Wrong! This is where my faith in humanity was restored. For 57 seconds, Bieber was booed very loudly by the audience. When it finally died down he said:
"And basically, from my heart I really just want to say, it should really be about the music. It should be about the craft that I'm making, and… this is not a gimmick, this is not a gimmick. I'm an artist, and I should be taken seriously. All this other bull should not be spoken of."
Okay. There are so many things wrong with that statement, but that's going to be spoken of later in this dissection. First, I wanna address a Billboard writer who felt the need to explain why Bieber was booed. Really, he had no idea why Bieber had the backlash and he tried to find out why he was received with such negativity. In case you were wondering, "he sucks" and "he's a dousche" were not part of his reasons why. Besides making sense of the backlash, he further went on to defend Bieber and say that the reactions weren't necessary........Oh. My God. There were so many emotions swirling around at that point, and I just couldn't hold them in for much longer. That's what's brought me here today, I'm gonna actually sit down and see why Justin Bieber is constantly hated on and booed.
Yes, he sucks as a musician and songwriter, he can't sing, he's completely fake and contrived, those are all very good reasons for why he was booed at the awards, and why he's bashed by every media outlet possible. But, actually dissecting his situation, there are other problems too. For one: have you seen this picture recently?
Look at that horrible posture, the studded hat, the sagging leopard pants, the silver chain, all of his bodyguards, and the two solid gold watches. TWO. SOLID. GOLD. WATCHES. Who the fuck needs two solid gold watches?! You don't even need one! Obviously, humility is a word that Justin knows nothing about. Remember when he bought out the ENTIRE Staples Center in LA? I know he used it to watch "Titanic" with Selena Gomez, but seriously, the Staples Center? You couldn't have just rented it on DVD and watched it at home? I'm sorry, but what he did was not romantic, it was him being a show-off and rubbing his money in our faces. It's also his futile attempt at proving that he's the perfect guy: he has money up the wazoo, and he only cares about what a girl wants. Now, people over the age of 18 should know that material things aren't romance, nor are big, overblown gestures like buying out a whole stadium. Justin Bieber is not in any way humble or modest, he willfully flaunts his bling and parades Selena around like she's some sort of monkey who's there only to serve him. There's a reason why Selena was largely absent from the media in 2011-2012, when she started dating this prick, her career basically ceased to exist. When they broke up earlier in the year, she released a single and a movie very soon after. Obviously, Justin didn't really care about what she wanted, she was giving him a lot of publicity and was starting to shake off his teeny-bopper image. Safe to say, it didn't work on the latter note. He's still seen as a teenager whose only audience is young teenage girls, no matter how much he 'raps' or adds dub-step to his songs.
Secondly, maturity. I know immaturity when I see it, I was forced to endure it all throughout high school so I know I'm right in saying this Justin is definitely, very immature. His statement at the awards show was already very childish, and then take into account his beef with the paparazzi, his reaction over not having his monkey constantly by his side, and then the fact that he wished that Anne Frank would have been a Belieber. That was not the time and place to say that Biebs, and quite frankly, you shouldn't wish that upon any dead person who touched more lives than you ever will. His immaturity leads to his false confidence and over-the-top cockiness. You know he actually considers himself the Kurt Cobain of our generation? He thinks he's the shit, when in actuality he has no legs to stand on. Justin, don't you know that Kurt Cobain was a tortured soul who founded one of the best Rock groups of all time? He inspired millions, and his suicide touched millions of people, too. I'm sorry, but standing on stage and kissing a girl's hand is not Kurt Cobain level. Your behavior in 2013 alone has been downright foul, you may be 19 and out of puberty, but your mind is still stuck at 15.
Thirdly, he was booed at the awards show because he simply did not deserve that award. Having five number one albums by 19 is impressive, yes, but look at his competition: Taylor Swift far out-sold "Believe" in its opening week alone with 1,208,000 copies sold. That's the second largest ever for a female artist, and Taylor Swift is the only female artist to have two albums open with sales of 1,000,000+. She's also had plenty of top ten hits and even a number one single to boot. Then there was Bruno Mars. He scored five number one singles in three years, the second shortest amount for any artist, ever. Only Elvis scored more number ones sooner. Bruno Mars is in the ranks of Elvis, Justin, and not to mention that Bruno Mars and Taylor Swift write and produce their own material and don't need nearly as collaborators as you do to make them credible artists. That's another thing that bothers me, how the whole music industry constantly defends him and features him in as many songs as possible to give him some street cred. Biebs, if you need that many people to prove you're a credible artist, you're not a credible artist. You shouldn't need a thousand people shoving that down our throats to tell us that you know what you're doing and that you're at the same level as you hold yourself to be. After three years of his constant bullshit, yeah, being booed at the awards show for getting something that the audience didn't vote for (8-15 year old girls didn't make up that audience, folks) was very necessary, and it honestly should have been expected. Thank God the public is finally starting to catch on.
Anyway, now the moment you've been waiting for. Going back to his acceptance speech, he said that he's not a gimmick, and that it should really be about the music. The MUSIC? Are you fucking kidding me?! Are. You. Kidding Me, Bieber? I'm sorry, but just look at yourself, with your two solid gold watches (I will never let that go), a friggin monkey, buying out the entire Staples center, making out with Selena Gomez (among other girls) in every photo taken of you, your sagging pants, your "rapping" and saying "shawty" in every song, smoking pot for the whole world to see, I can tell you care alot about alot of things, but music sure as hell ain't one of them. You are the walking definition of a gimmick, you're not as deep as you think you are. We can all see through you, and we all know that you don't mean a single word that comes out of those songs. I now alot of nice guys who treat women with respect, and NONE of them act like what you're singing about. You use music as a vehicle for money, vanity, and to get girls, don't you even dare say that you're all about the music. And you're honestly mad the public is talking about your actions of the past years? How is that OUR fault that you act like a douchebag all the time? You obviously have no problem being in the public eye, and you honestly have the audacity to say that we shouldn't be talking about that "bull"? You're right, you are "bull", what you do and what you say is a load of "bull". You seriously act like everything happens to you, like this career was forced upon you? You were forced to get two gold watches? You were forced to make whiny songs about nothing but girls? You were honestly forced to smoke pot and drink on New Year's? No, you weren't. Biebs, it's time to grow up and take responsibility for your actions, and not just blaming the world for your behavior.
I've said this once and I'll say it again: yeah he grew up poor, but he's not thankful for that time in his life. He should've learned that money can't buy you happiness, every day is a privelage and that all of his opportunities are special. But he goes around complaining and is completely unhappy, now that he's a star. But, if he's gonna pull that "I was poor" card...do you know who else was poor? Mary J Blige, Missy Elliot, Miranda Lambert, Snoop Dogg. Lisa Lopes, Tionne Watkins, and Rhozona Thomas of TLC, and there were many others who had situations alot worse than his. Hell, Missy Elliot was sexually abused by her cousin, Miranda Lambert witnessed domestic abuse as a child, and all of the above stars grew up where sometimes they only had popcorn, crackers, and watermelon to eat. What makes you so special Justin Bieber? Nothing. Nothing justifies the sings you say or the things you do or the songs you sing. But in the end, Justin Bieber will continue to be so popular because we give him what he really wants: attention. All of his behavior over the last year can easily be put off to just seeking attention, so we'll see him as an actual artist and a 'man' who's 'hardcore'. Well, Bieber, after this post I am not giving you any more attention. I refuse to write about you further, because you're, quite frankly, a waste of my time, and even I can't believe how much time I wasted just writing this. You're 19 years old Biebs, wake up, smell the java, and start acting like it.
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