Oye vey. What with sleeping through my alarm this morning (it's another coffee day for me) and recovering from the drama this weekend, I'm drained. I usually spend my mornings surfing through Google news looking at random tidbits that toot my flute.
Justin Bieber is alll over it this morning. If I could throw Google news in the trash right now, I would. I hate this kid. Sure he can sing... until he hits puberty. He'll be like the one-hit wonder on crack, considering he's had maybe 3 or 4. He's overstayed his welcome bigtime. I don't consider the ability to croon repetitive, get stuck in your head songs like a 10 year old choir boy to be that noteworthy. I can't even get past the stupid haircut- looks like a helmet. Sure, he's not that bad at singing but the first time I heard him, I thought he was a girl. There is something wrong with this. Maybe it's appropriate then that he's coming out with women's perfume.
For anyone reading this thinking I'm just jealous, you're waaay off. Sure, he's got boo coos of money and is one of pop's favorite stars right now, but it's short lived. Young singers who are good never last that long. Why would I want 15 minutes of fame that lasts almost literally 15 minutes? Look at Billy Gilman. He was great when he first came out, but once he started getting older, he went poof. Not really a bad thing, that kid gave me the creeps. And from my observations, the faster you rise, the faster you fall. This Bieber character was quite literally an overnight star. Take Rihanna for example. She was almost the same way. Almost. She came out with some popular music, kids and adults liked it, but then she kinda coasted for a while. Her agents didn't shove her down our throats around every corner. Now she's Beyonce's only competition, in my opinion. That takes strategy. Now she's pumping out hits left and right and ya know what? She's good. Very good. Because here's another point about the music part of this. Rihanna's music was the kind that could be appreciated by all ages. Justin Bieber's music is really for teens and under only. Baby and Eeenie Meenie are NOT adult caliber songs. He'll be at that age in a few years where that is just the crowd he has to cater to. I don't think that will be an easy transition for him. Whoever is responsible for this needs to realize that when a singer ages, so do their fans, and they have to be able to grow with that. Sorry pedophiles, he won't be 12 forever. Another reason why my theory stands that he won't last long... how many adult white men are in R&B, Hip Hop and Rap? Eminem is the only name that comes to mind, maybe it's because I'm trying to think of names and they just aren't coming to me. The adult white male solo artists usually have something to them that makes them different. John Mayer plays the Fender Strat like nobody's business, Michael Buble gives us new age stuff with a classic sound and Rob Thomas used Matchbox 20 to get where he is before he went solo. Notice, none of these guys are in any of the previously mentioned genres. They are not easy to break into and even harder to stay in. Period.
And another aspect of this kid that I am just not buying... if he weren't famous, he'd be the joke of the day for everyone around him. NO ONE dresses like that every day in the real world. And he's not that good-looking either. It's amazing what a record deal and a couple of pop songs can do for a person. Then again, Owen Wilson is another excellent example of this. He'd be such a goober, and not the good kind, if he didn't have talent.
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