I Cram To Understand

I don't get it. I try to understand, yet that always seems to elude me. What is the appeal of Justin Beiber? Someone, please explain it to me. Justin Timberlake and Usher entered into a bidding war to sign him. Tween girls go nuts for him. But in all actuality, he's a small white boy with a girl hair cut that can sing. Even though, I've acknowledged all of the elements that help make him a star, I still can't seem to accept him as a real artist. So I decided that I'm going to analyze his whole 'thing', if you will.

His looks have girls going nuts. Grown women I work with are calling this boy a sexy man. Really?! A sexy man?! You can't be considered a man if you sing like your balls haven't dropped yet. He has wind swept hair and it leads me to wonder where his actual hairline starts. Not trying to be funny, I'm just curious. He dresses trendy and I'll admit, some things he wears I would drop money on if it came in my size. But the problem with trendy is twenty years from now, he's going to be featured in those 'What Was I Wearing' pieces in a magazine. But hey, it works for now. So I'll let it rock.

As for his talent, that is undeniable. Homeboy plays the drums, guitar, trumpet, and sings. So game recognize game. I'm not a huge fan of the way he sings because its partially nasally. But Rihanna is all nose when she sings and she has made it work for her. If she can do it, he can do way better than her. But I digress. He can sing. I don't want to say otherwise because that wouldn't be honest.

As I finished that last paragraph, I think I've figured his appeal out. When I was a sophomore in high school, my english teacher said this, " Richard Gere is a good looking man, but if you took all his facial features off and spread them on a table you'd think he was ugly." I was confused. She further explained that he had a long and pointy nose, which she deemed unattractive. Then she talked about how he had ugly lips and this and that. She went on to say that all of the ugly features canceled out to Make a beautifully put together man. That's what I think Justin Beiber's appeal is. All of these things I don't like are being fused together to make a superstar. So I have to give him some props even if I don't want to. I'm almost ashamed to have written that. I got to get off of this topic before I go crazy trying to understand what everyone sees in Justin Beiber.