Justin Bieber and I have had a very complicated relationship since I came across him on YouTube back when we were both 13. When I first saw him and heard him sing I fell in love but not in a "Belieber" way but more in a "he’s really talented and deserves success" way. He was my first YouTube cover artist and ever since I haven't stopped for the next best thing.
I remember when his first single "one time" came out and all of the sudden my friends became obsessed but by then my love for Justin Bieber was but a distant memory and I wasn't excited for him anymore. To put it in simple terms I was over him.
And that was the beginning of our tumultuous relationship…
After his first album came out I still wasn't intrigued or as amused as the rest of my friends and quite frankly I think it was because deep down I’m a hipster and I hate when my friends find things that I liked way before it became popular and they act like its brand new. It drives me insane!
Anyway the next time I encountered Justin Bieber was when his documentary ‘Never say Never’ came out and I decided to go watch it because my friends wanted to and I wanted to give Justin another chance. It was great following Justin’s life and his journey to a sold out Madison Square Garden show was insane. I came out the cinema with a brand new perspective and a new found love for Justin Bieber; it was like falling in love all over again (that year I got a JB hood, that’s how deep it got) but a couple of months later I was over him once again.
That was when I decided that it was time to either love him or hate him and I went for the latter choice of despising him. I began to think he wasn’t that talented, he came across as a bit of an arrogant bastard and I had felt he was becoming irrelevant. The only thing that kept me attached to him was weirdly his pop infused music.
Then the year was 2014 and I hated Justin Bieber. He had become something of a topic that I loved to discuss because I hated him and to be honest I don't even know why. Maybe it was because of all his bad press, the DUI, the drag racing, the getting shirtless at an award ceremony. I couldn't quite tell you when the hatred started but I can tell you when the hatred ended. It’s 2015 and if anyone had told me a year ago I’d be a full blown Belieber with no on and off love for this man I’d slap them and say they’re crazy. But it’s a year on and I love him and I’m proud to say it because I understand that everyone deserves a second chance at life and I understand that he’s young just like me and although I’ve never had a DUI or been in prison I've done some irresponsible things to but we all learn from it and I get that were going to make mistakes but his are just magnetised and publicised for the world to see and judged and mine are just for me. Justin Bieber has taught me that it’s ok to not be ok but it’s never to late to redeem yourself and become the person you always knew you could be.
2015 has been the year where Justin began as the but of every joke to end the year as the man that the world has become so in love with.
Now that's what I call a comeback.
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