5 Reasons To Hate Justin Bieber And Why They Are Justified
Ask any tween-age girl who their favorite singer is and the answer will most likely be Justin Bieber. But for every girl swooning over the picture of Justin on her bedroom wall, there’s another who simply can’t stand him. There are a lot of reasons people give for hating The Biebs, from his ridiculous hair style to his apparent inability to buy a belt to the fact that his songs are just not good. But these are all opinions so let’s take a moment to look at some real, justified reasons you can give next time a 12 year old girl asks why you don’t like Justin Bieber.
5. He’s a Bad Role Model For Fans
Along with astronomical musical success come crazed fans, willing to do and say anything to get the attention of their idol. But “Biebiebers” brought their campaign for Justin’s attention to a whole new level when they launched an attack on former Nickelodeon star Drake Bell after Bell tweeted his dislike of the 18 year old singer. The foul-tonged, hateful tweets were harmless, until they began to cost The Thirst Project, a charity Bell supported, thousands of dollars in donations. While Justin obviously cannot be held responsible for the actions of his millions of fans, he could at least speak out or make a comment telling his fans to stop. Encourage them to take their energy and channel it towards a cause they support instead of harming a charity they don’t. But he didn’t.
Add that fact to his menagerie of tattoos, high speed car chase, and the recent photos of him smoking marijuana and he’s everything you don’t want you child to grow up to be.
4. He Gave Us “Call Me Maybe”…Well Kind Of
Bieber neither wrote nor sang the catchy pop tune that got stuck in everybody’s head in 2012, but he is part of the reason the song became a global phenomenon.
After seeing Carly Rae Jepsen perform in Canada, Justin tweeted about her, which helped garner millions of views on the singer’s YouTube page. Bieber also referred the 26 year old singer to his manager, Scooter Braun, which gave her song global distribution. So next time you find yourself singing the tune, or one of its many parodies, you can blame Justin Bieber.
3. He’s All About The Money
It’s safe to say that many members of the music industry today are more interested in producing commercialized content than quality material, but Justin Bieber, and his people, seems to care only about money. Despite being only 18 years old, he has released two autobiographies chronicling his “life story” as well as a documentary. Even his mother decided to jump on the bandwagon, publishing her own story last year.
Then there’s Bieber’s acoustic album, which consists almost entirely of watered-down versions of songs people already own. The icing on the cake is the $675 concert ticket that allows fans a “meet and greet” opportunity with the pop star. To put that in perspective, for the same amount of money it costs to spend a minute with Justin Bieber, a person could sponsor a child in Africa for two years.
2. He Has More Twitter Followers Than the President
U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement at the White House in Washington
Barack Obama, President of the United States and leader of the free world, has just over 28 million Twitter followers. Justin Bieber has 35.5 million. I know that Twitter has a young demographic, but do we really live in a world where people are more interested in the musings of a pop star than the important things that are happening in our country?
On March 6th, Barack Obama’s twitter account tweeted about making college more affordable, something all of Justin Bieber’s fans will all one day be affected by. But apparently they were more interested in listening to Bieber complain about how the paparazzi and media are harming his oh-so-privileged life. If this is really what the future of our country is focused on, I’d start worrying now.
1. Overexposed
It seems these days you can’t turn on a TV without seeing mention of Justin Bieber and his catchy but uninspiring music is played on the radio more times per day than any person would like to count. He’s forced onto the public so much that it makes many people just wish he would disappear. His recent rampage against a the paparazzi in London shows that even Justin is starting to crack under the weight of his exposure, but despite it all, he’s still out there. Justin Bieber should follow in the footsteps of Lady Gaga and take a break for a little while, and then maybe the haters will find a new target.
