Justin Bieber

article wasn't very good

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

new song is good!

this is cool, kind of annoying tho

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

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

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

he looks like a teen god

j0rdan so obsessed with head/neck photoshopping

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

j0rdan so obsessed with head/neck photoshopping

i can tell by some of the pixels

what are you referring to? xp

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

lulz

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

actually, maybe not.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

His flow is slower than prostate cancer.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

his lead single was written by this fuckin guy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ya you might be right

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

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

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

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