Even if you don’t like the music, the persona or the fame of Justin Bieber, you may be interested in in the human being named Justin Bieber and the psychological effects that his fame is having on him. Also, what is the deal with teenage girls that causes the same thing to happen over and over again? Think about Elvis Presley, the Beatles, David Cassidy… it’s bizarre… like “teenage girls” are an army of insects, pre-programmed by some ancient evolutionary brain force to behave in exactly the same, timeless ways generation after generation. Anyway, here is an article that describes Justin’s current plight, which appears to be directly caused by the insect-force buried deep inside the brains of many teenage girls:

Justin Bieber: YOU goes backstage with pop’s latest heart-throb

The article describes how Bieber got started:

Justin was brought up by his single teenage mother, Pattie Mallette, in low-income housing in Stratford, Ontario, in Canada. Aged 12, he came second in a local talent contest, and began to upload videos of himself on to YouTube. One performance, of Justin sitting on a couch, strumming his guitar and singing like an angel, was seen by chance by Scooter Braun, then a music marketer and party planner. He thought he had found the next Michael Jackson. He flew to meet him, set up an audition with R&B singer Usher, and Justin was signed. He has gone on to earn almost £100 million. He has sung for President Obama. He has topped the American Billboard charts with his debut album, My World, making him the youngest star to do so since Stevie Wonder in 1963. And this is only the beginning….

This appears to be is the YouTube video that launched Bieber’s career:

CBS news goes into a little more detail in this interview with Bieber:

The article talks about the crowd of adults that surrounds Bieber:

Our day (I’m with Justin’s people – stylists, make-up artist, band members – at one point there are 37 of us in the room) begins inside a soulless hotel, where Justin is recording a TV show….

I sit down with Scooter, who is probably the most self-assured man I’ve ever met. Only 28, he tells me, ‘I’m a smart guy. I would be wealthy without Justin Bieber.’ I don’t doubt him. Scooter sees himself as a father figure to Justin, and a strict one at that. ‘He is the son I didn’t have. If he has done something wrong, he has to apologise,’ he says. ‘Justin isn’t treated with kid gloves. I’ve sacked people who have pandered to him. He’s a kid. He’s not perfect. You have to set boundaries, consistencies.’ Scooter has been known to confiscate his young star’s phone and laptop if he breaks the rules: he must get eight hours’ sleep, good grades, and be polite to journalists… Justin’s earnings are in a trust fund that he can’t access until he turns 18; in the meantime, he gets £30 pocket money a day. I tell Scooter this all sounds a bit harsh. ‘The child becomes the breadwinner,’ he says, ‘and the parents don’t know how to deal with them. They are terrified of upsetting the kid.’

I’m beginning to feel sorry for Justin, who has spent the morning wandering around the hotel suite, hands deep in his pockets, trying to avoid his tutor; he has to do four hours of studying a day during term time. His voice coach, Jan Smith, is being flown in, and will meet us at the venue. Justin is still saving his voice for his performance tonight. Only if Jan gives us the green light will I be able to finally sit down with Justin and talk…

The article also talks about the teenage girls who are making Bieber’s new life possible:

It’s a strange, otherworldly sound. It threatens to pierce your eardrums. There are no words. The sound doesn’t know what it wants. It isn’t articulate. There is a bassline too: thousands upon thousands of stamping feet, like one big tantrum. When I hear the sound, I’m 11 years old again. When I look around, it’s a sea of pink Lycra, tanned limbs, bare, taut torsos, hair ironed within an inch of its life. But these girls might as well be wearing brown loons and cheesecloth. They might as well have greasy hair and spots, and great big clumpy Freeman Hardy Willis shoes on their feet instead of the inevitable spangled flip-flops. They are in the grip of a mass hysteria, although I don’t think hysteria quite describes what this is. It is pure, unconditional love for a slight boy with slim hips and an asymmetric, feathered haircut….

Here are several more interviews with Bieber if you can’t get enough of him:

His most popular video on YouTube, with 335 million views at the moment:

The article compares Bieber to Michael Jackson and asks, legitimately, if celebrities might be better off if never “discovered.” It points out that David Cassidy “ended his career broke, and broken.” It does make you wonder.

More info:
- His web site
- His Twitter feed

See also:
- Music industry Channel
- Why are 600 girls in Mexico suffering from collective hysteria?
- Two things leading to unvaccinated deaths of children in America – The anti-vaccine movement and poverty

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