is almost borderline acceptable

i like the drake song. in partic i like the scratching.

yeah i like that song a lot... that vein of drake r&b is pretty catnip-ish for me. and the scratching is choice.

'CAUSE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALL IIIIIIIIII NEEEEEEEEEEEED

video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4em3LKQCAQ&feature=plcp

as much as i enjoyed that song at the time of release i don't feel like it's really caught fire since

and besides, we have conor maynard now

xxpost

What song is that? Vid link is broken.

as long as you love me

heard it on the radio the other day. sounds dope.

the video is hilarious romeo + juliet / bonnie + clyde running away from her day w/ sepia toned makeout memories stuff. and then it ends with a battered and bruised and bloody biebz getting his ass kicked by his love interest's father.

This comment has received too many negative votes
I'm a belieber, BUT... this video is making my bieber fever start to fade :/ This Video Is Just GROSS nd DISGUSTING I Hate It -.- u ppl r weird. how is this video amazing or whatever?? its the worst ever! Justin, I Love You But I Loved The Justin I Knew Before.. The Justin That Was Cute nd nice but not THIS Justin :( Stop Changing! I Might Stop Being A Belieber If Ur Other Videos R Like This -_-
JBfan100987 11 minutes ago

Bah. Wake me when Die In Your Arms gets a vid.

important to mention that the love interest's father is played by michael madsen

haha yes, i enjoy this video. + the song is still my favorite from the album

what a strange mess of a video

song still amazing obv

This album is actually not bad.

http://khu.music.s3.amazonaws.com/songify_504f5de46bce9.mp3

Yeah, this album is what's up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys7-6_t7OEQ

one of my favs off the album. ludicrous video. ludicrous nicki. beat kinda reminds me of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNxMzTdrjvE

which is obv amazing

Cute video, cute song. Both could use a bit more Nicki.

"beauty and the beat" is good but i kinda hate the drops in that beat

Agreed.

i mean expecting bieber to have the same career arc as timberlake just because that's what he's blatantly being groomed to do is like expecting ja rule to eventually have a discography equal to 2pac

― some dude, Wednesday, May 30, 2012 9:13 PM (5 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

he broke up with selena gomez, and then covered "cry me a river" in concert, smdh

lool

a nice ethering of caramanica's lazy-ass bieber live review: http://storify.com/doctaj/the-not-so-implicit-misogyny-in-the-nytimes-revew

i don't know how you write about something like a Bieber concert without acknowledging the age or gender makeup of the majority of the audience, or the fact that their constant screaming is a huge part of the experience

and he doesn't really go much beyond acknowledging that imo

I kinda think only teen girls should be allowed to review teenybop pop; evaluate in the context for which it's intended

oh and this is the worst kind of horseshit

i just think that superior, faux-baffled tone so often taken by middle-aged male critics when faced with excitable tween fans is a huge, played-out cliché at this point. caramanica is experienced enough not to be completely overt about his disdain for them, and for bieber, but it's obvious nonetheless, as those tweets illustrate

there's not really any disdain for bieber in the piece, other than to say that his heart doesn't seem to be in dancing

but you and i and robin james aren't teen girls so we shouldn't even be talking about this! it is forbidden!

more offended by a writer over 20 using "hate on"

#popfeminism

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/court-papers-bieber-wasn-target-castration-article-1.1219200

Obligatory New Mexico connection.

link more appropriate for the RIP Justin Bieber thread

RIP bieber balls

Let's say justin bieber was critically and artistically a huge success, but then he got castrated by some criminal genius. I wonder how that would affect his legacy.

i like "beauty and a beat" now

(now that it's been on the radio a lot, not now that someone tried to castrate/kill bieber)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21665179

Oh no Bieber was late coming on to the stage! And on a school night too!

some kids prob have been seriously damaged by this

yeah yeah blame the victims

Needless to say I am sure that Justin Bieber is resting, sleeping and counting his millions with not even a care in the world for the inconvenience caused; the tears of the girls who had to leave even before he came on due to having to get the last trains home; the additional expense of car parking, taxis and the knock-on effect today.

resting, sleeping, AND counting his millions.

"They were playing Michael Jackson song, after song, after song - it was so annoying."

He said his daughter sent him a text message at 22:20 saying: "he hasn't even come on dad this is a joke"

some kids probably taught a valuable lesson by this.

your idols always let you down in the end (by being slightly late on stage)?

having to go to bed early is shit.

two hours late for anything is a bit much really, he's a pretty rude fucker imo

he is a little shit alright, though it's sort of part of his appeal.

who does he think he is, Axl Rose?

..Parents are such an embarrassment.
..Teenage boys are a let down.

hey, leave axl out of this, he's gotta get in the zone okay?

http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/axl-rose-guns-n-roses-thumb.jpg

Bieb tweeting that he was 40 minutes late due to technical issues and apologised.

xp why u post picture of Hulk Hogan?

Parents are so stupid when it comes to pop music really. Its not about last trains or car parking fees or going to bed late, its about seeing and hearing Justin Bieber.

i wonder how many kids had a Worst Birthday because of the delay

omg that's actually Axl, isn't it? I thought it was that guy who used to put on a horrible mask and pretend to be Michael Jackson.

eagerly awaiting the day Justin Bieber shouts "GIMME SOME REGGAE" in the middle of a song

Justin meets the London Paparazzi and they exchange many frank words in their respective languages

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5k0UTxwdWo

it would be awful if a crazed fan found that bald pig faced paparazzo and knifed him to death

His bodyguard picks him up and handles him like a toddler. It's probably because of Justin's little wool cap.

AHAHA telephone tough guy syndrome

leave justin alone!!! :(((

This will inevitably be used for some major lol @ Bieber, but I don't think anyone should forget who comes off as the real asshole here.

no its def bieber in that hat acting like scrappy doo

They're all assholes.

haha yes

I like it when papparazzi put their hands in front of other people's cameras to stop them from filming

what exactly was paparazzo guy getting so upset about in the first place, did someone hit him?

looks like he was nudged aside or something

The image of him dressed like that shouting "What you say" is pretty funny but yeah that guy is like 40 and he's basically threatening a little kid. The "Fuck off back to America" line doesn't do him any favours either.

the paparazzi looks like a miserable prick and i feel like usually that is its own punishment

oh my god that was hilarious

loool @ that video

i like the guy at the end crossing the street, odd little coda to the whole thing

any scrappy doo gifs going about yet?

Charles Murray, a cameraman for 5 News witnessed the incident and said it was "an angry outburst".

He added: "He deliberately went out of his way to shove the photographer. The photographer shouted back at him as Bieber got into his car.

"Bieber then decided to get back out of the car and slapped his camera out of the way."

Belieberian Scorekeeper

Wasn't aware Phil Mitchell was a paparazzi

http://i.imgur.com/CfTAXUD.gifBIEBER BREAKDOWN Y'ALLhttp://i.imgur.com/CfTAXUD.gif

everyone has bad days

trying to work out a unified theory of paparazzi

As goofy and terrible as he is, I can't help sympathizing with Biebs here. He deserves his own lil' personal freak out.

^^
yes.

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120529002615/parappatherapper/images/b/b8/Parappa_one.jpg

i feel like the guy crossing the street should be Colin Farrell and nobody noticed it.

where can i get a knit cap w/ year of MY birth on it

(go ahead)

wrote a short song for the Biebs over this

:D

please call it "Let Me At 'Em"

Whitehouse wrote a song for the other guy

shades of Jay Kay in that video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRKc_AgAniI

christ that's horrible what a tossbag.

I really should have clicked on this thread earlier... that Bieber vs. Pap clip is fucking gold!

http://25.media.tumblr.com/8abc8bd84f59476baeabdeb63bd152bb/tumblr_mjgjmq1DK71qhi11io1_500.jpg

hahaha

Aw, I just listened to aerosmith's song and I feel guilty.

http://pitchfork.com/news/49873-watch-john-darnielle-defends-justin-bieber-lectures-paparazzi-in-song/

hah, great little song

awww, cute!

(but I wonder if the abortion line is a subtle dig at Justin's pro-life-ish mom and Justin's own comments on the issue)

(...or maybe sometimes a simple little song is just a simple little song & I am seriously overthinking things http://i.imgur.com/M0HrXGW.jpg)

Darnielle is quite outspoken on women's reproductive rights, and used to work in the health care. So, maybe a subtle dig, but more likely just an issue at the forefront of his mind.

http://i.imgur.com/M0HrXGW.jpg

Lonely guy just thinking baout things

Hey, good song!

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr01/2013/3/12/12/anigif_enhanced-buzz-7116-1363106595-39.gif

So whatcha, whatcha, whatcha want?

http://i.imgur.com/M0HrXGW.jpg

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr01/2013/3/12/12/anigif_enhanced-buzz-7116-1363106595-39.gif
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5935fx15CU
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr01/2013/3/12/12/anigif_enhanced-buzz-7116-1363106595-39.gif

http://media.marketwire.com/attachments/201209/TN-83248_JustinBieberDuckTape-Roll.jpg

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BHzrXbuCUAAgLN-.jpg

Lol @ credulous twats actually falling for this.

well, it was posted on The Anne Frank House's Facebook, so I think it's true.

I couldn't see it when I looked a few minutes ago but wau.

breaking news: justin bieber summer camp announced

http://i.imgur.com/I9cucl7.jpg

i am so dustin bober

i'll bet his swagger coach told him to write that

LOL @ people who yell "hoax!" at everything for the pleasure of being right one time in ten

those cynical unbeliebers

chasing that pleasure with such a small ratio of return, the fools

In fairness when I initially looked at the Anne Frank House FB page it wasn't actually on the page, unless there was a linked picture of Bieber somewhere I didn't notice, and that screengrab looks mocked up as hell. It still feels made up, like something out of a deliberate parody.

"Great girl" is probably worse than "belieber".

Anne Frank, cracking bunch of lads.

bieber likes to keep things casual that's just his style

but yeah, i agree with you his statement about anne frank was pretty weird/borderline offensive

However, there is a simple explanation for the comment, a source tells PEOPLE.

"Justin took the time to visit the museum after reading Anne Frank's diaries – he wanted to follow-up by visiting her house. Someone told Justin during the tour that Anne was very into pop culture and probably would've been a fan of Justin," the source says.

"It's sad that people are so quick to criticize without understanding the context with which he made those comments."

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20691317,00.html

"Someone told Justin during the tour that Anne was very into pop culture and probably would've been a fan of Justin,"

I say again: SWAGGER COACH

That explanation doesn't make it sound any less like Justin Bieber lives in his own reality with himself at the center.

That explanation doesn't make it sound any less like Justin Bieber lives in his own reality with himself at the center

Wow, and him a pop star after all, whodathoughtit?

I don't normally open up this thread, so I didn't hear on the radio until this morning what this is all about. I'm completely fine with what he said. Above and beyond the fact that he was, in his own clumsy and egocentric way, trying to say something nice, I sometimes think kids forget that Anne Frank--or MLK, or, in my own country, Terry Fox--were actually real people. They're presented with this deified, remote textbook figure from the time they enter school, and after a while, I get the feeling--as a teacher, from first-hand observation--they just tune out anything further you have to say. Suggesting that Anne Frank, in another context, might have had feelings similar to other teenage girls does not seem like the worst thing in the world to me. (I'll cut him some slack and assume he meant in another context--not that in the middle of her actual horrors she would have found time for Justin Bieber.)

A friend of Ann Powers noted this more specifically in re: Frank, pop culture and being a 'real' person:

I am sure that this is not what Beiber had in mind, but it is true that Anne Frank did keep up with Hollywood fan and gossip magazines and particularly liked Deanna Durbin, who was, arguably, even more manufactured than Justin Beiber (whatever you think of either of them). Both Durbin and Beiber were/are heavily promoted teen "singers"; both were popular among younger kids because of their anodyne, nonthreatening good looks (Durbin was engineered by the studio as the "wholesome, attractive" opposition to Judy Garland's actual talent but somewhat swarthy appearance). It's not flattering for Beiber, but it also means that he might not be totally wrong.

the "wholesome, attractive" opposition to Judy Garland's actual talent but somewhat swarthy appearance

weird

swarthy judy

i really don't see a problem with Bieb'ers comment

It's just the word 'belieber'; it makes me want to set anyone who uses it on fire.

well that's your beliebf

i mean, what cute pun on the name "bieber" would you prefer shakey?

sorry i meant "scik" i read ur name too quickly

clemenza otm

Cynthia Ozick's great essay depicting how Otto Frank turned his daughter from a human being into a symbol is relevant here.

fyi this is Deanna Durbin:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inV3RlOTOXM

this is Justin Bieber:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GuqB1BQVr4

just putting that out there so ppl can really feel the comparison

she would definitely ditch that stuffy opera singing broad for the biebinator if she was given the choice

It's not about whether it's thinkable or not. You probably shouldn't say stuff like that about yourself even if (many) people are giving you a reason to think it might be true. It's not a good look.

this whole european tour has been comedy gold

“I prayed, ‘God, you don’t want this Jewish kid to be Justin’s man, do you?...God, I gave him to you. You could send me a Christian man, a Christian label!’” -- Pattie Mallette in The New York Times, 2009.

Deanna Durbin was great, Anne Frank otm.

Deanna Durbin or Justin Beiber, it really doesn't matter, either way she wouldn't have been blasting any tunes up in that attic. Now if the Frank family had access to ipods and headphones, that may have been a game changer.

the whole point is that writing the word "belieber" in anne frank's guest book is just a truly spectacular example of the absurdity of all human existence imo

probably wasn't even the first time

haha god

it's hard to belieb.

I always get Deanna Durbin confused with Deanna Dunagan, who won a Tony for August: Osage County.

I'd imagine Justin Bieber's probably somewhat of a idiot from a book learnin' perspective, he probably hasn't gone to school since he was 13.

He was home-schooled before getting discovered, IIRC.

http://gawker.com/5994914/anne-franks-stepsister-she-would-have-probably-been-a-belieber

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR6wfJ4SyrQ

tbh is this not in spirit p much a proto edm dj got me falling in love banger for 1948

she's even chatting on the mic, wheel it up my selecta

<3

Selena Gomez Says Bieber Has ‘Tiny, Weird Penis’

daily currant is a shitty "fake news" satire site fwiw

Hahaha. Aw.

I was a belieber.

for some reason i felt genuine relief when i found out that wasn't a true story

So did JBieb.

@tejucole What fresh hell is this? RT @justinbieber: AFRICA

he's in capetown

sweet tweet, bieb!

Is it 3012 yet.

soon

http://media.tumblr.com/079399da06aa1237ae9d409600231ef2/tumblr_inline_mp0rq4Nkys1qz4rgp.gifhttp://media.tumblr.com/079399da06aa1237ae9d409600231ef2/tumblr_inline_mp0rq4Nkys1qz4rgp.gifhttp://media.tumblr.com/079399da06aa1237ae9d409600231ef2/tumblr_inline_mp0rq4Nkys1qz4rgp.gif

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/ca8e174a54/between-two-ferns-with-zach-galifianakis-justin-bieber

http://gawker.com/justin-bieber-orders-bodyguards-to-carry-him-up-chinas-1433222500

Fuck this dude.

http://nationalreport.net/justin-biebers-beached-whale-comment-leads-teen-girls-suicide/

jfc

tumblr seems to think it's a hoax, "nationalreport.net" also has an article up claiming the duck dynasty guy has a gay lover

yeah it's a spoof site, tho in what way exactly is this supposed to be 'funny' is a real headscratcher

a fitting end to justin bieber's career: all the news is unflattering spoofs

similar to that recent "kanye compares himself to nelson mandela" fake news story that basically took advantage of the fact that it was so similar to all the other bullshit he's actually said lately

Also takes advantage of why we read these sort of stories, schadenfreude/wish fulfillment, etc.

but when has justin bieber said anything negative/interesting about anyone/anything

i guess that plays up the idea of him being a brat or something

"fuck bill clinton"

word tho

https://twitter.com/justinbieber/status/415683404462436352

WELP

"Lol"

^^ He tweeted that and he seems to have deleted it while the original "I'm retiring" tweet remains up. I better be paid to keep y'all up to date on this breaking news while everyone else is enjoying Christmas Eve with family.

'journals' is great

he said "I'm actually retiring" in a radio interview last week in response to a question about the future, the whole thing has a creepy feel of him just getting out these little cries for help every time he gets a chance to blurt out something not pre-approved by management.

kinda inspiring to think of the dude goin "wait...I'm not really going to need any more money...there's really no reason for me to keep doing this"

bieber could def blow through $200 mill or whatever if he just quit the game

how much do those drop crotch pants cost?

also have you see this kid with a mustache wtf guy http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/09/biebers-wispy-new-mustache-from-all-angles.html

that's a mustache?

Part of me wants to see Justin Bieber disappear for a few months and then reemerge with a glorious, full blown beard.
All the pieces are in alignment...

it will be interesting to see if this "retirement" lasts any longer than jay-z's publicity stunt hiatus

I'm hoping for either coming out or gender transition

but I'm bracing for some Chris Gaines shizz

I was intrigued by the retirement comment. I feel like I missed his career.

he needs to do an album with crazy horse

I think Biebs should go to college high school

this thread crashes my iphone

Dammit I was really looking forward to his Britney/shaved head/off the leash phase. Because we were clearly getting close to that. I guess he has better advisors/wranglers.

even if he actually stopped releasing music anytime soon (which has a maybe 10% of actually happening), he's definitely not going to stop being hounded by the press or stop getting caught doing dumb 19 year old stuff.

don't stop beliebing

Does anyone know who produced "One Life", one of the bonus tracks off Journals? Wikipedia says it was co-written by Drake (so lyrically, it's very Drake Kidz) and it sounds very Drake-like in sound as well so I suspect it's either 40 or Boi-1da.

felony egg throwing?

wuts up w the bieby 2day

he fucked his neighbor's house up via eggs

scared his daughter

the boy's no good

A member of Justin Bieber's entourage has been arrested after police say they found drugs, suspected to be cocaine, "in plain view" during a search of the singer's LA home.

About a dozen officers were searching the property in Calabasas at around 8am on Tuesday morning.

It follows claims the 19-year-old pelted his neighbour's house with eggs, causing thousands of pounds worth of damage and almost injuring a 13 year old girl.

The LA County Sheriff's Office say they were looking for surveillance video tapes when they spotted the drugs "in plain view".

Speaking to Newsbeat, Steve Whitmore from LA County Sheriff's Office said "There were about eight people at the residence, they were detained.

"Justin Bieber was there as well. He was also detained, not arrested.

"The alleged narcotics were in such a location that they were directly related to one person and not related to the house at large."

He said "it is possible" that the drug was cocaine but tests would be carried out.

Mr Whitmore said Justin Bieber had still not yet been cleared over the vandalism allegations.

Bet he's getting paid plenty to take the (w)rap...

maybe it's chalk for his dart throwing hand

Who eggs his neighbor? Isn't that like shitting in the pool?

he almost injured somebody!

Maybe they were ... egging him on?

andy gibb was never this bad.

waiting for Bieber to eggsplain himself

he could have put somebody's eye out with that stunt. that was bad of him to do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x5NCDYB1Lc

does biebz have an egg carrier

Arrested in my town and charged with drag racing.

But hey, his album is good. Too bad it flopped.

after his last album i'd have been pretty interested in hearing it but without a proper-sized hit to trigger me into that i find myself oddly unwilling to seek it out myself

poor biebs

https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1/1453327_10202825865948937_648907883_n.jpg

if you thought biebs was worried http://instagram.com/p/jVTjm7gvnS

https://www.aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/what-justin-biebers-arrest-would-mean-another-non-citizen

he's one DUI homicide away from turning into an actual CSI style villain as opposed to just playing one.

oh shit hes canadian right

deport beibs! lol

not a h8r but it wld be really funny if he got deported

his fans wld have to go on pilgrimages to see him perform in canada

lol

god, this guy is a moron. i almost hate him as much as his detractors on every youtube music video.

what if he ends up in a cell with dinesh d'souza

and they make a music video together

about obama

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2014/01/corey_haim_s_1989_video_diary_me_myself_and_i_and_justin_bieber.html

visionary thinking slocki namaste

didnt know NPR's blog did Upworthy-style concern trolling now

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/01/23/265243793/rather-than-joking-about-justin-bieber-watch-this-video

He's right though

By he I mean CF

And I agree, people should leave this fucking kid alone

Cops should've looked the other way, it's true.

Not cops, people.

guys the whole point of tween celebs is to judge their collapse under the weight of fame come on

gr80 you're better than to describe people being a little worried about laughing at at train wreck as "concern trolling," cause for concern seems p clear

that's true but i still think NPR should be better than posting a craig furgeson monologue from 2007

craig furgeson owns

totes

and his point is still relevant--who gives a fuck it's 7 years old

Laughing at people with addiction problems isn't funny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH68bSJXGE8

end the nsa?
end bieber?
end world?

feel like the fallen-child-star narrative is the dominant western media narrative of the 21st century. it's a story that is always happening.

pretty sure Jane Harman would drop Bieber from drone on Snowden

the south park ep about that is p cool

xp

In the list of people in the world to be concerned about, he falls near the very bottom. And leaving him alone is the opposite of what he wants.

fuck you eggs

j/k i love you, esp. w. avocado

never leave eggs and avocados alone, suggest with toasted corn tortilla

Suggest Ban(quet)

can't wait for people to rediscover in 10 years fom now the forgoten r'n'b masterpiece that is 'journals'.

They will. Definitely.

I wouldn't worry about Bieber yet - he's not some strung-out drug addict, just a typical dumbass teen (with too much money) who likes to party. I remember another rich dumbass from Ontario who once got arrested in Florida for driving drunk and in possession of weed while still a young man, but that little setback didn't prevent him from turning his life around and growing up to become MAYOR OF TORONTO!

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/19dg6ww4eelhfgif/ku-medium.gif

damn, I'm finally listening to Journals and it's dope as fuck! I wasn't even that into Believe

i only listened to the 10 songs parceled out as singles but i couldn't get into it, his singing is still way annoying and the production seemed more tasteful than good

what's hatnin and all that matters convinced me to spend more time digging into this album... the latter is as good an rnb song as i've heard this year.

it's aaliyah-era timbo pastiche production which is catnip to me tbf but biebs is pretty expert on it

he took down that beiber thing hardcore

interesting vid about one of my fav singles of the year

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/08/25/arts/music/justin-bieber-diplo-skrillex-make-a-hit-song.html

Definitely interesting, plus some funny Bieber quotes. His statement about his turning 21 and his recent experiences and its influence on his singing as if he now sounds like he's a grizzled old blues singer...Some other ones too about the synth sounds and Poo Bear

has aged into his roided-up body pretty nicely

smh so hard when Bieber talks about how "expensive" the sounds are in that vid. also his new single is out. pretty underwhelmed considering I do enjoy "where are you now."

http://www.complex.com/music/2015/08/justin-bieber-new-song-what-do-you-mean

it's kind of slight... doesn't take up much space. i don't know, it's not bad. it could grow on me.

that video is hilarious. skrillex comes off like a solid dude though.

bieber got ROASTED

That video is like spinal tap

New song is awesome

the new one is great, such a good beat

its actually... bad

^the voice i'm hearing this in: https://youtu.be/V0_WJDige0s?t=26

lmao

it sounds like a tropical house edit of steve winwood's 'valerie'

that video is hilarious. skrillex comes off like a solid dude though.

otm, I was pretty surprised, I don't like what he does but the way he talks about it is interesting. diplo sounds like a middle manager explaining how the supply chain works

its actually... bad

― lag∞n, Friday, August 28, 2015 2:50 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I like the new one.

the production pleases meh

it sounds like a tropical house edit of steve winwood's 'valerie'

― maura, Friday, August 28, 2015 2:46 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

agreed, i love it too

haters to the <-

u guys need to stop humoring bieber u might think ur helping him but ur not

the new one is great, such a good beat

― J0rdan S., Friday, August 28, 2015 5:05 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

its actually... bad

― lag∞n, Friday, August 28, 2015 6:50 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Incredibly bad. Those lyrics and that vocal, Jesus Christ.

i kinda like it

What do you mean?

what do you mean?

I quite like the song. I just wish they'd found something more interesting to happen in place of those whiny do doo doooo synth squeals.

To me it sounds pretty amazing.

is there a bieber song that people have agreed to like yet

idk if it's bad, but it's def boring. still prefer the arena electro of "beaauty and a beat" by far (though if we wanna talk shite lyrics, that one takes all)

"heartbreaker" has gotta be his best song top to bottom though, drake jocking outro switchup and all

feel like it's sort of interesting that a pop star can be massive for six years without one song which approaches music-crit consensus: perhaps unique in the 20th century

lol 21st

I blame everyone who slept on this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLeklyUsDVI

feel like it's sort of interesting that a pop star can be massive for six years without one song which approaches music-crit consensus: perhaps unique in the 20th century

― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Saturday, August 29, 2015 7:49 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

its cause he a teen idol not a proper pop star

It's also because he has multiple good songs

I'm partial to "as long as you love me" although big Sean on that ...

us. trust. couple words he can't spell without u.

u guys need to stop humoring bieber u might think ur helping him but ur not

― lag∞n, Friday, August 28, 2015 10:36 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this

us. trust. couple words he can't spell without u.

― dyl, Saturday, August 29, 2015 10:49 AM (54 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

great line

fucking. douche. couple things he can't spell without u.

http://2dopeboyz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/big-sean-thumb.jpg

its cause he a teen idol not a proper pop star

feel like we could get a thousand posts out of this claim if we set our minds to it

lets do it im in

ok man I'm calling your bluff here there's no distinction between these two terms in 2015, it's just different marketing departments

not sure I actually believe that so if it provides better grist let's go instead w/Bieber's been doing this for seven years. that's way out of teen idol range, teen idols rise and fall and are forgotten. Bieber's a pop star with a very young base, which is different from a teen idol

"Baby" doesn't approach critical consensus?

not really. it's kind of his legacy song because it broke YouTube records and YouTube has been the catalyst and primary metric for most of his success, but it's not remotely his biggest radio hit, and critics never really cared about it. they did briefly care about "Boyfriend" because it/the video were transparent Timberlake career narrative cosplay, but that didn't last long.

"boyfriend" was music critic consensus

staggering consensus too
http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/singles/2012/Qm95ZnJpZW5kfHx8SnVzdGluIEJpZWJlcg==

Haha hey I know Michelle

bieber's feature on the new travis scott album is great. his part surprisingly fits in really well.

ok man I'm calling your bluff here there's no distinction between these two terms in 2015, it's just different marketing departments

not sure I actually believe that so if it provides better grist let's go instead w/Bieber's been doing this for seven years. that's way out of teen idol range, teen idols rise and fall and are forgotten. Bieber's a pop star with a very young base, which is different from a teen idol

― tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, August 29, 2015 3:46 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

seven years is a long time for a teen idol but a good chuck of that reflects the industries fevered attempt to sell him to a wider audience, like he hasnt really been a hitmaker since 2012

which is somewhat obscured especially around these parts cause we live in an era where critics love teen pop lol

Teen poop

Tween idol might be more accurate.

him not being a presence the last 3 years was at least semi-deliberate -- "What Do You Mean" is the first real full scale solo radio single he's released since "Beauty And A Beat" in late 2012. his team kind of bent over backwards to engineer that break, though, releasing Journals songs once a week so it'd be a 'compilation' and not an 'album' and the label asking Billboard not to report sales so that people couldn't analyze how well or poorly it was charting, which is kind of unprecedented and crazy to me. it seems like they saw the tabloid meltdown narrative building steam and decided to wait it out so that the next album would be The Comeback without ever really suffering The Flop first.

yeah i mean it was the flop

it was engineered that way though

it's also obviously like... a side project. R&B is not heating up the charts atm

i imagine the realization that they shd prob not really push the project came some time after the recording of it, like they were trying to make a grown n sexy justin a la jt timberlake but it kinda went off the rails

does bieber have a new album in the can, did they get diplo to be in charge of it, cause

the diplo track was one of the stronger ones from believe

Journals was great though.

also 10 songs from that album charted on the hot 100 based on itunes sales alone

seems to me like they wanted to throw some music out there just to satiate his fans but w/o rolling out a whole album. maybe they were testing the r&b waters too.

i think if it was a scrapped new direction the list of people who worked on it would look a lot different. the most famous person who produced on that record aside from blackchild was t-minus/

i think if it was a scrapped new direction the list of people who worked on it would look a lot different. the most famous person who produced on that record aside from blackchild was t-minus.

i like this song too. i didn't plan on liking it, but i like it and think it is good.