Originally posted by Golo*****

Probably because of the vigilant citizen-esque overanalysing and the fact that you keep on using the word "iconic" in relation to Justin Bieber.

Originally posted by Golo*****

Lol, no.

The teaser part was initially supposed to be the video. It was shot by by Tilley, but after they had finished shooting it probably got bad feedback because of the lack of plot/fact that the dark and "sexy" theme was tryhard and doesn't really match up with anything but the verses etc. So they pushed the release date back and re-shot the video. But obviously they had already released the teasers with the original visuals so they still had to chuck it in somewhere.

And yes, Usher was a child star.

Originally posted by sweetkiss

whoever says JUSTIN BIEBER ain't an icon is delusional. I think you guys should log off, breathe and think about what you just have said.

Originally posted by sweetkiss

whoever says JUSTIN BIEBER ain't an icon is delusional. I think you guys should log off, breathe and think about what you just have said.

Originally posted by RobynYoBank

It's not exactly over-analysis. These comparisons and images are kind of all his team and the media have talked about and produced over the past several months. I don't think I'm conjuring it.

Originally posted by RobynYoBank

As a continuation of this comment, maybe that's what they were shooting for. He's talked a lot in the past about how his greatest idol is Michael Jackson, and he's clearly addressed the work of MJ, Elvis and most recently, the look of James Dean. The first bit of the video sort of feels like a tease of what he wants to do, what he looks up to in pop, the type of iconic character he wishes to be for today's world. But it sort of rears back to reality and what he's trying to do right now, which is transitioning from child star to adult pop singer. He knows there's only one man that's made that transition successfully this millennium because that man is one of the two people that tried to sign him in the beginning.

Originally posted by thediscomonkey

Originally posted by Golo*****

Well of course his team would say things like that. Nicki Minaj was supposed to be creating a new genre and yet we got nothing original, some of the most generic (and worst) pop songs of the year and barely anything above average. And even Boyfriend was supposed to be this incredible never-before-done song yet all we got was a load of foolish lyrics and a chorus taken straight out of 2002...

Originally posted by the floacist

Originally posted by RobynYoBank

I didn't say they were doing anything industry-shifting. They really haven't released much material either, and they never really said anything in particular about this video. They just hyped it commercially without making any comments on its content.

I said Team Bieber is self-aware. They know what Bieber wants to be, who he's inspired by, what he could try to do, but living through this hard transition is what he has to do.

Originally posted by MP2K