WHAT DO YOU MEAN
― i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:23 (eight years ago) link
we weren't necessarily put in the best position to make the best decisionsyou can't be hard on yourself for it; these were the cards that you were given
now film me making a racist joke about chainsaws
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:48 (eight years ago) link
"The feeling" is pretty awesome: "Sugar on your lips, it's hard to kill/Jagged like a pill, so hard to swallow"
Best album he's released to date
― pplasma, Friday, 13 November 2015 20:58 (eight years ago) link
low ba
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Friday, 13 November 2015 21:01 (eight years ago) link
bar, too
i dunno, i think purpose is kinda garbage except for the singles and not even all thosemuch prefer journals
― i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 November 2015 21:17 (eight years ago) link
too many of the good songs (the singles) are shoved toward the front of the album and even that section is poorly sequenced
hm maybe my expectations were unnecessarily high but the only keeper other than what was out before the album is "company" which i wouldn't be surprised to see as a radio single further down the line
the halsey collaboration threatens to be great for ~the length of its first verse but the brightness of the chorus doesn't contrast well
i'm sure the title track will make a touching closer to his live set, hopefully with the voice recording part scraped out lol
― dyl, Sunday, 15 November 2015 08:33 (eight years ago) link
Veronica @amorrousbieber started from the bottom and now we're here @justinbieber #6YearsOfMyWorld
― i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 17 November 2015 17:17 (eight years ago) link
OK, i liked--and still like--"What Do You Mean," but this album is crashing bore.
― Fetty Wap Is Strong In Here (cryptosicko), Monday, 30 November 2015 20:15 (eight years ago) link
Every single song on it is in the UK Top 100 :/
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 30 November 2015 20:48 (eight years ago) link
i caved in to "sorry", it's the second build-and-release in the chorus that really pushes it over the top
― lex pretend, Thursday, 10 December 2015 14:26 (eight years ago) link
"what do you mean" and "where are u now" still don't do anything for me, "i'll show you" remains repulsive trash
Which, according to the Radio, means he takes the 'record' off Elvis for the most entries in the singles chart.
― Mark G, Thursday, 10 December 2015 14:46 (eight years ago) link
read something similar re "reading this it's too late" but doesn't make sense since the tracks are not released as singles, right? stating the obvious but album streams don't = single sales
― niels, Thursday, 10 December 2015 15:02 (eight years ago) link
Yes, but they still put them in the 'singles' chart.
― Mark G, Thursday, 10 December 2015 15:10 (eight years ago) link
people love recordssetting records, that is
― niels, Thursday, 10 December 2015 15:27 (eight years ago) link
don't know if this affects it but he also made a video for every song
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 10 December 2015 15:29 (eight years ago) link
I did not realize that, maybe it counts anyway! but the drake tape surely didn't...
― niels, Thursday, 10 December 2015 15:30 (eight years ago) link
http://www.gq.com/story/justin-bieber-gq-interview
“I feel like that’s why I have a relationship with Him, because I need it. I suck by myself. Like, when I’m by myself and I feel like I have nothing to lean on? Terrible. Terrible person. If I was doing this on my own, I would constantly be doing things that are, I mean, I still am doing things that are stupid, but… It just gives me some sort of hope and something to grasp onto, and a feeling of security, and a feeling of being wanted, and a feeling of being desired, and I feel like we can only get so much of that from a human.”
― ulysses, Thursday, 11 February 2016 23:34 (eight years ago) link
The whole interview is a Caity Weaver masterpiece.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 February 2016 23:54 (eight years ago) link
it's definitely a good piece conjured out of mostly nothing.
― ulysses, Friday, 12 February 2016 00:04 (eight years ago) link
I've never read Caity Weaver before. She's pretty great isn't she?
― impossible raver (Re-Make/Re-Model), Friday, 12 February 2016 13:29 (eight years ago) link
caity weaver's advice column is the best thing gawker has ever published and i'm still a bit mad that she was so good that it had to end
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Friday, 12 February 2016 13:34 (eight years ago) link
Oh my goodness, people are really, really upset at Justin Bieber.
― clemenza, Saturday, 23 April 2016 13:16 (seven years ago) link
Found out today that my dental hygienist's sister taught Justin Bieber's mother. That's, what, about nine-and-a-half degrees of separation?
― clemenza, Thursday, 19 April 2018 23:50 (six years ago) link
I used to wait on his uncle a lot at my old record store job. Weird guy.
― Dangleballs and the Ballerina (cryptosicko), Friday, 20 April 2018 00:12 (five years ago) link
Everyone's got a Bieber story.
― clemenza, Friday, 20 April 2018 04:24 (five years ago) link
sounds too high
doesn't live up to the stereotype that we're all relatives
i'm sure clemenza is my great great grandfather's uncle's husband's daughter's son
― F# A# (∞), Friday, 20 April 2018 05:05 (five years ago) link
What a sweetly hateful ditty.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 July 2018 01:20 (five years ago) link
lol i love that Ed Sheeran burn. <3
Bieber's worst single for sure.
― Roz, Friday, 27 July 2018 01:52 (five years ago) link
new song is out there. kinda generic, imo.
― Nourry, Friday, 3 January 2020 18:08 (four years ago) link
"confident" popped up on a rando playlist i was spinning and i had a moment of "oh yeah, this guy is occasionally good"
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 3 January 2020 18:10 (four years ago) link
'journals' is still his best record.
― Nourry, Friday, 3 January 2020 18:15 (four years ago) link
New song feels like a self-parody he would make for SNL
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Friday, 3 January 2020 21:26 (four years ago) link
Very wish washy. I’ll skip. Srsly you got that yummy yum? Urgh
― nathom, Saturday, 4 January 2020 03:10 (four years ago) link
utter crap
it's getting spammed premiered hourly on iheartmedia's top 40 stations too. the '''''pop''''' end of the industry really thinks all you need to do to get a hit these days is be white and sing complete nonsense over any old trap beat, huh
― dyl, Saturday, 4 January 2020 13:39 (four years ago) link
the new one with kehlani is way better, fortunately.
― Nourry, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 09:33 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI_ifdDi1R4
― sean gramophone, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 16:03 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EJ3zbKTWQ8
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 18:58 (four years ago) link
did anyone listen to the new album?it's more close to journals, but it's sounding very samey overall.
― Nourry, Saturday, 15 February 2020 14:31 (four years ago) link
I had stopped listening to him after “Yummy”, but “Peaches” sounds good at least. he’s bought all the r&b, rap and even afropop (Burna Boy on a so-so track) collabs money can buy, but I’m not sure I’m keen to indulge him and his “MLK Interlude”s. it’s hard to keep up with the guy (if you would want to). I see that apart from a Deluxe version of the album he has now also dropped a new EP which has him channeling Wizkid of all people on the title track:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjMts2i93-0Justin Bieber ft. BEAM • Freedom
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 5 April 2021 22:23 (three years ago) link
i can't stand "peaches"
― voodoo chili, Monday, 5 April 2021 22:26 (three years ago) link
i have more patience for Bieber than I probably should but even I think there needs to be legislation against him starting a song "BIG UP TO MY BRUDDA"
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 5 April 2021 22:50 (three years ago) link
i dislike "peaches" also, no idea how it's become his most effortless hit since purpose
― dyl, Monday, 5 April 2021 23:14 (three years ago) link
well it's easily the best single he's released since purpose... the other singles off this album are just totally dire, yummy was a pretty big hit despite being deathly corny, the quavo one i can barely remember how it goes. "peaches" is an up tempo summer song with a memorable chorus, i'm surprised it took them this long to find a song even this good
― J0rdan S., Monday, 5 April 2021 23:27 (three years ago) link
"yummy" and the quavo song were from the last album not this one, which kinda underscores how indistinctive his music has been and still is in these past couple years
― dyl, Monday, 5 April 2021 23:29 (three years ago) link
you said since purpose tho
― J0rdan S., Monday, 5 April 2021 23:30 (three years ago) link
sorry i misunderstood what you wrote
― dyl, Monday, 5 April 2021 23:31 (three years ago) link
i don't hate "peaches" but bieber's presence on it is clearly the worst part and while pleasant otherwise it's pretty blandly forgettable
― ufo, Monday, 5 April 2021 23:42 (three years ago) link
I live about 20 minutes from Stratford. He's home today for some event, so much posting in the Stratford Life Facebook group. St. Marys, where I am, relatively quiet.
― clemenza, Friday, 2 February 2024 21:17 (two months ago) link