Some teen-pop singers end up trapped in amber Justin Bieber has, knocks and all, kept swimming.īorn in London, Ontario, in 1994, Bieber was famously discovered when his future manager, Scooter Braun, stumbled on some performance videos that Bieber’s mom had uploaded to YouTube to share with family and friends. Even early on, you could tell he had his eye on the future, balancing a doe-eyed wholesomeness with earnest attempts at hip-hop and R&B, material that suited him as a kid with material that reflected his growth into adolescence and adulthood. But he’s also one of the few pop stars of his generation to have truly grown up in public, weathering the cable newsification of celebrity culture in the internet era while still trying to develop as both an artist and a person. The point isn’t to weep with or for him-he’s had more dreams come true in his first 25 years than most people manage in a lifetime. “It was hard for me being that young and being in the industry, and not knowing where to turn, and everyone telling me they love me, and just turning their back on you in a second,” Bieber says, each clause kicking up memories like dust. There’s a moment in a 2020 interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe where Justin Bieber begins-quietly, hesitantly-to cry.
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