Justin Bieber

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

and written by mike posner o_O

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

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

LOL!

(skip to likr 1:37 on that video)

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

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

hope this is a hit

it's a justin bieber song

lol the verses remind me of the whisper song

lol it totally does sound like the whisper song!

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

lex did you hate Trust Issues?

i don't think i heard "trust issues"

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

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

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

dope song!

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

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

o_0

hang on did bieber really just exclaim "BURR!"

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

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

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

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

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

I've been loving Bieber for years now.

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

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

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

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

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

OK, feds take me away.

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

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

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

(yes i realize that's not really chomsky)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

are those bird calls? whoooooo....

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Boyfriend" blows, y'all are high

I agree, this is mediocre.

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