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
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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
― 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
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 subtleplus 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 lessonsi 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 wrongbut i feel this so let me just like TRY my best not to let this happen againwe weren't necessarily put in the best position to make the best decisionsyou can't be hard on yourself for it; these were the cards that you were givenso 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 doif you don't give it at all you got, you're only cheating yourselfgive 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 itand it's like, I'm not giving myself grace, I'm just understanding that's just how it is
― 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"
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 decisionsyou 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
i dunno, i think purpose is kinda garbage except for the singles and not even all thosemuch 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
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 recordssetting records, that is
― niels, Thursday, 10 December 2015 15:27 (eight years ago) link
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
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.”
― 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
Oh my goodness, people are really, really upset at Justin Bieber.
― clemenza, Saturday, 23 April 2016 13:16 (eight years ago) link
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