Justin Bieber was born in Ontario, Canada on March 1, 1994 and began singing at the age of twelve. Popeater.com website states that in the beginning his career took him to all the tiny town DJs who would listen. Break-danced for any water parks that would have him and broke hearts in middle school auditoriums across the country long before the world came to know his as a star. The web site states that as frustrating as it was for the typically impatient teen, neither he nor his team gave up when things didn’t come easy.
“Never Say Never” is a film about Justin, the world’s biggest teen phenomenon.
The song by the same title is sung by Justin Bieber and Jaden Smith. The second verse begins with: I will never say never/I will fight till forever/whenever you knock me down/I will not stay on the ground/pick it up/pick it up.
Is Justin Beiber believable? According to Vanity Fair Magazine, he’s become one of the most googled people on earth with an estimated one billion YouTube views, 6.3 million Twitter followers, and 16.5 million friends on Facebook.
Young girls interviewed for the Vanity Fair article state that” it’s because of his talent and he’s so cute. It’s like he’s singing just for me.” Rick Springfield, recording artist, stated in his memoirs, “At that you age you fall for the praise and adulation and really start thinking you can do no wrong, when really you’re just another jerk – at least I was. A strong family tie is very important. After all he’s just a kid.”
One of the essay’s in our text “Without a Net” was titled “Getting Out” by Frances Vairan.
In this writing, she stated the only way to get money is to work for it and there are only two kinds of work: smart or hard. You enter the world, pull for air, and wait for payday, she states.. The parallel of Frances’ Dad getting a job as a security guard so that his daughter could obtain higher education, tuition free, is not unlike Justin’s mom in the beginning of his career posting his songs on YouTube. Both parents were protective of their children doing their best to overcome the working class stigma and to give their children better opportunities. The ultimate goal of Frances’ parent was to give her a better education and in Justin’s case, unknowingly at first, to improve their social class.
Work Cited
Tea, Michelle, and Frances Varian. Without a Net. Seal Press. 2003. Print.
Robinson, Lisa. “The Kid Just Has It.”Vanity Fair February 2011: 98-104 and 150. Print.
“Justin Bieber Biography.” n.p. n.d. Web. 01 Feb. 2011.
The one thing that concerns me about Justin Beiber and his rise to fame is: Will he turn out like some of the rest of these early rising stars that end up taking drugs, getting into trouble, being sexually promiscuous? So many of these kids like Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears, Leif Garrett (yes, I’m reaching back for this one, but he’s a PRIME example) have had fame go to their heads, submitted to peer pressure, and done things that many teens will hopefully never experience. While Justin claims to be Christian, we can hope that his background will morally ground him to do the right thing and be a positive role model for teenagers. We thought that Billy Ray Cyrus being part of the show “Hannah Montana” had a better situation with his daughter being on the set and with her. She’s posed for magazines and smoked some “herbs” for a movie that she’s doing and it has her father wondering how she could be doing the things she’s doing.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your argument and I thought you made a lot of good points. I like the parallel that you are drawing between the book “Without a Net” and Justin Bieber’s family. I too wonder what will become of his situation since he found fame at such a young age. I also wonder about his fans and how obsessed they have become. His fan’s have been sending hate mail to Selena Gomez (who he supposedly dating) and recently since he lost at the Grammy’s they have been vandalizing the winner’s wiki page. It makes me wonder where the parents are while this is going on and how there doesn’t seem to be any consequences for their actions.
ReplyDeleteJustin Bieber's fame completely amazes me. I do not understand the infatuation with him. Personally I do not like his music and I think it sounds much like any other artist's work. Right along with the obsession of Bieber is one with Taylor Swift. The instant rise to stardom cannot be good for an adolescent. This whole craze around young stars shocks me. Artists such as Faith Hill or Alan Jackson have become legends because of their perseverance and the understanding of the audience. More time writing and in the studio should be required so our youth do not get a false sense of easy fame. Hard work does pay off in the end.
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