Elliott David How 당신 doing?
Justin Bieber Doing tired, man.
ED You’ve only been in town for a couple of days?
JB Just yesterday. I got in the night before.
ED That’s rough.
JB It’s rough, but that’s what we do.
ED How often do 당신 go back to Canada?
JB Hardly ever. I’m going to go back and see my family during Thanksgiving. But other than that, I don’t really go back.
ED I read once that 당신 try to take off one to two days a week. Does that still happen?
JB I try to take one now. When I’m releasing an album, I don’t really get time off because I’ve got to work to promote the album. But other than that, I try to take one to two days off a week, yeah.
ED And then what do 당신 do?
JB I just hang out with my friends, go to the movies. In L.A., I go to Jaden [Smith]’s all the time.
ED Taylor Lautner once told me he doesn’t really go out much due to the rabid fandom, how it snowballs from one person recognizing him and quickly escalates to a really bad situation. 당신 say you’re going out, but are 당신 ever concerned you’re going to get bombarded or, basically, attacked?
JB Not really. I don’t really feel that. I just kind of do whatever.
ED That sounds healthy, albeit dangerous. Let’s rewind to how 당신 got to this place. 당신 went from obscurity to selling out Madison Square Garden in, what, two years?
JB Yeah. I went to watch Taylor 빠른, 스위프트 perform at the Garden with [longtime manager] Scooter [Braun], and everyone was waving their arms back and forth—she was getting everyone to do it. I said, I want to be here and make everyone wave their arms back and forth. And Scooter was like, someday. And two years later I sold it out in twenty-two 분 [making him the youngest performer ever to sell out the venue].
ED So 당신 set that goal and then 당신 hit it, and now 당신 can’t really get any 더 많이 successful. Under the Mistletoe is about to come out, and let’s say it becomes number one [which it debuted as on the Billboard 200, days after this interview; it’s Bieber’s third number-one record after My World 2.0 and Never Say Never: The Remixes]. And your 다음 record will be coming out soon, and let’s say that’s number one. Is this the new goal? What happens in the 다음 three years?
JB There are different goals. Like overseas, in London, I played at the O2 arena. I hope to set the record for the most sold-out performances in a single tour.
ED But what does that mean to you? Just a goal to have?
JB My goal at the end of the day—right now—I want to be successful and be great at what I do. But eventually, I want to become the best at what I do. I want to be the best. In the world. I want to be better than anybody that’s ever done it. And in order to do that, I need to strive to be the best, be good to people and treat people with respect, and work as hard as I can. Because for me, I work so hard and this consumes my life, and it’s not worth it if I’m not the best.
ED So who’s the best now?
JB Right now? I mean, I consider Michael Jackson the best. If I could be at his level… But I’ve got a lot of work to do. I’m not saying it’s going to happen within the 다음 three years. But hopefully 의해 the time I’m 30, people will remember me. I think people will remember me at this point, but I don’t want people to just think of me as a teen sensation. Because I could probably just sell out, and then in two years not put out another album, and just become Justin Bieber the teen superstar. But I don’t want to be that. I want to transition, and become the greatest.
ED That’s something I want to ask 당신 about: transitions. You’re going to be 18 in March. It’s a big benchmark from childhood to adulthood. Do 당신 feel like 당신 have to play the role of a kid still?
JB Here’s the thing: I think that I don’t need to try to do anything. There are people who try to grow up too fast—they’re 18, so they’re like, I’m not a kid anymore. People need to know I’m not a kid anymore. But at the end of the day, I’m not completely grown-up. I’m still learning. I’m going to grow up how I grow up. I’m not going to try to conform to what people want me to be 또는 go out there and start partying, have people see me with alcohol. I want to do it at my own pace. But I’m never going to make myself so the kids and the parents don’t respect me. There’re some artists that [parents won’t] let their kids go and see because they think they’re a bad influence. I want to be able to do what Michael did—he always sang clean lyrics—and it was always that little kids loved Michael and grandparents loved Michael. I don’t want to start 노래 about things like sex, drugs, and swearing. I’m into love, and maybe I’ll get 더 많이 into making 사랑 when I’m older. But I want to be someone who is respected 의해 everybody. Because right now, the young people are who make society. Young people determine what’s cool. Young people determine what’s going to be in style. So I always stick with the young people, that’s what I say.
ED 당신 know, Michael kind of went crazy. A lot of people go crazy. Is that something 당신 think 또는 worry about?
JB Michael had a really bad childhood. I was blessed with a great childhood. My mom loved me. My dad loved me. I’m now a teenager and I don’t feel like I’ve missed out on anything in my life. I’ve gotten to experience everything I possibly could. I don’t look back and think, Ugh, I wish I would have been able to do that. Maybe [Michael] missed out on a lot, so he tried to [re-live] his childhood when he was older. But I’ve got such good people around me, I’m not worried.
ED You’re talking about keeping clean and making 음악 for everybody, but a lot of the artists 당신 look up to, like Lil Wayne, Kanye—a lot of what those guys rap about is drugs, sex, and money. So what is it that 당신 like so much about them? Is it the music? The rhymes?
JB I can’t say I look up to them, but I definitely like what they do. I think that they’re amazing. But are they on Michael’s level? I don’t think they’re on Michael’s level.
ED Tell that to Kanye.
JB Well, Kanye is on a different level. I mean, Kanye is probably my 가장 좋아하는 producer. He’s a musical genius. But, he’s not on Michael’s level. I think that in order to be on Michael’s level 당신 have to reach as many people as Michael reached, and Kanye doesn’t reach as many people. No one really does.
ED So right now predominantly girls listen to your music. How are 당신 going to reach out to a wider audience?
JB It’s all about making good music, and people hate me before they even listen to my music. I know a lot of people say they hate Justin Bieber who haven’t even listened to any of my music. They just hate me because they hate the idea of me. I’m young, I’m handsome—I don’t mean to sound conceited—but they think that I just got here because [of that], because I’m good-looking and girls like me, but the 음악 isn’t there. Here’s the thing: my first album, I was 13 turning 14 when I recorded it, and I put it out when I was 14 또는 15. It was my first time recording, and it turned out really well. We put it out, my 팬 loved it, but I was still really young. Then the 초 album came out, and I’d geared it mostly toward the fans. And I feel like the 더 많이 I put out, people will realize it’s really good music, and they’re going to come. I’m not worried about the guy 팬 because they’re going to come. If they listen to the 음악 and they like it, it doesn’t matter if they go and act like they don’t like me. They’re going to go 집 and listen to it.
Justin Bieber Doing tired, man.
ED You’ve only been in town for a couple of days?
JB Just yesterday. I got in the night before.
ED That’s rough.
JB It’s rough, but that’s what we do.
ED How often do 당신 go back to Canada?
JB Hardly ever. I’m going to go back and see my family during Thanksgiving. But other than that, I don’t really go back.
ED I read once that 당신 try to take off one to two days a week. Does that still happen?
JB I try to take one now. When I’m releasing an album, I don’t really get time off because I’ve got to work to promote the album. But other than that, I try to take one to two days off a week, yeah.
ED And then what do 당신 do?
JB I just hang out with my friends, go to the movies. In L.A., I go to Jaden [Smith]’s all the time.
ED Taylor Lautner once told me he doesn’t really go out much due to the rabid fandom, how it snowballs from one person recognizing him and quickly escalates to a really bad situation. 당신 say you’re going out, but are 당신 ever concerned you’re going to get bombarded or, basically, attacked?
JB Not really. I don’t really feel that. I just kind of do whatever.
ED That sounds healthy, albeit dangerous. Let’s rewind to how 당신 got to this place. 당신 went from obscurity to selling out Madison Square Garden in, what, two years?
JB Yeah. I went to watch Taylor 빠른, 스위프트 perform at the Garden with [longtime manager] Scooter [Braun], and everyone was waving their arms back and forth—she was getting everyone to do it. I said, I want to be here and make everyone wave their arms back and forth. And Scooter was like, someday. And two years later I sold it out in twenty-two 분 [making him the youngest performer ever to sell out the venue].
ED So 당신 set that goal and then 당신 hit it, and now 당신 can’t really get any 더 많이 successful. Under the Mistletoe is about to come out, and let’s say it becomes number one [which it debuted as on the Billboard 200, days after this interview; it’s Bieber’s third number-one record after My World 2.0 and Never Say Never: The Remixes]. And your 다음 record will be coming out soon, and let’s say that’s number one. Is this the new goal? What happens in the 다음 three years?
JB There are different goals. Like overseas, in London, I played at the O2 arena. I hope to set the record for the most sold-out performances in a single tour.
ED But what does that mean to you? Just a goal to have?
JB My goal at the end of the day—right now—I want to be successful and be great at what I do. But eventually, I want to become the best at what I do. I want to be the best. In the world. I want to be better than anybody that’s ever done it. And in order to do that, I need to strive to be the best, be good to people and treat people with respect, and work as hard as I can. Because for me, I work so hard and this consumes my life, and it’s not worth it if I’m not the best.
ED So who’s the best now?
JB Right now? I mean, I consider Michael Jackson the best. If I could be at his level… But I’ve got a lot of work to do. I’m not saying it’s going to happen within the 다음 three years. But hopefully 의해 the time I’m 30, people will remember me. I think people will remember me at this point, but I don’t want people to just think of me as a teen sensation. Because I could probably just sell out, and then in two years not put out another album, and just become Justin Bieber the teen superstar. But I don’t want to be that. I want to transition, and become the greatest.
ED That’s something I want to ask 당신 about: transitions. You’re going to be 18 in March. It’s a big benchmark from childhood to adulthood. Do 당신 feel like 당신 have to play the role of a kid still?
JB Here’s the thing: I think that I don’t need to try to do anything. There are people who try to grow up too fast—they’re 18, so they’re like, I’m not a kid anymore. People need to know I’m not a kid anymore. But at the end of the day, I’m not completely grown-up. I’m still learning. I’m going to grow up how I grow up. I’m not going to try to conform to what people want me to be 또는 go out there and start partying, have people see me with alcohol. I want to do it at my own pace. But I’m never going to make myself so the kids and the parents don’t respect me. There’re some artists that [parents won’t] let their kids go and see because they think they’re a bad influence. I want to be able to do what Michael did—he always sang clean lyrics—and it was always that little kids loved Michael and grandparents loved Michael. I don’t want to start 노래 about things like sex, drugs, and swearing. I’m into love, and maybe I’ll get 더 많이 into making 사랑 when I’m older. But I want to be someone who is respected 의해 everybody. Because right now, the young people are who make society. Young people determine what’s cool. Young people determine what’s going to be in style. So I always stick with the young people, that’s what I say.
ED 당신 know, Michael kind of went crazy. A lot of people go crazy. Is that something 당신 think 또는 worry about?
JB Michael had a really bad childhood. I was blessed with a great childhood. My mom loved me. My dad loved me. I’m now a teenager and I don’t feel like I’ve missed out on anything in my life. I’ve gotten to experience everything I possibly could. I don’t look back and think, Ugh, I wish I would have been able to do that. Maybe [Michael] missed out on a lot, so he tried to [re-live] his childhood when he was older. But I’ve got such good people around me, I’m not worried.
ED You’re talking about keeping clean and making 음악 for everybody, but a lot of the artists 당신 look up to, like Lil Wayne, Kanye—a lot of what those guys rap about is drugs, sex, and money. So what is it that 당신 like so much about them? Is it the music? The rhymes?
JB I can’t say I look up to them, but I definitely like what they do. I think that they’re amazing. But are they on Michael’s level? I don’t think they’re on Michael’s level.
ED Tell that to Kanye.
JB Well, Kanye is on a different level. I mean, Kanye is probably my 가장 좋아하는 producer. He’s a musical genius. But, he’s not on Michael’s level. I think that in order to be on Michael’s level 당신 have to reach as many people as Michael reached, and Kanye doesn’t reach as many people. No one really does.
ED So right now predominantly girls listen to your music. How are 당신 going to reach out to a wider audience?
JB It’s all about making good music, and people hate me before they even listen to my music. I know a lot of people say they hate Justin Bieber who haven’t even listened to any of my music. They just hate me because they hate the idea of me. I’m young, I’m handsome—I don’t mean to sound conceited—but they think that I just got here because [of that], because I’m good-looking and girls like me, but the 음악 isn’t there. Here’s the thing: my first album, I was 13 turning 14 when I recorded it, and I put it out when I was 14 또는 15. It was my first time recording, and it turned out really well. We put it out, my 팬 loved it, but I was still really young. Then the 초 album came out, and I’d geared it mostly toward the fans. And I feel like the 더 많이 I put out, people will realize it’s really good music, and they’re going to come. I’m not worried about the guy 팬 because they’re going to come. If they listen to the 음악 and they like it, it doesn’t matter if they go and act like they don’t like me. They’re going to go 집 and listen to it.
But after such a fantastic time in Maui together it’s really cemented how he feels about Selena and is hoping she will.. say yes. It’s her 19th birthday in July, and he’s planning to propose to her at a birthday party he’s organizing for her.’
But as she leaned over the cake to blow out the candles, a few strands of her hair caught on fire! Later Justin tweeted, “sick show in Berlin…brought @studiomama on stage 2 sing her happy bday but she lit her hair on 불, 화재 with the candles. lol. i saved her.” Watch the surprise!
Justin is such a sweet son! What’s the best surprise 당신 have given your parents for their birthday? Let us know in the 코멘트 below!
Is this 사진 a bit weird 또는 what girls? It doesn't quite look like the Justin we know and adore.
Here is what the magazine had to say about their touch ups:
The picture is from the Portuguese magazine Todateen who went a bit overboard with the photoshop on JB's picture. He almost looks like a doll, 또는 like he is wearing make-up.
"We would like to say that there was no change made in the area of the singer's eyes. We had a technical problem that darkens certain areas of the photo."
"We also want to say that all of us find Justin very naturally beautiful. We'd never think it's necessary to alter pictures of him. Natural beauty says it all, right?"
What do 당신 think about it? Have they gone too far? Are they even telling the truth?
Here is what the magazine had to say about their touch ups:
The picture is from the Portuguese magazine Todateen who went a bit overboard with the photoshop on JB's picture. He almost looks like a doll, 또는 like he is wearing make-up.
"We would like to say that there was no change made in the area of the singer's eyes. We had a technical problem that darkens certain areas of the photo."
"We also want to say that all of us find Justin very naturally beautiful. We'd never think it's necessary to alter pictures of him. Natural beauty says it all, right?"
What do 당신 think about it? Have they gone too far? Are they even telling the truth?
Entire 기사 here: link
Justin Bieber's mother has denied reports that she was approached 의해 mens mag 플레이보이 and asked to pose naked. Allegations that surfaced at the end of last week suggested that Pattie Mallette had been offered $50,000 to strip for the publication.
However, a spokesperson for Bieber's mum has quashed the rumours, claiming that they are 'completely false.' The rep stated: "She has never been approached 의해 플레이보이 magazine nor has she approached Playboy." They continued: "This story is utterly erroneous, without a shred of truth. Consider this denial the final word on the matter." Mallette herself also denied the claims, posting on her official Twitter page: "Playboy?! Heavens no. Hell no! Heavens and hell no!" She added: "Thanks but no thanks! My son finds this rumour hysterical! Please don't believe what 당신 read!"
However, a spokesperson for Bieber's mum has quashed the rumours, claiming that they are 'completely false.' The rep stated: "She has never been approached 의해 플레이보이 magazine nor has she approached Playboy." They continued: "This story is utterly erroneous, without a shred of truth. Consider this denial the final word on the matter." Mallette herself also denied the claims, posting on her official Twitter page: "Playboy?! Heavens no. Hell no! Heavens and hell no!" She added: "Thanks but no thanks! My son finds this rumour hysterical! Please don't believe what 당신 read!"
"I am not sure if there will be there will never be another Michael Jackson but it is possible," she says. "Justin Bieber is definitely on track to fill that void." One 년 later, Michael's passing is still affecting his many 팬 and admirers. Jessica remembers exactly where she was when he heard the news. "I was on my way 집 from Forever 21 and it was devastating and I couldn't stop crying," the L.A. native says. Justin is also thinking of MJ on this day. "A 년 이전 today we 로스트 the Greatest Entertainer that was and will ever will be..." he wrote on his 페이스북 page. "...Michael set the bar for all of us now and to come. He is the KING!! RIP MJ."