I think it’s past your bedtime
Justin Bieber.
Can anyone explain why he’s such a big hit? Please? I’m not even being sarcastic here, I really want to know!
The kid’s like what? 12?
ok, apparently he’s 16 (yeah, google and I go waaay back), but still… it’s somehow disturbing to me that a boy whose voice is only just beginning to crack is singing songs with lyrics like:
“For you, I would have done what ever
And I just can’t believe we ain’t together
And I wanna play it cool, But I’m losing you
I’ll buy you anything, I’ll buy you any ring
And I’m in pieces, Baby fix me
and just shake me til’ you wake me from this bad dream”
Seriously, what the heck is a kid that age even doing singing about eternal love or hinting at the idea of marriage? Or am I missing something in his reference to “any ring” in that line? Does he mean like a Promise Ring (aaaaaw), because Honey, that’s not “any ring” you know… and you really shouldn’t go talking about it if you can’t deliver.
But we’re getting of the topic here…where was I? Lyrics. right…
Ok, so lets assume you think I’m putting too much importance on lyrics here (which I really hope is not the case, because hello! they’re a part of the song! If you don’t have something worthwhile to say, hum!)
You: “L, lyrics are not the only part of a song.”
Me: “Ok, I admit that, but I’m sorry, where exactly is the ground-breaking, awesome, never heard anything like it before, music to these supposed “songs”?
Did it get lost in the mail? Did he have to just go with whatever old tunes were lying around and stitch ‘em into a brand new “unique” piece of music? “
You: “…”
True story.
And lastly, the reason for why I thought he was about 12… he looks about 12! Which I guess is pretty appealing to girls between the ages 8 and 11. And that leads me to seriously wonder, is the age dynamic in the world getting thrown for a loop? when did 8-12 year olds start defining popular culture? There must be BILLIONS of them out there, skewing the popularity graphs, or we wouldn’t all be forced to listen to this bubble-gum sounding, but underlyingly icky crap all the time!
Somehow the visual I’m getting here is a bit Children of the Corn-ish… creepy. *shudder*
