Thoughts on Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber. There is almost no one in this world that hasn’t heard of this name. He is currently one of the biggest names in pop music as of now, releasing catchy singles like “Baby”, “Somebody to Love”, and “Never say Never”. Even though he’s only 17 years old, he has a fan base in the millions, has an autobiography and a film called “Never say Never” on his  life, and has toys and games endorsing him.

So why do I bring up Justin Bieber? Like all other musicians, he will have supporters and he will have critics and “haters”. What’s interesting about Justin Bieber is that these supporters and critics are really biased and hardcore in what they say about him. While some of these supporters have caught the “Bieber Fever” and believe that he is the voice of your generation, others believe that he should get out of the music industry entirely. I mean for god’s sakes, you can just tell from his songs that he hasn’t hit puberty yet!

I am not nor will ever be in love with Justin Bieber. I mean his music really is awful. Every one of his songs on love and girls are corny. How can he know what love is beyond the teenage puppy love that most of us experience when we’re in high school? The autobiography and movie were overly excessive. He only released two albums “My World” and “My World 2.0”. How can you make a movie about his life after only two albums? Sure he’s made a lot of hit singles, but that isn’t saying much. If you don’t know about Justin Bieber’s childhood, he grew up in Stratford, a relatively small town in Canada. Living with a poor, single mom, Bieber took it out on the streets and sang for small pocket change. He then went on to singing at talent shows and posted Youtube videos of him singing before he was discovered by Usher and was signed a deal. This story, although somewhat remarkable, is not very appealing. Again, he’s only 17 years old. Does he really have any significant life experiences to talk about compared to someone like Kurt Cobain or Jimi Hendrix?

If you go on some websites, you can see how far this antagonism towards Bieber goes to. Take Youtube for example. Almost every one of Justin Bieber’s videos has over 100 million views, with his song “Baby” being ranked as the most watched Youtube video of all time with a record 470 million views. At the same time, it’s also the most disliked video in Youtube’s history. A lot of ordinary people post comments saying how Justin Bieber is a total fag to how small his penis is to how feminine he looks with his former hairstyle.

My point is this: Bieber isn’t the worst musician in history as most people tout. There have certainly been a lot worse musicians than him like Vanilla Ice, Soulja Boy, and Ashley Simpson. I certainly don’t like Bieber, but it isn’t necessary to go so far as to write long pararaphs in the comment box on Youtube or on a blog, ranting on how much you despise Bieber.  Everytime I go to a Youtube video, I’ll see at least one of these hate comments regarding Bieber and it disgusts me to actually see one of these comments. There is no reason to hate him and there is no reason to worship him. Just know that he’s out there, making millions of dollars like any other music artist out there.We all have different tastes in music, but you don't have to be so extreme about them.