Justin Bieber

Ever heard of a blond girly kid with the incredible ability to amuse your little sister and her friends?

Yep. We all know it.

I've been reading and listening almost everywhere that he might be the most hated celebrity of all time. There are many Facebook groups dedicated to expressing hatred towards the kid, you can also find lots of websites questioning his sexuality and he is #1 in the top 10 Fail People list according to failblog.com. followed by Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Tiger Woods.

But why? I have asked a lot of people (even myself) in order to understand why so many people dislike the poor kid. 

There came a few theories about it.

1. Envy: Too simple to me. The fact that such an enormous culture of hatred is created around one specific person just because he's succesful or has any kind of talent tells me that there has to be something else there. I don't deny the fact that many people might be jelous, but I don't think that's the reason I'm looking for, considering there are many other succesful figures who don't get that kind of attention.

2. He's got no talent at all and he sucks: I disagree. He sings like a girl, yes. He dances like a ball-less rapper, yes. But he sings in tune, has a generous register and dances the way a ball-less rapper is supposed to. I think he's a good performer after all.

3. The music they write for him is horrible and his lyrics are empty: Again, too simple to me. It's all about your personal taste, and I don't see people hating every single artist they don't like. As I said, there has to be something else.

4. He compared himself to Kurt Cobain: That's a tough one. Might this one be? Well, as a matter of fact I don't even know if he actually said that, since I haven't found any primary sources. But it doesn't matter if he did or didn't. The rumor is enough for people to believe it.

Let's just assume for one moment that he did say it. That might be a valid reason for some of the depressive Nirvana proto-emo fundamentalists out there, but people already hated him before that. 

5. He dared to insult Hetfield, Mustaine and heavy metal in general: I must confess, at first he got me on this one, but I understand his case. He's just a kid and he's pissed because of this bullying campaign, and a lot of the people involved happen to be heavy metal fans. But that wouldn't explain why so many people who also dislike heavy metal hate him too.

6. Because he sucks dicks and is gay and stupid: I'm not even going to consider this one. But that's the one I usually get when I ask.

Well, first of all, I think life isn't always black and white, so there might usually be more than one simplified reason for things to happen. The first 5 theories I already presented might be involded in the whole case but I personally believe there could be one more to consider:

The Media in his deliberate crusade to manage the public's perception of him by creating this whole 'Bieber Fever' thing, caused a very negative reaction in all the people who didn't like him or his music because they were practically forced to hear from him, listen to his music and watch his videos. 

One day you find yourself watching TV and there he is, dancing and singing like a little nymph in love.

You might change the channel, but he'll be waiting for you in the next one. So you turn on the radio just to hear 'baby baby baby wooooh'. Then you say 'Ok, I'll just go out for a walk' and BAM! There he is again staring at you from that gigantic poster anouncing the movie about his life.

Oh my God! Run!

Then you go to the bookstore. 'I'll just buy something to read' you say. And there he is again with that evil look in his eyes mocking you:

Ha ha! you can run but you can't hide!

'A book about his life?! No way I'm buying it! I'll just read a magazine'. But when you go to the magazine shop you can't believe what you find.

You start to freak out. But that's ok... no big deal. It's not like you even read any of those magazines HOLY SHIT!!

Did you miss me honey?

And suddenly everything starts to look like a freaking conspiracy. On your way back home you see the love of your life, that girl next door you were so hardly trying to impress, and at some point of the conversation she says 'Have you seen Justin Bieber? He's like my perfect boyfriend!'

You slowly step back. Then you and run. You run like hell.

'They will never get me! No! get out of my head! waaahhh! Baby baby baby wooohh...' Suddenly he's in your head now. You know the lyrics, you know the steps, you know who he is and somehow you know everything going on in his life.

You pretty much are sick of him. Still you can't understand why and that's when you invent weird excuses to justify your 'hatred'.

Remember the Jonas Brothers? The exact same thing happened to them. But now that you can actually choose whether to listen to them or not, people seemed to be a little more respectful.

But in the end it's not Justin Bieber's fault that his producers pay the media for him to be everywhere. He just does what those evil businessmen tell him to do.

Right?

So let's try to leave the poor kid alone for a while. C'mon guys, you know he doesn't suck dicks!

Or does he?