Justin Bieber played by Ian complains to an interviewer that he had money, cars, girls and everything, "until 'it' came. On June 14th, , Justin was recording a song with Usher. At first, things go smoothly, but quickly goes horribly wrong when Justin's voice starts cracking, prompting Usher to stop recording. Outside the recording booth, Usher asks Justin what's going on with him.
Justin tells Usher that he's "just growing up" and that he "can't control it. Justin tells his interviewer that Usher got drugs from Mexico that would reverse what was happening to Justin. Later, Usher and his friend Anthony were playing Xbox , when Justin, with his nipples bleeding, comes in and tells him that he shouldn't take the drugs anymore. When Usher asks why, Justin answers, "My penis fell off. Justin tells his interviewer that he's still going through puberty even without a penis, but he does tell him that he does have his balls.
Justin then pulls down his pants and underwear when Usher tells him to. Usher and his friend start laughing at Justin's balls, and even Justin's girlfriend Selena Gomez joins in on the laughter. The next week, Justin went back to the studio, when things only start to get worse. When recording, Justin's voice became even worse. And I meant it. That boy singer is lost and gone forever. The experiment I quoted, after all, was done well before our current Bieber-ified era.
But what about you, OTI readers? Are you bothered by transposed versions of your favorite pop songs? Sound off in the comments, especially if you can cite other example of artists significantly transposing their songs into lower keys and if people have noticed. Mark Lee. Bieber moving from hero to hunk, the man element does not merely change his voice — it changes how he is viewed.
What will happen to those fans as they grow? Will they, like with the reformation of Take That, follow him to middle age and beyond? And what impact does this have on the relationships of those who have him as their post-pubescent paragon? If he is even slightly influencing the idea of MAN, of the desirable, lovable man, how will that impact American and global masculinity? If the condition of desirability for men is set by heterosexual women and homosexual men, will men adapt in a Bieber-ish direction?
Is there a Bieber-ish direction at all? What does he promise in his songs and styling that man presently does not in general do? I believe I need to study more sexuality, attraction psychology and gender studies before I can address these critical questions.
I mean, even if you could pretend his voice never changed, it would be really jarring and weird, an adult with a voice like that. He needs to find something else. Often, singers will cheat by either singing down an octave but louder, or by having backup singers sing the high note the lead can no longer hit, while the lead sings some harmonizing note underneath. No, I am not bothered by transposed versions.
If I put electrodes in your visual cortex … and then I showed you a red tomato, there is no group of neurons that will cause my electrodes to turn red. But if I put electrodes in your auditory cortex and play a pure tone in your ears at HZ, there are neurons in your auditory cortex that will fire at precisely that frequency, causing the electrode to emit electrical activity at Hz — for pitch, what goes into the ear comes out of the brain!
That is one seductive piece of science — but does the purity of hearing mean we must expect that same consistency from the much-more-variable human voice? The year-old's voice is dropping, according to reports, and his label is offering him "vocal conditioning". Bieber's fans first noticed his vocal troubles in November, during the singer's shaky performance of Pray at the American Music awards. Since then, label boss LA Reid has stepped in by hiring Jan Smith, the vocal coach who helped Bieber's mentor, Usher , in the earlys.
This obviously is not the first time a teen star's voice has cracked. More than a decade ago, it was Usher who was struggling with his upper range — and it almost ruined him. His label — Island Def Jam, which now represents Bieber — was far from sympathetic. I was embarrassed.
It was like: 'Damn, where's the voice?
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