A fifteen year old singing sensation has stolen the hearts of teenage girls worldwide. Canadian born Justin Bieber was discovered by former Marketing Executive Scooter Braun via a YouTube video uploaded by his Mother. It showed a 12 year old Bieber singing Ne-Yo's "So Sick" for a local singing competition in Stratford for which he placed second (Wikipedia, 2010).
What the heck happened to the kid who beat him is what I’d like to know! Perhaps Braun thought he just didn’t have Justin’s good looks. Unattractive stars are clearly an industry no go zone with ‘experts’ like Australian Idol’s Kyle Sandilands insinuating that “ugly” people won’t sell records (Sams, 2006). Bieber had sold one million copies of his first album, ‘My World’ in the USA between November 17th 2009 and 8th January 2010. He must surely rate at the opposite end of Kyle’s “ugly” scale.
The Bieber Fever craze is not by any means tame and being a Justin fan is perhaps the new extreme sport for adventurous young girls. The casualty list is growing as obsessed, diehard fans are literally throwing themselves at this kid. Among the multiple injuries are hyperventilation, fractured bones and mob crushings (Tatnell, 2010), not to mention, broken hearts. If we do not find a cure soon, the Bieber Fever will surely kill!
That is, if he doesn’t die first. Justin’s teenage girl fans are crazy, aggressive and, it would seem, on the loose.These girls are after this heart throb's blood! The following video shows Bieber using a Segway to try and make his escape from a rowdy mob of screaming girls after a show in GlenDale, Arizona. At one stage freedom appears certain for Justin, but he is soon overcome by the desperate mob.
You have asked the same questions that are puzzling many of us .....what is the strange nature of fame? Why do some of dubious talent succeed where others who are clearly brilliant fail? How long will the clean cut image last before he starts to fall with the media watching on in delight? It seems like a pattern we see time and again!
You have asked the same questions that are puzzling many of us .....what is the strange nature of fame? Why do some of dubious talent succeed where others who are clearly brilliant fail? How long will the clean cut image last before he starts to fall with the media watching on in delight? It seems like a pattern we see time and again!
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