Bieber fever finally over?
Teenage pop sensation hints at retirement in Christmas Eve tweets.
Fame seems to be taking its toll on Bieber, as he’s had more than a few run-ins with the law this year. PHOTO: FILE
NEW YORK:
Teenage pop star Justin Bieber sent out mixed messages on his Twitter feed on Tuesday night, one of which said he was retiring, on the eve of the Christmas Day release of the latest film chronicling the life of the Canadian singer.
This tweet was quickly followed by another message: “I’m never leaving you, being a belieber is a lifestyle.”
And then:
Representatives for Bieber did not immediately respond to a request for clarification. The Canadian singer has been involved in a series of headline-grabbing incidents over the past year. In March, the singer scuffled with a photographer outside a London hotel during a European tour. Later that month, police were called to his Los Angeles area home after a neighbour claimed he had been threatened and struck by Bieber. In June, Bieber struck a photographer with his Ferrari sports car while driving away from a comedy club in Los Angeles, though police said the accident was not considered a hit-and-run.
The movie, Justin Bieber’s Believe, named after Bieber’s third studio album, could help repair his image after the difficult year he’s had. “I think people forget that it’s a 19-year-old kid, trying to figure it out,” Bieber’s manager, Scooter Braun, told ABC News, adding the film shows Bieber as ‘a human.’ At one point in the film, director Jon Chu suggests Bieber’s life could become a ‘train wreck.’
Published in The Express Tribune, December 27th, 2013.
Teenage pop star Justin Bieber sent out mixed messages on his Twitter feed on Tuesday night, one of which said he was retiring, on the eve of the Christmas Day release of the latest film chronicling the life of the Canadian singer.
This tweet was quickly followed by another message: “I’m never leaving you, being a belieber is a lifestyle.”
And then:
Representatives for Bieber did not immediately respond to a request for clarification. The Canadian singer has been involved in a series of headline-grabbing incidents over the past year. In March, the singer scuffled with a photographer outside a London hotel during a European tour. Later that month, police were called to his Los Angeles area home after a neighbour claimed he had been threatened and struck by Bieber. In June, Bieber struck a photographer with his Ferrari sports car while driving away from a comedy club in Los Angeles, though police said the accident was not considered a hit-and-run.
The movie, Justin Bieber’s Believe, named after Bieber’s third studio album, could help repair his image after the difficult year he’s had. “I think people forget that it’s a 19-year-old kid, trying to figure it out,” Bieber’s manager, Scooter Braun, told ABC News, adding the film shows Bieber as ‘a human.’ At one point in the film, director Jon Chu suggests Bieber’s life could become a ‘train wreck.’
Published in The Express Tribune, December 27th, 2013.