Justin Bieber's song 'Boyfriend' is
currently getting a lot of attention on the internet, even though the
song has not been released yet. The lyrics have been released and
they perfectly fit within the classic Bieber love song. He is singing
to his 'baby' about how great of a boyfriend he could be.
Let's go back to the 1950s or early
1960s. The latest teen idol comes on the radio, it doesn't matter if
it is Elvis, Frankie Avalon or Rick Nelson. They all have the same
thing to say and celebrate innocent teenage love while young girls
are shrieking. Justin Bieber fans shriek a lot too...have we come
full circle? Bieber's songs use different instruments and faster
rhythms, but the message and the behavior is the exact same thing.
Bieber comes straight from the 1950s.
From the 1960s to the 1990s, we can
still find teen idols, but they account for a small part of the
musical production. The clean love songs only appeal to a smaller
audience and other musical styles are developing. We are now back to
an overwhelming of the young female audience listening to these clean
love songs and obsessing over their teen idol, reproducing the
behavior of their grandmothers.
What kind of cultural value these
'clean love songs' have? They do not challenge anything, they
idealize love and relationships and clearly target an emotionally
unstable audience who let their hormones dictate what good music is.
It seems that Bieber's producers found an easy target and fed it a
regurgitated formula in a new package.
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