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This kid is really famous!

radric the entertainbrrr (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 9 December 2009 16:33 (fourteen years ago) link

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

the onimo effect (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 9 December 2009 16:35 (fourteen years ago) link

He's also kind of terrible.

wtf?!? just randomly started crying! (HI DERE), Wednesday, 9 December 2009 16:38 (fourteen years ago) link

He's better than Drake

radric the entertainbrrr (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 9 December 2009 16:38 (fourteen years ago) link

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

wtf?!? just randomly started crying! (HI DERE), Wednesday, 9 December 2009 16:39 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

mark e, Wednesday, 9 December 2009 16:41 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 9 December 2009 16:42 (fourteen years ago) link

yeah but he looks like a cuet lesbian!

Fox Force Five Punchline (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 9 December 2009 16:43 (fourteen years ago) link

No kidding? F---g A.

Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 9 December 2009 16:45 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 9 December 2009 16:48 (fourteen years ago) link

are you a ten year old girl with cheesy parents?

Fox Force Five Punchline (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 9 December 2009 16:54 (fourteen years ago) link

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

Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 9 December 2009 16:56 (fourteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

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

curmudgeon, Monday, 4 January 2010 16:05 (fourteen years ago) link

he makes me so uncomfortable

sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Monday, 4 January 2010 16:05 (fourteen years ago) link

Did the Jonas Brothers do the same?

curmudgeon, Monday, 4 January 2010 16:38 (fourteen years ago) link

no

sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Monday, 4 January 2010 16:40 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

♖♕♖ (am0n), Monday, 4 January 2010 17:15 (fourteen years ago) link

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

♖♕♖ (am0n), Monday, 4 January 2010 17:18 (fourteen years ago) link

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

And now my dick is where? Oh, this is too rich (the table is the table), Monday, 4 January 2010 18:23 (fourteen years ago) link

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

And now my dick is where? Oh, this is too rich (the table is the table), Monday, 4 January 2010 18:24 (fourteen years ago) link

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

Queef Latina (J0rdan S.), Monday, 4 January 2010 18:40 (fourteen years ago) link

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

Queef Latina (J0rdan S.), Monday, 4 January 2010 18:42 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

curmudgeon, Monday, 4 January 2010 18:45 (fourteen years ago) link

"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, 4 January 2010 19:16 (fourteen years ago) link

“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.”

♖♕♖ (am0n), Monday, 4 January 2010 19:20 (fourteen years ago) link

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

♖♕♖ (am0n), Monday, 4 January 2010 19:21 (fourteen years ago) link

"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.

EUKANUBA CRAZY DOG JUMPIN THRU YO HURDLE (some dude), Monday, 4 January 2010 19:38 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

Alex in Montreal, Monday, 4 January 2010 19:42 (fourteen years ago) link

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

EUKANUBA CRAZY DOG JUMPIN THRU YO HURDLE (some dude), Monday, 4 January 2010 19:51 (fourteen years ago) link

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

the bait vs. radrake david (k3vin k.), Monday, 4 January 2010 23:44 (fourteen years ago) link

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

the bait vs. radrake david (k3vin k.), Monday, 4 January 2010 23:45 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

hairylaser micropenis pavilion (latebloomer), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 06:56 (fourteen years ago) link

found that JUST before it was deleted

hairylaser micropenis pavilion (latebloomer), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 07:01 (fourteen years ago) link

OMG SWAGGER COACH

y tu mama ambien (Tape Store), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 07:01 (fourteen years ago) link

everyone needs a swagger coach imo

hairylaser micropenis pavilion (latebloomer), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 07:07 (fourteen years ago) link

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

sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 14:45 (fourteen years ago) link

swagger leprechauns!

hairylaser micropenis pavilion (latebloomer), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 16:07 (fourteen years ago) link

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

♖♕♖ (am0n), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 16:33 (fourteen years ago) link

he really makes me feel like a paedo

total eclipse of the shart (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 7 January 2010 08:05 (fourteen years ago) link

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

y tu mama ambien (Tape Store), Thursday, 7 January 2010 09:28 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

total eclipse of the shart (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 7 January 2010 09:32 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

And now my dick is where? Oh, this is too rich (the table is the table), Thursday, 7 January 2010 14:50 (fourteen years ago) link

how old was britney when her first single came out?

sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Thursday, 7 January 2010 14:54 (fourteen years ago) link

16

ah ah oh ooh ooh oh ah ah ah ah ah oh ah ah aha ooh (HI DERE), Thursday, 7 January 2010 14:57 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

Alex in Montreal, Thursday, 7 January 2010 20:32 (fourteen years ago) link

[broken img killed]

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

Alex in Montreal, Thursday, 7 January 2010 20:34 (fourteen years ago) link

two months pass...

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

Cunga, Thursday, 1 April 2010 19:24 (fourteen years ago) link

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

plax (ico), Thursday, 1 April 2010 19:26 (fourteen years ago) link

RIP

Kaleidoscope Funk Network (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 1 April 2010 19:28 (fourteen years ago) link

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

Cunga, Thursday, 1 April 2010 19:31 (fourteen years ago) link

hey dont taze me bro

plax (ico), Thursday, 1 April 2010 19:35 (fourteen years ago) link

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

Cunga, Thursday, 1 April 2010 19:38 (fourteen years ago) link

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

some dude, Thursday, 1 April 2010 19:39 (fourteen years ago) link

is this kid music on snl right this week

somecosmologicalprocesstoohugetoperceiveallatonce (jdchurchill), Thursday, 1 April 2010 20:25 (fourteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

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.”

Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 April 2010 18:39 (fourteen years ago) link

amazing shirt

nabisco infiltrator (J0rdan S.), Monday, 26 April 2010 18:40 (fourteen years ago) link

oh wow

Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Monday, 26 April 2010 18:55 (fourteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

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

ksh, Saturday, 22 May 2010 01:38 (thirteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

lol

Daniel, Esq., Friday, 18 June 2010 03:19 (thirteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

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.

ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Wednesday, 7 July 2010 13:37 (thirteen years ago) link

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

Davey Mo Coulier (some dude), Wednesday, 7 July 2010 13:45 (thirteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

What a wonderful world.

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 3 August 2010 15:42 (thirteen years ago) link

Original's better.

ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Tuesday, 3 August 2010 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link

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)

plate of dinosaurs (San Te), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 18:50 (thirteen years ago) link

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

mmmm, Tuesday, 10 August 2010 18:56 (thirteen years ago) link

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

Josh Homme to thread.

ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 19:38 (thirteen years ago) link

Chad Kroeger, too.

a mix of music (Lionel Ritchie) and kicks (my tongue) (Phil D.), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 19:55 (thirteen years ago) link

I'd watch this:

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

Evan, Wednesday, 11 August 2010 17:01 (thirteen years ago) link

that didnt feel good

markers, Wednesday, 11 August 2010 17:35 (thirteen years ago) link

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

لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 17:52 (thirteen years ago) link

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

How could you forget the crazy hooker? (HI DERE), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 20:38 (thirteen years ago) link

jesus really? i guess that makes ME that guy.

oreo speed wiggum (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 20:40 (thirteen years ago) link

where the fuck else was it posted?

oreo speed wiggum (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 20:40 (thirteen years ago) link

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

oreo speed wiggum (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 20:41 (thirteen years ago) link

also here: RIP Justin Bieber

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

How could you forget the crazy hooker? (HI DERE), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link

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

oreo speed wiggum (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link

we have too many threads on to many boards here.

oreo speed wiggum (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 20:44 (thirteen years ago) link

also fuck you everybody who found this before i did.

oreo speed wiggum (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 20:45 (thirteen years ago) link

fuck you too

plax (ico), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 21:00 (thirteen years ago) link

fair enough.

oreo speed wiggum (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 21:00 (thirteen years ago) link

first!

am0n, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 21:24 (thirteen years ago) link

"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/

i got what t.rex turok the mic right (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 26 August 2010 17:48 (thirteen years ago) link

why would you want to do that?

king boy swag (The Reverend), Thursday, 26 August 2010 22:56 (thirteen years ago) link

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

لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Thursday, 26 August 2010 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link

They both remind me of people with tiny penises.

mein voight-kampff (corey), Thursday, 26 August 2010 23:12 (thirteen years ago) link

ouch

king boy swag (The Reverend), Thursday, 26 August 2010 23:14 (thirteen years ago) link

arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh

Leu! (crüt), Thursday, 26 August 2010 23:14 (thirteen years ago) link

three months pass...

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, 29 November 2010 11:04 (thirteen years ago) link

http://twitpic.com/3b25tf

Shin Oliva Suzuki, Monday, 29 November 2010 11:04 (thirteen years ago) link

one month passes...

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

_Rudipherous_, Monday, 3 January 2011 14:30 (thirteen years ago) link

http://www.twitvid.com/DJHH3

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

da croupier, Monday, 3 January 2011 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link

one month passes...

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

Alex in Montreal, Friday, 4 February 2011 22:33 (thirteen years ago) link

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.

Alex in Montreal, Friday, 4 February 2011 22:34 (thirteen years ago) link

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

John Lennon, Friday, 4 February 2011 22:54 (thirteen years ago) link

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.

Has No Shame (MintIce), Friday, 4 February 2011 23:31 (thirteen years ago) link

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

goole, Friday, 4 February 2011 23:33 (thirteen years ago) link

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

Alex in Montreal, Friday, 4 February 2011 23:40 (thirteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

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

gr8080, Friday, 18 February 2011 23:50 (thirteen years ago) link

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

Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Friday, 18 February 2011 23:59 (thirteen years ago) link

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

Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Saturday, 19 February 2011 00:09 (thirteen years ago) link

three months pass...

Actually pretty cool.

Ned Raggett, Monday, 23 May 2011 02:30 (twelve years ago) link

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.

gtforia estfufan (unregistered), Monday, 23 May 2011 02:42 (twelve years ago) link

Justin Bieber Played Nic Cage Last Night.

Ned Raggett, Monday, 23 May 2011 02:49 (twelve years ago) link

two months pass...

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

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

J0rdan S., Sunday, 28 August 2011 18:58 (twelve years ago) link

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

J0rdan S., Sunday, 28 August 2011 19:03 (twelve years ago) link

dude why would you even listen/share

some dude, Sunday, 28 August 2011 20:08 (twelve years ago) link

bieber > drake

sisilafami, Sunday, 28 August 2011 20:31 (twelve years ago) link

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

J0rdan S., Sunday, 28 August 2011 20:32 (twelve years ago) link

looking forward the biebr/weeknd collab album

some dude, Sunday, 28 August 2011 20:33 (twelve years ago) link

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

J0rdan S., Sunday, 28 August 2011 20:35 (twelve years ago) link

damn j0rdan comin brolic w/ it

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

some dude, Sunday, 28 August 2011 20:37 (twelve years ago) link

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

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

J0rdan S., Sunday, 28 August 2011 20:48 (twelve years ago) link

autogoonies

some dude, Sunday, 28 August 2011 21:02 (twelve years ago) link

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

 (gr8080), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 23:25 (twelve years ago) link

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

MarkoP, Thursday, 1 September 2011 04:38 (twelve years ago) link

one month passes...

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

⚓ (gr8080), Sunday, 23 October 2011 23:54 (twelve years ago) link

lmao

dial m for (m bison), Monday, 24 October 2011 02:30 (twelve years ago) link

best ever

ste throkes (Ówen P.), Monday, 24 October 2011 02:58 (twelve years ago) link

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

The Reverend, Monday, 24 October 2011 04:25 (twelve years ago) link

THANK YOU BIEBER GOD

J0rdan S., Monday, 24 October 2011 04:29 (twelve years ago) link

so not going to happen

Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Monday, 24 October 2011 04:39 (twelve years ago) link

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.

billstevejim, Monday, 24 October 2011 18:19 (twelve years ago) link

who are te other three?

dayo, Monday, 24 October 2011 18:20 (twelve years ago) link

random hysterical fans

billstevejim, Monday, 24 October 2011 18:22 (twelve years ago) link

I bet the Kanye remix was their gateway to Bieber.

billstevejim, Monday, 24 October 2011 18:23 (twelve years ago) link

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

dayo, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 00:54 (twelve years ago) link

THANK YOU BIEBER GOD

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

⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 25 October 2011 01:08 (twelve years ago) link

damn, sorry for ignoring you jordie

dayo, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 01:10 (twelve years ago) link

who are te other three?

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

kinder, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 02:44 (twelve years ago) link

damn, sorry for ignoring you jordie

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

it's ok

J0rdan S., Tuesday, 25 October 2011 04:46 (twelve years ago) link

TMI.

Ned Raggett, Monday, 31 October 2011 15:37 (twelve years ago) link

oh ffs

he carried yellow flowers (DJP), Monday, 31 October 2011 15:41 (twelve years ago) link

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.

J0rdan S., Monday, 31 October 2011 15:44 (twelve years ago) link

c'mon dan it couldn't last forever

Local Christian Blues (schlump), Monday, 31 October 2011 15:45 (twelve years ago) link

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

J0rdan S., Monday, 31 October 2011 15:45 (twelve years ago) link

KATY PERRYT

Local Christian Blues (schlump), Monday, 31 October 2011 15:47 (twelve years ago) link

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

J0rdan S., Monday, 31 October 2011 15:53 (twelve years ago) link

I am fucking dying laughing at dylan's pic

The Reverend, Monday, 31 October 2011 22:39 (twelve years ago) link

lol/aw

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

J0rdan S., Thursday, 3 November 2011 05:20 (twelve years ago) link

three months pass...

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

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

James Mitchell, Sunday, 19 February 2012 11:17 (twelve years ago) link

cool.

⚓ (gr8080), Sunday, 19 February 2012 13:04 (twelve years ago) link

one month passes...

new single is great

J0rdan S., Monday, 26 March 2012 05:27 (twelve years ago) link

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

J0rdan S., Monday, 26 March 2012 05:28 (twelve years ago) link

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

J0rdan S., Monday, 26 March 2012 05:29 (twelve years ago) link

and written by mike posner o_O

J0rdan S., Monday, 26 March 2012 05:31 (twelve years ago) link

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!

♆ (gr8080), Monday, 26 March 2012 05:42 (twelve years ago) link

LOL!

J0rdan S., Monday, 26 March 2012 05:43 (twelve years ago) link

(skip to likr 1:37 on that video)

♆ (gr8080), Monday, 26 March 2012 05:44 (twelve years ago) link

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

piscesx, Monday, 26 March 2012 09:17 (twelve years ago) link

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

boxedjoy, Monday, 26 March 2012 09:36 (twelve years ago) link

hope this is a hit

flopson, Monday, 26 March 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link

it's a justin bieber song

J0rdan S., Monday, 26 March 2012 16:44 (twelve years ago) link

lol the verses remind me of the whisper song

♆ (gr8080), Monday, 26 March 2012 17:23 (twelve years ago) link

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 pretend, Monday, 26 March 2012 17:51 (twelve years ago) link

lex did you hate Trust Issues?

♆ (gr8080), Monday, 26 March 2012 17:54 (twelve years ago) link

i don't think i heard "trust issues"

lex pretend, Monday, 26 March 2012 17:55 (twelve years ago) link

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

lex pretend, Monday, 26 March 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link

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

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

lex pretend, Monday, 26 March 2012 17:57 (twelve years ago) link

dope song!

if you feelin' frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Monday, 26 March 2012 18:01 (twelve years ago) link

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

internet somebody (some dude), Monday, 26 March 2012 18:02 (twelve years ago) link

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

o_0

lex pretend, Monday, 26 March 2012 18:03 (twelve years ago) link

hang on did bieber really just exclaim "BURR!"

lex pretend, Monday, 26 March 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link

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

hot and brothered (Eric H.), Monday, 26 March 2012 18:16 (twelve years ago) link

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

hot and brothered (Eric H.), Monday, 26 March 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago) link

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"

J0rdan S., Monday, 26 March 2012 18:19 (twelve years ago) link

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

J0rdan S., Monday, 26 March 2012 18:19 (twelve years ago) link

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

hot and brothered (Eric H.), Monday, 26 March 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link

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

J0rdan S., Monday, 26 March 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link

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

J0rdan S., Monday, 26 March 2012 18:21 (twelve years ago) link

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.

hot and brothered (Eric H.), Monday, 26 March 2012 18:28 (twelve years ago) link

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/

Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 03:10 (twelve years ago) link

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.

if you feeling frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 02:47 (twelve years ago) link

(yes i realize that's not really chomsky)

if you feeling frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 02:47 (twelve years ago) link

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.

billstevejim, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 04:27 (twelve years ago) link

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

if you feeling frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 04:31 (twelve years ago) link

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.

Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 04:39 (twelve years ago) link

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

lex pretend, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 08:30 (twelve years ago) link

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

lex pretend, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 09:59 (twelve years ago) link

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

pearsonic, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 12:20 (twelve years ago) link

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".

mom in the woods (Ówen P.), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 13:15 (twelve years ago) link

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."

Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 13:49 (twelve years ago) link

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

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

teledyldonix, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 15:17 (twelve years ago) link

are those bird calls? whoooooo....

Estimate the percent chance that a whale has ever been to the moon? (frogbs), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 15:19 (twelve years ago) link

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

some dude, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 15:26 (twelve years ago) link

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?

billstevejim, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 18:30 (twelve years ago) link

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

billstevejim, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 18:32 (twelve years ago) link

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).

some dude, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 18:36 (twelve years ago) link

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

lex pretend, Thursday, 29 March 2012 14:52 (twelve years ago) link

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

Josh L, Saturday, 31 March 2012 17:52 (twelve years ago) link

"Boyfriend" blows, y'all are high

some dude, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 12:41 (twelve years ago) link

I agree, this is mediocre.

Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:12 (twelve years ago) link

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

Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 22:54 (twelve years ago) link

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.

Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 23:04 (twelve years ago) link

I like-not-love it.

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

TALiB KWELi SODMG (The Reverend), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 23:13 (twelve years ago) link

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

ferrante's inferranteno (some dude), Thursday, 5 April 2012 00:36 (twelve years ago) link

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

TALiB KWELi SODMG (The Reverend), Thursday, 5 April 2012 00:40 (twelve years ago) link

Is he James' brother?

Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 April 2012 00:40 (twelve years ago) link

those jesse mccartney singles are pretty good

J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 April 2012 01:02 (twelve years ago) link

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

J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 April 2012 01:03 (twelve years ago) link

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

ferrante's inferranteno (some dude), Thursday, 5 April 2012 01:06 (twelve years ago) link

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

r|t|c, Thursday, 5 April 2012 02:03 (twelve years ago) link

yeah it's definitely shrewd

ferrante's inferranteno (some dude), Thursday, 5 April 2012 02:08 (twelve years ago) link

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.

Ò (Ówen P.), Friday, 13 April 2012 13:17 (twelve years ago) link

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

J0rdan S., Friday, 13 April 2012 14:15 (twelve years ago) link

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.

Ò (Ówen P.), Friday, 13 April 2012 14:33 (twelve years ago) link

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

Ò (Ówen P.), Friday, 13 April 2012 14:37 (twelve years ago) link

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

Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 13 April 2012 14:38 (twelve years ago) link

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

♆ (gr8080), Friday, 13 April 2012 16:34 (twelve years ago) link

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...

Look at how funky he is! (jer.fairall), Friday, 13 April 2012 17:46 (twelve years ago) link

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.

jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Friday, 13 April 2012 17:53 (twelve years ago) link

lol

♆ (gr8080), Friday, 13 April 2012 18:08 (twelve years ago) link

otm

teledyldonix, Friday, 13 April 2012 23:27 (twelve years ago) link

three weeks pass...

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

obviously

liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:29 (eleven years ago) link

two weeks pass...

This article almost makes me feel sorry for him.

Look at how funky he is! (jer.fairall), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 16:29 (eleven years ago) link

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!

go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 16:30 (eleven years ago) link

article wasn't very good

fapper don (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 17:18 (eleven years ago) link

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

Look at how funky he is! (jer.fairall), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 17:35 (eleven years ago) link

new song is good!

sean gramophone, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 19:17 (eleven years ago) link

this is cool, kind of annoying tho

fapper don (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 19:20 (eleven years ago) link

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.

Poliopolice, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 19:26 (eleven years ago) link

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

fapper don (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 19:42 (eleven years ago) link

he looks like a teen god

flopson, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 19:43 (eleven years ago) link

j0rdan so obsessed with head/neck photoshopping

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

some dude, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 19:47 (eleven years ago) link

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

Poliopolice, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 19:51 (eleven years ago) link

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

Hungry4Ass, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 19:52 (eleven years ago) link

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, 29 May 2012 19:53 (eleven years ago) link

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

some dude, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 19:54 (eleven years ago) link

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

go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 19:56 (eleven years ago) link

j0rdan so obsessed with head/neck photoshopping

i can tell by some of the pixels

heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 20:02 (eleven years ago) link

what are you referring to? xp

Poliopolice, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 20:07 (eleven years ago) link

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

some dude, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 20:09 (eleven years ago) link

lulz

Poliopolice, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 20:10 (eleven years ago) link

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

Poliopolice, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 20:11 (eleven years ago) link

actually, maybe not.

Poliopolice, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 20:11 (eleven years ago) link

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

Poliopolice, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 20:11 (eleven years ago) link

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

Hungry4Ass, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 21:28 (eleven years ago) link

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

that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 21:31 (eleven years ago) link

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

Look at how funky he is! (jer.fairall), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 21:32 (eleven years ago) link

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

♆ (gr8080), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 22:56 (eleven years ago) link

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.

Cunga, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 23:04 (eleven years ago) link

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

some dude, Thursday, 31 May 2012 01:11 (eleven years ago) link

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, Thursday, 31 May 2012 01:13 (eleven years ago) link

His flow is slower than prostate cancer.

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 31 May 2012 02:22 (eleven years ago) link

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

fapper don (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 31 May 2012 02:27 (eleven years ago) link

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

fapper don (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 31 May 2012 02:28 (eleven years ago) link

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

fapper don (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 31 May 2012 02:30 (eleven years ago) link

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, Thursday, 31 May 2012 02:45 (eleven years ago) link

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

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 31 May 2012 02:46 (eleven years ago) link

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

go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 31 May 2012 02:47 (eleven years ago) link

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

fapper don (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 31 May 2012 02:48 (eleven years ago) link

his lead single was written by this fuckin guy

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

some dude, Thursday, 31 May 2012 03:01 (eleven years ago) link

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

some dude, Thursday, 31 May 2012 03:04 (eleven years ago) link

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

fapper don (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 31 May 2012 03:08 (eleven years ago) link

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

some dude, Thursday, 31 May 2012 03:10 (eleven years ago) link

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

fapper don (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 31 May 2012 03:10 (eleven years ago) link

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

some dude, Thursday, 31 May 2012 03:12 (eleven years ago) link

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.

fapper don (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 31 May 2012 03:14 (eleven years ago) link

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

fapper don (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 31 May 2012 03:17 (eleven years ago) link

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)

some dude, Thursday, 31 May 2012 03:18 (eleven years ago) link

ya you might be right

fapper don (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 31 May 2012 03:18 (eleven years ago) link

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

fapper don (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 31 May 2012 03:20 (eleven years ago) link

two weeks pass...

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

old people are made of poop (Eric H.), Thursday, 14 June 2012 04:00 (eleven years ago) link

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

old people are made of poop (Eric H.), Thursday, 14 June 2012 04:12 (eleven years ago) link

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

to welcome jer.fairall, pie is served. (jer.fairall), Friday, 15 June 2012 02:17 (eleven years ago) link

This killed me:

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

clemenza, Friday, 15 June 2012 02:45 (eleven years ago) link

lmao

bronytheus (some dude), Friday, 15 June 2012 02:47 (eleven years ago) link

amazing

mississippi joan hart (crüt), Friday, 15 June 2012 02:53 (eleven years ago) link

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

clemenza, Friday, 15 June 2012 03:05 (eleven years ago) link

sock men

call all destroyer, Friday, 15 June 2012 03:09 (eleven years ago) link

bieb?

johnny crunch, Friday, 15 June 2012 03:12 (eleven years ago) link

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

bronytheus (some dude), Friday, 15 June 2012 03:15 (eleven years ago) link

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

clemenza, Friday, 15 June 2012 03:19 (eleven years ago) link

lol

bronytheus (some dude), Friday, 15 June 2012 03:21 (eleven years ago) link

That clip is amazing.

wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 15 June 2012 03:25 (eleven years ago) link

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

call all destroyer, Friday, 15 June 2012 03:26 (eleven years ago) link

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

Hamburger Hitler (Hungry4Ass), Friday, 15 June 2012 03:32 (eleven years ago) link

holy hell that pass off the steal

call all destroyer, Friday, 15 June 2012 03:44 (eleven years ago) link

wrong thred!

call all destroyer, Friday, 15 June 2012 03:44 (eleven years ago) link

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

bitch I'm on the 242 (lex pretend), Friday, 22 June 2012 16:24 (eleven years ago) link

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

bitch I'm on the 242 (lex pretend), Friday, 22 June 2012 16:25 (eleven years ago) link

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

teledyldonix, Friday, 22 June 2012 18:21 (eleven years ago) link

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+

uberweiss, Saturday, 23 June 2012 01:29 (eleven years ago) link

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

J0rdan S., Saturday, 23 June 2012 01:33 (eleven years ago) link

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

hardhouse banter (tpp), Saturday, 23 June 2012 11:43 (eleven years ago) link

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

J0rdan S., Saturday, 23 June 2012 16:36 (eleven years ago) link

'CAUSE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALL IIIIIIIIII NEEEEEEEEEEEED

uberweiss, Monday, 2 July 2012 20:02 (eleven years ago) link

four weeks pass...

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

prolego, Wednesday, 1 August 2012 17:14 (eleven years ago) link

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

r|t|c, Wednesday, 1 August 2012 18:20 (eleven years ago) link

and besides, we have conor maynard now

r|t|c, Wednesday, 1 August 2012 18:20 (eleven years ago) link

xxpost

What song is that? Vid link is broken.

to welcome jer.fairall, pie is served. (jer.fairall), Thursday, 2 August 2012 01:41 (eleven years ago) link

as long as you love me

tauheed & cambria (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 2 August 2012 01:42 (eleven years ago) link

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

REV LION (The Reverend), Thursday, 2 August 2012 01:58 (eleven years ago) link

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.

twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Thursday, 2 August 2012 03:08 (eleven years ago) link

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

Hungry4Ass, Thursday, 2 August 2012 03:39 (eleven years ago) link

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

to welcome jer.fairall, pie is served. (jer.fairall), Thursday, 2 August 2012 11:49 (eleven years ago) link

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

bugler, Thursday, 2 August 2012 17:59 (eleven years ago) link

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

teledyldonix, Thursday, 2 August 2012 18:25 (eleven years ago) link

what a strange mess of a video

song still amazing obv

lex pretend, Thursday, 2 August 2012 18:28 (eleven years ago) link

one month passes...

This album is actually not bad.

this is the dream of avril and chad (jer.fairall), Sunday, 9 September 2012 04:54 (eleven years ago) link

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

mike t-diva, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 15:53 (eleven years ago) link

Yeah, this album is what's up

The Reverend, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 00:02 (eleven years ago) link

one month passes...

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

lex pretend, Friday, 12 October 2012 19:02 (eleven years ago) link

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

lex pretend, Friday, 12 October 2012 19:03 (eleven years ago) link

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

this is the dream of avril and chad (jer.fairall), Saturday, 13 October 2012 15:47 (eleven years ago) link

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

lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 13 October 2012 16:13 (eleven years ago) link

Agreed.

this is the dream of avril and chad (jer.fairall), Saturday, 13 October 2012 16:13 (eleven years ago) link

four weeks pass...

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

my hands tra cer (some dude), Sunday, 11 November 2012 22:18 (eleven years ago) link

lool

thraeds of life (The Reverend), Monday, 12 November 2012 07:21 (eleven years ago) link

two weeks pass...

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

#YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Saturday, 1 December 2012 13:27 (eleven years ago) link

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

trinidad jokes (some dude), Saturday, 1 December 2012 14:02 (eleven years ago) link

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

trinidad jokes (some dude), Saturday, 1 December 2012 14:02 (eleven years ago) link

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

trinidad jokes (some dude), Saturday, 1 December 2012 14:04 (eleven years ago) link

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

#YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Saturday, 1 December 2012 14:08 (eleven years ago) link

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

trinidad jokes (some dude), Saturday, 1 December 2012 14:11 (eleven years ago) link

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

trinidad jokes (some dude), Saturday, 1 December 2012 14:13 (eleven years ago) link

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

the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 1 December 2012 14:24 (eleven years ago) link

#popfeminism

strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Saturday, 1 December 2012 15:44 (eleven years ago) link

Obligatory New Mexico connection.

redress control number (_Rudipherous_), Thursday, 13 December 2012 20:21 (eleven years ago) link

link more appropriate for the RIP Justin Bieber thread

a robotic squirrel named RoboSquirrel (reddening), Thursday, 13 December 2012 20:28 (eleven years ago) link

RIP bieber balls

a robotic squirrel named RoboSquirrel (reddening), Thursday, 13 December 2012 20:29 (eleven years ago) link

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.

Poliopolice, Thursday, 13 December 2012 21:00 (eleven years ago) link

i like "beauty and a beat" now

teledyldonix, Thursday, 13 December 2012 21:10 (eleven years ago) link

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

teledyldonix, Thursday, 13 December 2012 21:11 (eleven years ago) link

two months pass...

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!

you're going home in a crispy ambulance (cajunsunday), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 12:21 (eleven years ago) link

some kids prob have been seriously damaged by this

Tioc Norris (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 12:23 (eleven years ago) link

yeah yeah blame the victims

ledge, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 12:24 (eleven years ago) link

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.

Tioc Norris (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 12:26 (eleven years ago) link

"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"

you're going home in a crispy ambulance (cajunsunday), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 12:28 (eleven years ago) link

some kids probably taught a valuable lesson by this.

mmmm, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 12:33 (eleven years ago) link

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

Neil S, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 12:39 (eleven years ago) link

having to go to bed early is shit.

Tioc Norris (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 12:43 (eleven years ago) link

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

acid in the style of tenpole tudor (NickB), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 12:46 (eleven years ago) link

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

Tioc Norris (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 12:47 (eleven years ago) link

who does he think he is, Axl Rose?

Neil S, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 12:48 (eleven years ago) link

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

mmmm, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 12:49 (eleven years ago) link

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

acid in the style of tenpole tudor (NickB), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 12:50 (eleven years ago) link

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

Gukbe, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 12:51 (eleven years ago) link

xp why u post picture of Hulk Hogan?

Neil S, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 12:52 (eleven years ago) link

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.

you're going home in a crispy ambulance (cajunsunday), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 12:53 (eleven years ago) link

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

Shuwopley (some dude), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 12:54 (eleven years ago) link

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.

they all are afflicted with a sickness of existence (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 13:50 (eleven years ago) link

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

"Bellini." (DJP), Wednesday, 6 March 2013 16:23 (eleven years ago) link

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

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

piscesx, Friday, 8 March 2013 18:48 (eleven years ago) link

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.

Ulna (Nicole), Friday, 8 March 2013 19:42 (eleven years ago) link

AHAHA telephone tough guy syndrome

Harlem vs Alabama (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Friday, 8 March 2013 20:40 (eleven years ago) link

leave justin alone!!! :(((

you're going home in a crispy ambulance (cajunsunday), Friday, 8 March 2013 21:13 (eleven years ago) link

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.

Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Friday, 8 March 2013 21:16 (eleven years ago) link

no its def bieber in that hat acting like scrappy doo

Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 8 March 2013 21:22 (eleven years ago) link

They're all assholes.

Harlem vs Alabama (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Friday, 8 March 2013 21:23 (eleven years ago) link

haha yes

Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 8 March 2013 21:24 (eleven years ago) link

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

Donkamole Marvin (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 8 March 2013 21:24 (eleven years ago) link

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

Moodles, Friday, 8 March 2013 21:31 (eleven years ago) link

looks like he was nudged aside or something

Donkamole Marvin (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 8 March 2013 21:34 (eleven years ago) link

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.

Kitchen Person, Friday, 8 March 2013 21:36 (eleven years ago) link

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

sleepingbag, Friday, 8 March 2013 21:37 (eleven years ago) link

oh my god that was hilarious

"Bellini." (DJP), Friday, 8 March 2013 21:38 (eleven years ago) link

loool @ that video

C: (crüt), Friday, 8 March 2013 23:01 (eleven years ago) link

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

some dude, Friday, 8 March 2013 23:31 (eleven years ago) link

any scrappy doo gifs going about yet?

Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 8 March 2013 23:32 (eleven years ago) link

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."

Algerian Goalkeeper, Saturday, 9 March 2013 01:13 (eleven years ago) link

Belieberian Scorekeeper

some dude, Saturday, 9 March 2013 02:06 (eleven years ago) link

Wasn't aware Phil Mitchell was a paparazzi

TechYes, Saturday, 9 March 2013 03:27 (eleven years ago) link

everyone has bad days

billstevejim, Saturday, 9 March 2013 09:51 (eleven years ago) link

trying to work out a unified theory of paparazzi

available for sporting events (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 9 March 2013 14:35 (eleven years ago) link

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

Moodles, Saturday, 9 March 2013 16:17 (eleven years ago) link

^^
yes.

Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Saturday, 9 March 2013 17:01 (eleven years ago) link

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

Ludo, Saturday, 9 March 2013 21:27 (eleven years ago) link

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

(go ahead)

Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 10 March 2013 00:43 (eleven years ago) link

wrote a short song for the Biebs over this

available for sporting events (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 10 March 2013 02:07 (eleven years ago) link

:D

radric: the guccining (The Reverend), Sunday, 10 March 2013 02:20 (eleven years ago) link

please call it "Let Me At 'Em"

Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 10 March 2013 02:21 (eleven years ago) link

Whitehouse wrote a song for the other guy

C: (crüt), Sunday, 10 March 2013 05:06 (eleven years ago) link

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

du mein bestie (micarl), Sunday, 10 March 2013 07:17 (eleven years ago) link

christ that's horrible what a tossbag.

piscesx, Sunday, 10 March 2013 16:08 (eleven years ago) link

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

The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Sunday, 10 March 2013 17:40 (eleven years ago) link

hahaha

Harlem vs Alabama (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Sunday, 10 March 2013 21:33 (eleven years ago) link

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

Ulna (Nicole), Sunday, 10 March 2013 22:29 (eleven years ago) link

hah, great little song

she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 03:09 (eleven years ago) link

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)

garfield drops some dank n' dirty dubz at 2am (unregistered), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 04:09 (eleven years ago) link

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.

Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 04:19 (eleven years ago) link

Hey, good song!

your fretless ways (Eazy), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 05:23 (eleven years ago) link

So whatcha, whatcha, whatcha want?

she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 01:39 (eleven years ago) link

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

C: (crüt), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 02:42 (eleven years ago) link

three weeks pass...

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

Lol @ credulous twats actually falling for this.

Matt DC, Sunday, 14 April 2013 12:37 (eleven years ago) link

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

first geir, it's alright (hongro hongro go faster faster) (unregistered), Sunday, 14 April 2013 12:42 (eleven years ago) link

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

Matt DC, Sunday, 14 April 2013 12:46 (eleven years ago) link

breaking news: justin bieber summer camp announced

r|t|c, Sunday, 14 April 2013 13:38 (eleven years ago) link

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

i am so dustin bober

r|t|c, Sunday, 14 April 2013 13:40 (eleven years ago) link

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

Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 14 April 2013 17:54 (eleven years ago) link

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

not feeling those lighters (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 14 April 2013 17:58 (eleven years ago) link

those cynical unbeliebers

Pat Finn, Sunday, 14 April 2013 18:00 (eleven years ago) link

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

The description of my page is: Gargoyles Swimsuit Special (Matt P), Sunday, 14 April 2013 18:02 (eleven years ago) link

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".

Matt DC, Sunday, 14 April 2013 18:09 (eleven years ago) link

Anne Frank, cracking bunch of lads.

Matt DC, Sunday, 14 April 2013 18:09 (eleven years ago) link

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

Pat Finn, Sunday, 14 April 2013 18:11 (eleven years ago) link

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

Pat Finn, Sunday, 14 April 2013 18:11 (eleven years ago) link

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

ְ֮֠֓֟֬֩ (gr8080), Sunday, 14 April 2013 20:19 (eleven years ago) link

"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

Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 14 April 2013 21:12 (eleven years ago) link

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

hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 15 April 2013 06:53 (eleven years ago) link

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?

Tom D (Tom D.), Monday, 15 April 2013 09:44 (eleven years ago) link

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.)

clemenza, Monday, 15 April 2013 11:32 (eleven years ago) link

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.

Ned Raggett, Monday, 15 April 2013 15:14 (eleven years ago) link

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

weird

how's life, Monday, 15 April 2013 15:17 (eleven years ago) link

swarthy judy

turds (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 15 April 2013 15:21 (eleven years ago) link

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

frogbs, Monday, 15 April 2013 15:22 (eleven years ago) link

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

they all are afflicted with a sickness of existence (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 15 April 2013 15:26 (eleven years ago) link

well that's your beliebf

frogbs, Monday, 15 April 2013 15:27 (eleven years ago) link

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

Pat Finn, Monday, 15 April 2013 15:35 (eleven years ago) link

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

Pat Finn, Monday, 15 April 2013 15:35 (eleven years ago) link

clemenza otm

the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 April 2013 15:39 (eleven years ago) link

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

the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 April 2013 15:40 (eleven years ago) link

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

Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Monday, 15 April 2013 17:24 (eleven years ago) link

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

turds (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 15 April 2013 17:53 (eleven years ago) link

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.

hurricane weather (forapper), Monday, 15 April 2013 20:23 (eleven years ago) link

this whole european tour has been comedy gold

four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 15 April 2013 20:32 (eleven years ago) link

“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.

The last of the famous international Greyjoys (Nicole), Monday, 15 April 2013 20:38 (eleven years ago) link

Deanna Durbin was great, Anne Frank otm.

хуто-хуторянка (ShariVari), Monday, 15 April 2013 20:42 (eleven years ago) link

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.

Moodles, Monday, 15 April 2013 21:55 (eleven years ago) link

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

zero dark (s1ocki), Monday, 15 April 2013 22:05 (eleven years ago) link

probably wasn't even the first time

some dude, Monday, 15 April 2013 22:31 (eleven years ago) link

haha god

zero dark (s1ocki), Monday, 15 April 2013 22:45 (eleven years ago) link

it's hard to belieb.

Pat Finn, Monday, 15 April 2013 22:48 (eleven years ago) link

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

jaymc, Monday, 15 April 2013 22:48 (eleven years ago) link

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.

earlnash, Monday, 15 April 2013 22:49 (eleven years ago) link

He was home-schooled before getting discovered, IIRC.

R = J - L (Leee), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 02:05 (eleven years ago) link

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

r|t|c, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 20:13 (eleven years ago) link

<3

sandra dayo connor (The Reverend), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 20:32 (eleven years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Selena Gomez Says Bieber Has ‘Tiny, Weird Penis’

davey, Monday, 6 May 2013 17:54 (eleven years ago) link

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

ְ֮֠֓֟֬֩ (gr8080), Monday, 6 May 2013 18:00 (eleven years ago) link

Hahaha. Aw.

davey, Monday, 6 May 2013 18:30 (eleven years ago) link

I was a belieber.

davey, Monday, 6 May 2013 18:48 (eleven years ago) link

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

So did JBieb.

Mark G, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 14:48 (ten years ago) link

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

Matt DC, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 15:12 (ten years ago) link

he's in capetown

ְ֮֠֓֟֬֩ (gr8080), Tuesday, 7 May 2013 16:51 (ten years ago) link

sweet tweet, bieb!

ְ֮֠֓֟֬֩ (gr8080), Tuesday, 7 May 2013 16:52 (ten years ago) link

one month passes...

Is it 3012 yet.

Murder in the Rue McClanahan (jaymc), Saturday, 15 June 2013 04:57 (ten years ago) link

soon

markers, Saturday, 15 June 2013 04:57 (ten years ago) link

two months pass...
two months pass...

Fuck this dude.

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

The Reverend, Sunday, 22 December 2013 08:36 (ten years ago) link

jfc

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 22 December 2013 08:38 (ten years ago) link

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

the slow death of America's rich pastoral heritage (reddening), Sunday, 22 December 2013 11:29 (ten years ago) link

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

Mind Taker, Sunday, 22 December 2013 12:02 (ten years ago) link

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

katherine, Sunday, 22 December 2013 17:53 (ten years ago) link

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

some dude, Sunday, 22 December 2013 18:09 (ten years ago) link

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

Murgatroid, Sunday, 22 December 2013 18:11 (ten years ago) link

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

le goon (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 22 December 2013 19:12 (ten years ago) link

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

le goon (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 22 December 2013 19:12 (ten years ago) link

"fuck bill clinton"

dyl, Sunday, 22 December 2013 20:04 (ten years ago) link

word tho

le goon (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 22 December 2013 20:14 (ten years ago) link

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

WELP

Murgatroid, Wednesday, 25 December 2013 03:35 (ten years ago) link

"Lol"

Murgatroid, Wednesday, 25 December 2013 03:43 (ten years ago) link

^^ 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.

Murgatroid, Wednesday, 25 December 2013 03:45 (ten years ago) link

'journals' is great

sisilafami, Wednesday, 25 December 2013 22:01 (ten years ago) link

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.

some dude, Thursday, 26 December 2013 01:40 (ten years ago) link

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"

combination hair (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 26 December 2013 01:53 (ten years ago) link

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

le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 26 December 2013 01:55 (ten years ago) link

how much do those drop crotch pants cost?

some dude, Thursday, 26 December 2013 02:03 (ten years ago) link

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

le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 26 December 2013 02:18 (ten years ago) link

that's a mustache?

billstevejim, Thursday, 26 December 2013 03:02 (ten years ago) link

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...

Ex Slacker, Thursday, 26 December 2013 04:17 (ten years ago) link

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

billstevejim, Thursday, 26 December 2013 04:26 (ten years ago) link

I'm hoping for either coming out or gender transition

but I'm bracing for some Chris Gaines shizz

the tune was space, Thursday, 26 December 2013 04:35 (ten years ago) link

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

clemenza, Thursday, 26 December 2013 05:29 (ten years ago) link

he needs to do an album with crazy horse

mookieproof, Thursday, 26 December 2013 05:48 (ten years ago) link

I think Biebs should go to college high school

SHAUN (DJP), Thursday, 26 December 2013 05:53 (ten years ago) link

this thread crashes my iphone

lag∞n, Thursday, 26 December 2013 16:42 (ten years ago) link

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.

Nate Carson, Thursday, 26 December 2013 22:46 (ten years ago) link

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.

some dude, Thursday, 26 December 2013 23:59 (ten years ago) link

don't stop beliebing

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 27 December 2013 02:03 (ten years ago) link

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.

Murgatroid, Monday, 30 December 2013 03:43 (ten years ago) link

two weeks pass...

felony egg throwing?

how's life, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 17:26 (ten years ago) link

wuts up w the bieby 2day

lag∞n, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 18:52 (ten years ago) link

he fucked his neighbor's house up via eggs

i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 21:53 (ten years ago) link

scared his daughter

i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 21:53 (ten years ago) link

the boy's no good

i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 21:53 (ten years ago) link

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...

pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 22:40 (ten years ago) link

maybe it's chalk for his dart throwing hand

Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 22:43 (ten years ago) link

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

Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 23:16 (ten years ago) link

he almost injured somebody!

Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 23:33 (ten years ago) link

Maybe they were ... egging him on?

Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 23:35 (ten years ago) link

andy gibb was never this bad.

Daniel, Esq 2, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 23:36 (ten years ago) link

waiting for Bieber to eggsplain himself

Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 23:51 (ten years ago) link

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

christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 23:57 (ten years ago) link

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

bizarro gazzara, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 10:39 (ten years ago) link

does biebz have an egg carrier

socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 16 January 2014 18:42 (ten years ago) link

Arrested in my town and charged with drag racing.

Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 January 2014 12:04 (ten years ago) link

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

longneck, Thursday, 23 January 2014 12:40 (ten years ago) link

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

lex pretend, Thursday, 23 January 2014 13:18 (ten years ago) link

poor biebs

lag∞n, Thursday, 23 January 2014 16:20 (ten years ago) link

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

lag∞n, Friday, 24 January 2014 00:25 (ten years ago) link

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

christmas candy bar (al leong), Friday, 24 January 2014 00:33 (ten years ago) link

oh shit hes canadian right

lag∞n, Friday, 24 January 2014 00:33 (ten years ago) link

deport beibs! lol

lag∞n, Friday, 24 January 2014 00:33 (ten years ago) link

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

lag∞n, Friday, 24 January 2014 00:33 (ten years ago) link

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

lag∞n, Friday, 24 January 2014 00:34 (ten years ago) link

lol

how's life, Friday, 24 January 2014 01:05 (ten years ago) link

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

president of the people's republic of antarctica (Arctic Mindbath), Friday, 24 January 2014 01:10 (ten years ago) link

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

socki (s1ocki), Friday, 24 January 2014 14:37 (ten years ago) link

and they make a music video together

socki (s1ocki), Friday, 24 January 2014 14:37 (ten years ago) link

about obama

socki (s1ocki), Friday, 24 January 2014 14:37 (ten years ago) link

visionary thinking slocki namaste

puple prijan (lag∞n), Friday, 24 January 2014 15:25 (ten years ago) link

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

|$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Friday, 24 January 2014 15:55 (ten years ago) link

He's right though

you are kind, I am (waterface), Friday, 24 January 2014 15:56 (ten years ago) link

By he I mean CF

you are kind, I am (waterface), Friday, 24 January 2014 15:56 (ten years ago) link

And I agree, people should leave this fucking kid alone

you are kind, I am (waterface), Friday, 24 January 2014 15:57 (ten years ago) link

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

Ticklish Tony In The Land Of Warm Snuggles (Old Lunch), Friday, 24 January 2014 16:00 (ten years ago) link

Not cops, people.

you are kind, I am (waterface), Friday, 24 January 2014 16:01 (ten years ago) link

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

puple prijan (lag∞n), Friday, 24 January 2014 16:03 (ten years ago) link

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

|$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Friday, 24 January 2014 16:11 (ten years ago) link

craig furgeson owns

puple prijan (lag∞n), Friday, 24 January 2014 16:12 (ten years ago) link

totes

you are kind, I am (waterface), Friday, 24 January 2014 16:13 (ten years ago) link

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

you are kind, I am (waterface), Friday, 24 January 2014 16:13 (ten years ago) link

Laughing at people with addiction problems isn't funny

you are kind, I am (waterface), Friday, 24 January 2014 16:13 (ten years ago) link

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

Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Friday, 24 January 2014 16:41 (ten years ago) link

end the nsa?
end bieber?
end world?

puple prijan (lag∞n), Friday, 24 January 2014 16:43 (ten years ago) link

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.

Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 24 January 2014 16:44 (ten years ago) link

pretty sure Jane Harman would drop Bieber from drone on Snowden

Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 24 January 2014 16:44 (ten years ago) link

the south park ep about that is p cool

puple prijan (lag∞n), Friday, 24 January 2014 16:44 (ten years ago) link

xp

puple prijan (lag∞n), Friday, 24 January 2014 16:45 (ten years ago) link

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.

Eggs and the marketing board behind them, Friday, 24 January 2014 17:02 (ten years ago) link

fuck you eggs

you are kind, I am (waterface), Friday, 24 January 2014 17:09 (ten years ago) link

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

you are kind, I am (waterface), Friday, 24 January 2014 17:10 (ten years ago) link

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

puple prijan (lag∞n), Friday, 24 January 2014 17:11 (ten years ago) link

Suggest Ban(quet)

Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Friday, 24 January 2014 17:11 (ten years ago) link

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

sisilafami, Friday, 24 January 2014 17:49 (ten years ago) link

They will. Definitely.

longneck, Friday, 24 January 2014 18:53 (ten years ago) link

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!

Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 24 January 2014 19:28 (ten years ago) link

one month passes...

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

imago draggin' (The Reverend), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 21:28 (ten years ago) link

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

some dude, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 21:30 (ten years ago) link

four months pass...

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

lag∞n, Friday, 1 August 2014 09:44 (nine years ago) link

one year passes...

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

dyl, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 18:25 (eight years ago) link

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

curmudgeon, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 19:05 (eight years ago) link

has aged into his roided-up body pretty nicely

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 03:04 (eight years ago) link

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

Captain Maximus, Friday, 28 August 2015 05:55 (eight years ago) link

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

dyl, Friday, 28 August 2015 06:00 (eight years ago) link

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

lil urbane (Jordan), Friday, 28 August 2015 14:41 (eight years ago) link

bieber got ROASTED

lag∞n, Friday, 28 August 2015 14:47 (eight years ago) link

That video is like spinal tap

New song is awesome

mods = chickenshit idiots (D-40), Friday, 28 August 2015 16:57 (eight years ago) link

the new one is great, such a good beat

J0rdan S., Friday, 28 August 2015 17:05 (eight years ago) link

its actually... bad

lag∞n, Friday, 28 August 2015 18:50 (eight years ago) link

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

lil urbane (Jordan), Friday, 28 August 2015 19:35 (eight years ago) link

lmao

lag∞n, Friday, 28 August 2015 19:42 (eight years ago) link

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

maura, Friday, 28 August 2015 19:46 (eight years ago) link

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

tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 28 August 2015 19:57 (eight years ago) link

its actually... bad

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

slothroprhymes, Friday, 28 August 2015 20:03 (eight years ago) link

I like the new one.

longneck, Friday, 28 August 2015 20:11 (eight years ago) link

the production pleases meh

J0rdan S., Friday, 28 August 2015 20:52 (eight years ago) link

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

mods = chickenshit idiots (D-40), Friday, 28 August 2015 22:33 (eight years ago) link

haters to the <-

mods = chickenshit idiots (D-40), Friday, 28 August 2015 22:34 (eight years ago) link

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

lag∞n, Saturday, 29 August 2015 02:36 (eight years ago) link

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.

Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Saturday, 29 August 2015 03:11 (eight years ago) link

i kinda like it

Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 29 August 2015 03:13 (eight years ago) link

What do you mean?

Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Saturday, 29 August 2015 03:18 (eight years ago) link

what do you mean?

mods = chickenshit idiots (D-40), Saturday, 29 August 2015 03:21 (eight years ago) link

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.

The New Gay Sadness (cryptosicko), Saturday, 29 August 2015 03:45 (eight years ago) link

To me it sounds pretty amazing.

Nourry, Saturday, 29 August 2015 05:29 (eight years ago) link

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

♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Saturday, 29 August 2015 10:34 (eight years ago) link

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)

soyrev, Saturday, 29 August 2015 11:34 (eight years ago) link

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

soyrev, Saturday, 29 August 2015 11:35 (eight years ago) link

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, 29 August 2015 11:49 (eight years ago) link

lol 21st

♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Saturday, 29 August 2015 11:49 (eight years ago) link

I blame everyone who slept on this:

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

The New Gay Sadness (cryptosicko), Saturday, 29 August 2015 14:39 (eight years ago) link

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

lag∞n, Saturday, 29 August 2015 14:41 (eight years ago) link

It's also because he has multiple good songs

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

mods = chickenshit idiots (D-40), Saturday, 29 August 2015 15:15 (eight years ago) link

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

dyl, Saturday, 29 August 2015 15:49 (eight years ago) link

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

this is my fight song, my tumblr white song, colombian wife song (some dude), Saturday, 29 August 2015 16:02 (eight years ago) link

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

nose, Saturday, 29 August 2015 16:45 (eight years ago) link

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

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

this is my fight song, my tumblr white song, colombian wife song (some dude), Saturday, 29 August 2015 17:13 (eight years ago) link

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

tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, 29 August 2015 17:43 (eight years ago) link

lets do it im in

lag∞n, Saturday, 29 August 2015 19:18 (eight years ago) link

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, 29 August 2015 19:46 (eight years ago) link

"Baby" doesn't approach critical consensus?

timellison, Saturday, 29 August 2015 20:02 (eight years ago) link

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.

this is my fight song, my tumblr white song, colombian wife song (some dude), Saturday, 29 August 2015 20:20 (eight years ago) link

"boyfriend" was music critic consensus

flopson, Saturday, 29 August 2015 20:42 (eight years ago) link

Haha hey I know Michelle

mods = chickenshit idiots (D-40), Sunday, 30 August 2015 01:21 (eight years ago) link

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

misterjoshua, Sunday, 30 August 2015 01:33 (eight years ago) link

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

lag∞n, Sunday, 30 August 2015 14:55 (eight years ago) link

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

lag∞n, Sunday, 30 August 2015 14:56 (eight years ago) link

Teen poop

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Sunday, 30 August 2015 15:10 (eight years ago) link

Tween idol might be more accurate.

... (Eazy), Sunday, 30 August 2015 15:15 (eight years ago) link

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

lag∞n, Sunday, 30 August 2015 15:48 (eight years ago) link

it was engineered that way though

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

mods = chickenshit idiots (D-40), Sunday, 30 August 2015 17:15 (eight years ago) link

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

lag∞n, Sunday, 30 August 2015 17:33 (eight years ago) link

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

lag∞n, Sunday, 30 August 2015 17:35 (eight years ago) link

the diplo track was one of the stronger ones from believe

dyl, Sunday, 30 August 2015 18:32 (eight years ago) link

Journals was great though.

longneck, Sunday, 30 August 2015 22:59 (eight years ago) link

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

J0rdan S., Monday, 31 August 2015 00:21 (eight years ago) link

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.

J0rdan S., Monday, 31 August 2015 00:25 (eight years ago) link

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/

J0rdan S., Monday, 31 August 2015 00:28 (eight years ago) link

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.

J0rdan S., Monday, 31 August 2015 00:28 (eight years ago) link

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

call all destroyer, Monday, 31 August 2015 01:51 (eight years ago) link

Bieber's gonna get praise for undersinging for the kind of post-house track that would've been all the rage by Gorgon City two years ago.

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 31 August 2015 01:54 (eight years ago) link

i don't think y'all need to worry about bieber 'getting praised' (by ppl whose opinions are seen as more legitimate/valid than his fans') lol

dyl, Monday, 31 August 2015 06:01 (eight years ago) link

What Gorgon City song does it sound like?( serious question)

mods = chickenshit idiots (D-40), Monday, 31 August 2015 10:23 (eight years ago) link

https://vine.co/v/O1qthKOQ13A

, Monday, 31 August 2015 11:27 (eight years ago) link

Video is a pretty bit of Cocaine Noir eye candy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK_0jXPuIr0

(I like the song too, btw)

The New Gay Sadness (cryptosicko), Monday, 31 August 2015 13:18 (eight years ago) link

is bieber part of toronto douchewave now

lag∞n, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 03:36 (eight years ago) link

song kind of sounds like unicorn kid

james brooks, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 03:44 (eight years ago) link

like this is now seeming kind of prescient to me idk

https://soundcloud.com/unicornkid/im-on-one-unicorn-kid-stadium

james brooks, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 03:46 (eight years ago) link

lol it does

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzQU7KmwRoc

J0rdan S., Tuesday, 1 September 2015 04:14 (eight years ago) link

i wish the video was daytime beach instead of nighttime noir tbh...doesn't fit the ~vibe~

mods = chickenshit idiots (D-40), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 18:44 (eight years ago) link

I'm always surprised when I like anything of this nature, but I like "What Do You Mean?"

clemenza, Friday, 11 September 2015 21:55 (eight years ago) link

I really like that Jack U track that he's on

tayto fan (Michael B), Friday, 11 September 2015 22:34 (eight years ago) link

have come around hard on "what," one of the stronger singles of the year for sure

soyrev, Friday, 11 September 2015 22:54 (eight years ago) link

I love this song.

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 12 September 2015 01:14 (eight years ago) link

OMG YES UNICORN KID

Tim F, Saturday, 12 September 2015 07:24 (eight years ago) link

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/09/14/justin_bieber_s_what_do_you_mean_is_no_1_on_the_billboard_hot_100_how_he.html

Molanphy looks at the stats and the music and more of "What Do You Mean" plus "Where Are U Now"

curmudgeon, Wednesday, 16 September 2015 14:32 (eight years ago) link

Re: the Slate article, it seems clear already that the song is reaching a wider audience than just his fanbase. His fanbase almost certainly turned out in huge numbers in the first week, but the song was still #1 in sales in its second week despite the typical decline, and though it fell in the second week on the Hot 100, it only fell to #3. For comparison, any given One Direction lead single debuts high in the top 3 in the first week due to their fans and then almost completely vacates the top 10 by the second week due to a huge sales decline and no radio support. On that note, "What Do You Mean" is currently top 15 on radio overall less than a month after it's release to any major radio format. So I think it's safe to say "What Do You Mean?" is appealing to more than just his fanbase.

Greer, Wednesday, 16 September 2015 14:52 (eight years ago) link

Sounded really great on Fallon. Whoever the sound engineer is for that show should win some kind of award every year.

Spottie, Wednesday, 16 September 2015 15:36 (eight years ago) link

Or go work for SNL.

MarkoP, Wednesday, 16 September 2015 15:52 (eight years ago) link

ha yeeeah

Spottie, Wednesday, 16 September 2015 16:14 (eight years ago) link

three weeks pass...

love this song

flopson, Sunday, 11 October 2015 03:21 (eight years ago) link

I've learned to love "What Do You Mean." Nice to know incessant radio play can do this.

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 11 October 2015 04:06 (eight years ago) link

New single:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRh_vgS2dFE

MarkoP, Thursday, 22 October 2015 22:05 (eight years ago) link

sorta falling into a more recognizable stylistic groove now
fun video

a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 22 October 2015 22:11 (eight years ago) link

I liked the last one but this one sounds indistinguishable to me idk

the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Thursday, 22 October 2015 23:17 (eight years ago) link

great song imo

Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 22 October 2015 23:18 (eight years ago) link

loving nu beebz

Spottie, Thursday, 22 October 2015 23:27 (eight years ago) link

i think i like "sorry" more than "what do you mean," love how measured the production is

J0rdan S., Sunday, 25 October 2015 16:57 (eight years ago) link

sick

flopson, Sunday, 25 October 2015 18:42 (eight years ago) link

can't wait to hear Sorry in a club, kudos to Skrillex for the production

Sharkie, Monday, 26 October 2015 13:49 (eight years ago) link

kudos to Blood Diamonds also. its a collab.

mingalaba, Tuesday, 27 October 2015 00:35 (eight years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9svm4FmAySw

mingalaba, Tuesday, 27 October 2015 03:40 (eight years ago) link

of course these guys are gonna be on fucking hoverboards all the goddamn time

a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 October 2015 03:46 (eight years ago) link

v disappointed in this era compared to believe, these songs are so wet

lex pretend, Tuesday, 27 October 2015 10:35 (eight years ago) link

i dunno what 'wet' means in this context but i agree, they're wet as shit

some dude, Tuesday, 27 October 2015 10:54 (eight years ago) link

Enjoying his current grooves, as is Em. Liked the TFI appearance, having hated the video for WDYM. This is fine too.

Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 27 October 2015 11:24 (eight years ago) link

we've only heard 3 songs and 2/3 are far better than "boyfriend" at least so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

dyl, Tuesday, 27 October 2015 14:12 (eight years ago) link

"wet" like dipped in formaldehyde and dopey?

a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 October 2015 14:46 (eight years ago) link

wet is that confusing an adjective? drippy and bland

"boyfriend" is probably his second best ever song

lex pretend, Tuesday, 27 October 2015 15:11 (eight years ago) link

"what do u mean" is obviously his best single by a mile

k3vin k., Tuesday, 27 October 2015 16:03 (eight years ago) link

i mean i love "baby" as much as the next terius stan but i'm excited about the nu-biebera

k3vin k., Tuesday, 27 October 2015 16:05 (eight years ago) link

"what do u mean" is obviously his best single by a mile

― k3vin k., Tuesday, October 27, 2015 12:03 PM

This, and I like "Boyfriend."

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 October 2015 16:13 (eight years ago) link

i love dry music. it's my favorite kind.

J0rdan S., Tuesday, 27 October 2015 16:19 (eight years ago) link

where are u now > sorry > what do u mean

carly bae jepsen (monotony), Wednesday, 28 October 2015 00:49 (eight years ago) link

agreed

a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 28 October 2015 01:47 (eight years ago) link

where are you now is my least fav

and 'as long as you love me' is as good as any of the new songs

Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 28 October 2015 07:06 (eight years ago) link

sounds like Blood is on more than one track? wiki credits for the album have quite a diverse writer-ship... production isn't up there fully yet. interesting to see whether there is cohesiveness or not
http://www.thefader.com/2015/10/27/bloodpop-justin-bieber-sorry-making-hoverboards

mingalaba, Wednesday, 28 October 2015 08:10 (eight years ago) link

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

"I'm human and I'm working at getting beer"

longneck, Friday, 30 October 2015 07:07 (eight years ago) link

...

human and working at getting beer (longneck), Friday, 30 October 2015 07:07 (eight years ago) link

He probably gets ID'd a lot still in shops.

Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 30 October 2015 09:32 (eight years ago) link

poor Biebz

human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 30 October 2015 09:38 (eight years ago) link

Yet another one from him and Skrillex.

http://digg.com/video/bieber-ill-show-you

schwantz, Monday, 2 November 2015 16:50 (eight years ago) link

the poor lil rich boy thing seems carefully calibrated to piss off non-fans, especially when the video is him just sorta chilling in immensely beautiful country by himself and complaining

Adra Sagr 17 minutes ago
These lyrics are so good, i feel sorry for him, I can't imagine how hard his life actually is

a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Monday, 2 November 2015 16:58 (eight years ago) link

three boring singles out of three so far, and this one is annoying as well

why is he suddenly cool among critics and on social media though, when i repped for "boyfriend" and "as long as you love me" there was none of this

lex pretend, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 15:29 (eight years ago) link

"Boyfriend" is cool, and so are "Sorry" and "What Do You Mean." No controversy.

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 15:43 (eight years ago) link

i don't mean anyone specific, just what the general consensus seems to be

lex pretend, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 15:46 (eight years ago) link

why is he suddenly cool among critics and on social media though

because he's entered his "adult" phase

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 16:29 (eight years ago) link

o the mystery

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 16:29 (eight years ago) link

this dude is a pox upon music and everyone flinging kudos at him should be embarrassed and ashamed of themselves

I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 16:33 (eight years ago) link

lex is right that it's weird that suddenly everybody's all "I'm into this new Bieber jam" when two years ago they wouldn't have crossed the street to shit on him, like when he was doing Music Mondays

tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 16:51 (eight years ago) link

wait, is getting shit upon a net positive now

modern life is terrifying

I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 16:54 (eight years ago) link

hint: he turned 21

this is just like when Britney or Justin or [insert teen pop sensation] got old enough for adult interest in them to not smack of pedophilia

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 16:55 (eight years ago) link

Britney had some interesting material before she turned 21 though, despite sounding like a constipated duck

I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 16:56 (eight years ago) link

why is he suddenly cool among critics and on social media though

more interesting, less pandering production (thanks Skrillex)?

expertly crafted referential display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 16:56 (eight years ago) link

backlash to the backlash to the backlash dept: Journals had several really good tracks that eluded critical interest somehow. I will still rep for what's hatnin', confident, all that matters, bad day, roller coaster (though dan should avoid these as they will hurt his head)
though they more or less sound entirely the same, i find myself very much drawn to sorry and where are u now and repelled by what do you mean and i'll show you. shrug emoticon.

a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 16:57 (eight years ago) link

I'm just speaking to a general trend in career arcs of teen pop stars that's pretty consistent and fairly obvious imo. if they're interested in any kind of career longevity in the industry they make the leap to "respectable" hitmakers (usually via some bids for being controversial or otherwise adult; "I'm all grown up now!") and attempt to age with their generation

xp

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 17:00 (eight years ago) link

Shaun Cassidy still pissed that he put all that work into Wasp and hired Todd Rundgren and covered Bowie and people wouldn't shit on him even if he crossed over to their side of the street

tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 17:02 (eight years ago) link

I like the sound of the new tracks is all. No big conspiracy.

schwantz, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 17:03 (eight years ago) link

Rolling Pop Coprophagy 2016

I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 17:04 (eight years ago) link

Shaun gets SERIOUS
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/93/Shaun_Cassidy_Wasp.jpg

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 17:07 (eight years ago) link

"Really enjoyed 1D's new sound. Shat all over the cover, front and back"

tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 17:11 (eight years ago) link

Shat on Shaun's back
now Dan is keeping mum

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 17:12 (eight years ago) link

Cassidy's half life sure was short. i'm listening to his version of Rebel Rebel and wooooooooooo boy

a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 17:16 (eight years ago) link

i am familiar with the "all grown up" now arc of a teenpop star's career thankyou, i am just wondering why this seems so divorced from his music for so many people. his music was getting interesting & good three years ago!

more interesting, less pandering production (thanks Skrillex)?

don't really hear anything more interesting or less pandering in the new songs' production than say "as long as you love me" which is a pretty high peak in his discography, or several other tracks on believe

i never did check out journals, weirdly when i interviewed k michelle she went on about how great it was for AGES

lex pretend, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 17:24 (eight years ago) link

i am just wondering why this seems so divorced from his music for so many people

narrative trumps product

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 17:28 (eight years ago) link

it's a good r&b record

J0rdan S., Tuesday, 3 November 2015 17:28 (eight years ago) link

unlike lex i do think "where are u now", "what do you mean" and "sorry" are some of his best work so i can see why people are really into them

but i do think this is a case where a pop star being more consciously grown up in sound (i.e. the verses on "where are u now") makes it ok for some people to approach his music, where there was still something goofy and immature about "boyfriend" or "beauty and a beat"

J0rdan S., Tuesday, 3 November 2015 17:30 (eight years ago) link

also i wouldn't discount the fact that he became a tabloid fixture in between the two records. more interest in his celebrity is going to generate interest in his music even amongst ostensible critics (this same principle applies to rihanna becoming a huge concern among tastemakers on the internet despite releasing like 3 songs in the last two years)

J0rdan S., Tuesday, 3 November 2015 17:34 (eight years ago) link

iirc people were hyped abt boyfriend at the time but believe was kind of a disappointment and

i don't think it has anything to do with his age. teen pop stars who successfully become adult pop stars are outliers we just all collectively forget about the ones who don't, like it's not a general trend for people to positively critically reevaluate like willa ford or whoever when they reach 21

also *lifts cloth off lex ears* new biebs... sounds different? i liked some of old-biebs singles but new shit is miles ahead of all but the best of his past output \o/

flopson, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 17:56 (eight years ago) link

*and killed the momentum

flopson, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 17:57 (eight years ago) link

teen pop stars who successfully become adult pop stars are outliers we just all collectively forget about the ones who don't, like it's not a general trend for people to positively critically reevaluate like willa ford or whoever when they reach 21

most teen pop stars look at the odds and cash out without even bothering trying to become an adult pop star - cuz the road is brutal and the rewards are not clear. If you've already made millions by the time yr 21, why not take yr ball and go home and do something else (as most do?) The outliers are either those who really deeply crave artistic credibility or are psychotically narcissistic enough that they crave pop-star levels of fame/attention and can't envision existing without it.

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 17:59 (eight years ago) link

... or are attempting to pursue careers in their chosen profession by following the avenue where they've so far had the most success?

I mean, I hate Bieber to death but this is like saying that Bill Gates is a raging narcissist for continuing to pursue a career in software after selling DOS to IBM.

I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 18:05 (eight years ago) link

don't really hear anything more interesting or less pandering in the new songs' production than say "as long as you love me" which is a pretty high peak in his discography, or several other tracks on believe

had to go listen to 'as long as you love me' but that pop-dubstep thing (with the Skrillex-esque drums, ironically) definitely reads as less 'mature' than the new tracks.

xp

expertly crafted referential display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 18:06 (eight years ago) link

i don't think it's true at all that most teen pop stars elect to not pursue fame, some of them just wash out

J0rdan S., Tuesday, 3 November 2015 18:06 (eight years ago) link

sure, there's a range of responses/reasons

xp

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 18:10 (eight years ago) link

... or are attempting to pursue careers in their chosen profession by following the avenue where they've so far had the most success?

also yeah of course this happens but their are plenty of careers in music that do not involve being a huge adult pop star. I do think you have to be kind of insane to want Bieber-levels of fame tbh.

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 18:12 (eight years ago) link

i like your rational expectations theory of teen pop stars shakey. bieber will successfully transition to adult pop star because if he wouldn't have succeeded he wouldn't have tried

flopson, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 18:12 (eight years ago) link

it all makes sense

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 18:15 (eight years ago) link

but seriously... Bieber's obviously committed to trying to make that transition, he's investing a lot in making that happen, he's still in the tabloids, his range of collaborators is expanding = adults will now start paying attention to him. If he doesn't convince as an adult he will bomb, if he does then he's probably on safe ground for the next 5+ years or so.

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 18:18 (eight years ago) link

i would love to see a list of ten teen pop star singers who stopped of their own volition to continue on productively in another field.

a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 18:18 (eight years ago) link

and marie curie doesn't count

a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 18:19 (eight years ago) link

what do you mean by "of their own volition"

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 18:20 (eight years ago) link

like NKOTB gave up after "Face the Music", does that count? They obviously realized they weren't going to make the transition and "pursued other interests"

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 18:21 (eight years ago) link

Cassidy produces TV now apparently

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 18:22 (eight years ago) link

random dudes in boy bands realizing they can't be solo pop stars does not count, and anyway both jordan knight and joey mcintyre pursued solo pop careers

J0rdan S., Tuesday, 3 November 2015 18:24 (eight years ago) link

random dudes in boy bands realizing they can't be solo pop stars does not count

why not?

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 18:26 (eight years ago) link

it's very easy to "choose" to not to be famous when the choice is already made for you

J0rdan S., Tuesday, 3 November 2015 18:27 (eight years ago) link

ok but there's a difference in attempting to buck that judgment (like, say, Tiffany) and just giving up (like, say, Fabian)

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 18:34 (eight years ago) link

some people read the writing on the wall and take their cash and go home, others persist in bangin their head against that wall

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 18:34 (eight years ago) link

other people do this I guess: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynda_Thomas

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 18:37 (eight years ago) link

1. Fabian
2. Lynda
3. ?

a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 19:51 (eight years ago) link

you really want that list eh. well if we can include boy-band members it's pretty easy to fill out

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 19:58 (eight years ago) link

i'd like to clarify: i don't really want that list. it's okay.

a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 21:01 (eight years ago) link

'journals' was worse than this stuff bc he was doing more straight-ahead R&B instead of R&B pop and his voice is terrible for that sort of thing

he can get by on lite rhythmically nimble records but is not so good at conveying passion thru strength of vocal performance

Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 06:55 (eight years ago) link

i think the looser rhythms of this faux-tropical and actually tropical stuff complements his strengths very well for that reason actually

Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 06:56 (eight years ago) link

he can get by on lite rhythmically nimble records but is not so good at conveying passion thru strength of vocal performance

i agree on the latter which is why i don't think they work as well - they're quite understated production-wise and his vocal is pretty foregrounded, and he doesn't sell any of the songs especially well

he basically needs huge-sounding production ("as long as you love me") that makes him a cog in the machine

lex pretend, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 08:53 (eight years ago) link

No I'm talking about why journals doesn't work ... On "what do you mean" his vocals are light as a feather, there's no sense of him over singing or reaching for some big dramatic r&b display

Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 10:42 (eight years ago) link

oh i was still talking about believe, never heard journals

light as a feather is part of the problem, he doesn't overreach and fail but there's not much there - undersinging when you can't get the nuances right is also an issue

lex pretend, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 11:00 (eight years ago) link

Journals remains dope. Biebz just wasn't part of the conversation back then. There was no narrative to sell it.

human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 11:06 (eight years ago) link

he basically needs huge-sounding production ("as long as you love me") that makes him a cog in the machine

i.e. the Jack U song, which is where i think a lot of the crit reappraisal is coming from. personally i'll admit that i was more shocked than anyone that not only did a collab between Diplo Skrillex and Justin Bieber not make me want to hurl myself off a building I actually liked it

illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 13:18 (eight years ago) link

d-40 otm

lex stale aesthetic hobbyhorses zzz

r|t|c, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 13:41 (eight years ago) link

my fave nu-biebz moment is towards the end of wdym when he ad libs "be more straightforward!", u rly feel the polite anguish

r|t|c, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 13:41 (eight years ago) link

haha yes that part almost takes me out of it bc its a tell that he's not entirely certain he understands what the song is about

Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 20:37 (eight years ago) link

I'm not sure he can spell "straightforward"

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 21:53 (eight years ago) link

even prettier than his grindr-twink haircut

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfGaX8G0f2E

dyl, Thursday, 5 November 2015 07:44 (eight years ago) link

album is fine

insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 13 November 2015 05:08 (eight years ago) link

the second half of this is pretty garb

J0rdan S., Friday, 13 November 2015 05:20 (eight years ago) link

i straight up love at least two of the bonus tracks ("been you" and "get used to me") but prob bc they sound like lost songs from the recent derulo record

insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 13 November 2015 05:20 (eight years ago) link

some of the bonus tracks are nice tho

J0rdan S., Friday, 13 November 2015 05:20 (eight years ago) link

"been you" is amazing yeah prob the best thing on here that wasn't put out in advance

J0rdan S., Friday, 13 November 2015 05:20 (eight years ago) link

really loathe the title track

insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 13 November 2015 05:21 (eight years ago) link

on through the one with big sean i think this is pretty tight altho that one should be way better but bieber's voice can't carry it at all for whatever reason. but the travis scott song is a throwaway, the piano ballads suck and "children" sounds like legit parody (tho skrillex's riff is kinda nice). i like the halsey song a lot which seems impossible... i'm not sure i would've known she was on it if she wasn't billed. second half is really wayward from a conceptual & strategic standpoint.

J0rdan S., Friday, 13 November 2015 05:25 (eight years ago) link

the halsey song ("the feeling") ruuuules

insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 13 November 2015 05:26 (eight years ago) link

also the sheeran co-write is just a dead stop after the build of "what do you mean" and "sorry"

insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 13 November 2015 05:27 (eight years ago) link

if you kept the first 7 tracks, ditched the travis scott record, moved the halsey one up, kept "where are u now" and swapped the other three out with "been you", "get used to me" and "hit the ground" you'd have a great front back to album. almost there! oh well i might just do that myself anyway.

J0rdan S., Friday, 13 November 2015 05:28 (eight years ago) link

i like "love yourself" as a song but the sequencing is weird yeah. it's like 3-4 songs too early. also knowing that it's a sheeran record makes it seem a little craven. it's a good song tho.

J0rdan S., Friday, 13 November 2015 05:29 (eight years ago) link

yeah "been you" is such a breath of fresh air after all the dogshit preceding it, hard to believe it's the first bonus track

bunny slopes, Friday, 13 November 2015 05:53 (eight years ago) link

J0rdan is crazy. The Travi$ Scött song is great. As is most of this. It's about four songs too long and it has a Nas verse on it but apart from those things it's a pretty perfect pop album.

human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 13 November 2015 06:53 (eight years ago) link

Halfway through this and really enjoying it, its like he's finally making material to justify his celebrity.

boxedjoy, Friday, 13 November 2015 12:07 (eight years ago) link

lol at the idea of Bieber advising a woman she needs to love herself.

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 13 November 2015 12:15 (eight years ago) link

this album seems awful whiny

i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 November 2015 17:30 (eight years ago) link

"life is worth living" yikes

i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 November 2015 17:45 (eight years ago) link

It's about four songs too long and it has a Nas verse on it but apart from those things it's a pretty perfect pop album

no idea what you're hearing

insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 13 November 2015 17:48 (eight years ago) link

this album is not good and the sudden wave of critical goodwill for bieber is baffling

a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Friday, 13 November 2015 17:51 (eight years ago) link

'Love Yourself' is immensely hateful and snide and really sets the tone of the first half.

i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 November 2015 18:08 (eight years ago) link

as a fixture in a disco ball, he's sufficiently lubricious but i find Bieber unpleasant to my soul when he's doing his more thick than thicke "I'm just a talented lil' songwriter is all' schtick.

i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 November 2015 18:13 (eight years ago) link

yeah, this Is a little bit disappointing. The first half Is good (except the travis one) and some of the bonus are nice. but too many fillers.
Surprisingly, i dont hate the ed sheeran one. I always laugh each time i listen "my mom dont like you and she likes everyone".

Nourry, Friday, 13 November 2015 18:18 (eight years ago) link

this album is not good and the sudden wave of critical goodwill for bieber is baffling

― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Friday, November 13, 2015 5:51 PM (48 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i liked your "market capitulation disguised as poptimism" line on TSJ v much

album is very boring, very whiny. idk why people are going on about how vulgar the house beats are, if only there was some vulgarity here. i don't require artists to be pleasant people but biebz manifesting adulthood as a sub-drake gaslighter is deeply irritating to spend time with

lex pretend, Friday, 13 November 2015 18:45 (eight years ago) link

this album is not good and the sudden wave of critical goodwill for bieber is baffling

― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Friday, November 13, 2015 11:51 AM (53 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i mean it had a great set of lead-in singles

Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 13 November 2015 18:45 (eight years ago) link

yeah -- I understand why bieber essentially has to play contrite and compare himself to jesus/gandhi, but the songs would only half-work if he didn't. (and if he could sing, but, well, yeah)

a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Friday, 13 November 2015 18:46 (eight years ago) link

first half is solid, second half is super iffy although i like the nas song, sounds like a LTTP outtake

Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 13 November 2015 18:47 (eight years ago) link

my only prob w/ jordan's alternate tracklist is 'no pressure' is one of those terrible oversung bieber records

Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 13 November 2015 18:47 (eight years ago) link

okay, on my third pass through the album i finally let it play past 'where are u now' and i got to 'children' and what the fuck is this

i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:03 (eight years ago) link

like this is bad enough that it makes me reassess my enjoyment of 'where are u now' and 'sorry' and 'what do u mean' in that it is just a crasser more straightforward market share grab for people who found those songs too subtle
plus it allows beebs the opportunity to rah rah his vapid philanthropic pride for (if i am hearing this correctly) "making a difference"
*coughs out a throat oyster* ¡MILLENNIALS! *shakes fist at cloud*

i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:09 (eight years ago) link

serious lols at Purpose with his sub tuesdays with morrie life lessons
i am compelled to transcribe this for future generations:

i don't know if this is wrong because someone else is telling me that it's wrong
but i feel this so let me just like TRY my best not to let this happen again
we weren't necessarily put in the best position to make the best decisions
you can't be hard on yourself for it; these were the cards that you were given
so you have to understand that these, like, that's not who you are; you know you're trying to be the best you can be, but that's all that you can do
if you don't give it at all you got, you're only cheating yourself
give it all you got, but if it ends up happening, it ends up happening.
that's what's happening with me it's like: i don't giving it all i got, sometimes i'm weak and i'm gonna do it
and it's like, I'm not giving myself grace, I'm just understanding that's just how it is

he thought this was worth recording and putting on an album

i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:18 (eight years ago) link

it's like

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:20 (eight years ago) link

one day future generations will figure out why we use "it's like"

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:20 (eight years ago) link

WHAT DO YOU MEAN

i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:23 (eight years ago) link

we weren't necessarily put in the best position to make the best decisions
you can't be hard on yourself for it; these were the cards that you were given

now film me making a racist joke about chainsaws

I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:48 (eight years ago) link

"The feeling" is pretty awesome: "Sugar on your lips, it's hard to kill
/Jagged like a pill, so hard to swallow"

Best album he's released to date

pplasma, Friday, 13 November 2015 20:58 (eight years ago) link

low ba

a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Friday, 13 November 2015 21:01 (eight years ago) link

bar, too

a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Friday, 13 November 2015 21:01 (eight years ago) link

i dunno, i think purpose is kinda garbage except for the singles and not even all those
much prefer journals

i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 November 2015 21:17 (eight years ago) link

too many of the good songs (the singles) are shoved toward the front of the album and even that section is poorly sequenced

hm maybe my expectations were unnecessarily high but the only keeper other than what was out before the album is "company" which i wouldn't be surprised to see as a radio single further down the line

the halsey collaboration threatens to be great for ~the length of its first verse but the brightness of the chorus doesn't contrast well

i'm sure the title track will make a touching closer to his live set, hopefully with the voice recording part scraped out lol

dyl, Sunday, 15 November 2015 08:33 (eight years ago) link

Veronica ‏@amorrousbieber
started from the bottom and now we're here @justinbieber #6YearsOfMyWorld

i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 17 November 2015 17:17 (eight years ago) link

OK, i liked--and still like--"What Do You Mean," but this album is crashing bore.

Fetty Wap Is Strong In Here (cryptosicko), Monday, 30 November 2015 20:15 (eight years ago) link

Every single song on it is in the UK Top 100 :/

illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 30 November 2015 20:48 (eight years ago) link

i caved in to "sorry", it's the second build-and-release in the chorus that really pushes it over the top

lex pretend, Thursday, 10 December 2015 14:26 (eight years ago) link

"what do you mean" and "where are u now" still don't do anything for me, "i'll show you" remains repulsive trash

lex pretend, Thursday, 10 December 2015 14:26 (eight years ago) link

Every single song on it is in the UK Top 100 :/

Which, according to the Radio, means he takes the 'record' off Elvis for the most entries in the singles chart.

Mark G, Thursday, 10 December 2015 14:46 (eight years ago) link

read something similar re "reading this it's too late" but doesn't make sense since the tracks are not released as singles, right? stating the obvious but album streams don't = single sales

niels, Thursday, 10 December 2015 15:02 (eight years ago) link

Yes, but they still put them in the 'singles' chart.

Mark G, Thursday, 10 December 2015 15:10 (eight years ago) link

people love records
setting records, that is

niels, Thursday, 10 December 2015 15:27 (eight years ago) link

read something similar re "reading this it's too late" but doesn't make sense since the tracks are not released as singles, right? stating the obvious but album streams don't = single sales

don't know if this affects it but he also made a video for every song

HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 10 December 2015 15:29 (eight years ago) link

I did not realize that, maybe it counts anyway! but the drake tape surely didn't...

niels, Thursday, 10 December 2015 15:30 (eight years ago) link

two months pass...

http://www.gq.com/story/justin-bieber-gq-interview

“I feel like that’s why I have a relationship with Him, because I need it. I suck by myself. Like, when I’m by myself and I feel like I have nothing to lean on? Terrible. Terrible person. If I was doing this on my own, I would constantly be doing things that are, I mean, I still am doing things that are stupid, but… It just gives me some sort of hope and something to grasp onto, and a feeling of security, and a feeling of being wanted, and a feeling of being desired, and I feel like we can only get so much of that from a human.”

in which the little buddha shows that his spirit is broken

ulysses, Thursday, 11 February 2016 23:34 (eight years ago) link

The whole interview is a Caity Weaver masterpiece.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 February 2016 23:54 (eight years ago) link

it's definitely a good piece conjured out of mostly nothing.

ulysses, Friday, 12 February 2016 00:04 (eight years ago) link

I've never read Caity Weaver before. She's pretty great isn't she?

impossible raver (Re-Make/Re-Model), Friday, 12 February 2016 13:29 (eight years ago) link

caity weaver's advice column is the best thing gawker has ever published and i'm still a bit mad that she was so good that it had to end

cher guevara (lex pretend), Friday, 12 February 2016 13:34 (eight years ago) link

two months pass...

Oh my goodness, people are really, really upset at Justin Bieber.

clemenza, Saturday, 23 April 2016 13:16 (eight years ago) link

one year passes...

Found out today that my dental hygienist's sister taught Justin Bieber's mother. That's, what, about nine-and-a-half degrees of separation?

clemenza, Thursday, 19 April 2018 23:50 (six years ago) link

I used to wait on his uncle a lot at my old record store job. Weird guy.

Dangleballs and the Ballerina (cryptosicko), Friday, 20 April 2018 00:12 (six years ago) link

Everyone's got a Bieber story.

clemenza, Friday, 20 April 2018 04:24 (six years ago) link

sounds too high

doesn't live up to the stereotype that we're all relatives

i'm sure clemenza is my great great grandfather's uncle's husband's daughter's son

F# A# (∞), Friday, 20 April 2018 05:05 (six years ago) link

three months pass...

What a sweetly hateful ditty.

morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 July 2018 01:20 (five years ago) link

lol i love that Ed Sheeran burn. <3

Bieber's worst single for sure.

Roz, Friday, 27 July 2018 01:52 (five years ago) link

one year passes...

new song is out there. kinda generic, imo.

Nourry, Friday, 3 January 2020 18:08 (four years ago) link

"confident" popped up on a rando playlist i was spinning and i had a moment of "oh yeah, this guy is occasionally good"

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 3 January 2020 18:10 (four years ago) link

'journals' is still his best record.

Nourry, Friday, 3 January 2020 18:15 (four years ago) link

New song feels like a self-parody he would make for SNL

self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Friday, 3 January 2020 21:26 (four years ago) link

Very wish washy. I’ll skip. Srsly you got that yummy yum? Urgh

nathom, Saturday, 4 January 2020 03:10 (four years ago) link

utter crap

it's getting spammed premiered hourly on iheartmedia's top 40 stations too. the '''''pop''''' end of the industry really thinks all you need to do to get a hit these days is be white and sing complete nonsense over any old trap beat, huh

dyl, Saturday, 4 January 2020 13:39 (four years ago) link

three weeks pass...

the new one with kehlani is way better, fortunately.

Nourry, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 09:33 (four years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI_ifdDi1R4

sean gramophone, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 16:03 (four years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EJ3zbKTWQ8

Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 18:58 (four years ago) link

did anyone listen to the new album?
it's more close to journals, but it's sounding very samey overall.

Nourry, Saturday, 15 February 2020 14:31 (four years ago) link

one year passes...

I had stopped listening to him after “Yummy”, but “Peaches” sounds good at least. he’s bought all the r&b, rap and even afropop (Burna Boy on a so-so track) collabs money can buy, but I’m not sure I’m keen to indulge him and his “MLK Interlude”s.

it’s hard to keep up with the guy (if you would want to). I see that apart from a Deluxe version of the album he has now also dropped a new EP which has him channeling Wizkid of all people on the title track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjMts2i93-0
Justin Bieber ft. BEAM • Freedom

Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 5 April 2021 22:23 (three years ago) link

i can't stand "peaches"

voodoo chili, Monday, 5 April 2021 22:26 (three years ago) link

i have more patience for Bieber than I probably should but even I think there needs to be legislation against him starting a song "BIG UP TO MY BRUDDA"

G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 5 April 2021 22:50 (three years ago) link

i dislike "peaches" also, no idea how it's become his most effortless hit since purpose

dyl, Monday, 5 April 2021 23:14 (three years ago) link

well it's easily the best single he's released since purpose... the other singles off this album are just totally dire, yummy was a pretty big hit despite being deathly corny, the quavo one i can barely remember how it goes. "peaches" is an up tempo summer song with a memorable chorus, i'm surprised it took them this long to find a song even this good

J0rdan S., Monday, 5 April 2021 23:27 (three years ago) link

"yummy" and the quavo song were from the last album not this one, which kinda underscores how indistinctive his music has been and still is in these past couple years

dyl, Monday, 5 April 2021 23:29 (three years ago) link

you said since purpose tho

J0rdan S., Monday, 5 April 2021 23:30 (three years ago) link

sorry i misunderstood what you wrote

dyl, Monday, 5 April 2021 23:31 (three years ago) link

i don't hate "peaches" but bieber's presence on it is clearly the worst part and while pleasant otherwise it's pretty blandly forgettable

ufo, Monday, 5 April 2021 23:42 (three years ago) link

two years pass...

I live about 20 minutes from Stratford. He's home today for some event, so much posting in the Stratford Life Facebook group. St. Marys, where I am, relatively quiet.

clemenza, Friday, 2 February 2024 21:17 (three months ago) link


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