he was literally a child prodigy.

but he never really got any better. music bland af. never innovates or takes artistic risks

idk bruh just strange IMO

D*** addiction

a lot of people can play instruments and sing at young ages

takes much more than that to actually create original music

except he has..... he made Journals cmon now

Being a celebrity from a young age like Wayne, Chris Brown, or Bieber doesn’t really let you experience life from an organic perspective and grow into your own person naturally

You’re gonna be part of the machine for your entire life and it’ll show in your output

this is kinda where it gets interesting for me. cuz this dude seemed to have a massive head start in terms of talent on everyone but didn't have like a creative mind or something

talent and creativity are two separate things tbh

agree tbh

He seems to have particularly boring taste for a big star. Even if Pharrell twisted his arm to do it, Timberlake had The Clipse on his debut solo song. Bieber is using the same big features (Travis, Post, etc) as everyone else.

You do know labels don't let you just release the 🎶 you wish to release or create the 🎶 you truly want. Most of these famous pop artistes wish to release other types of music but they can't because of the terms in the record contract. You'll be surprised that an artist like Ariana Grande wants to sing rock or an artist like Taylor Swift wants to release a whole country album. Most famous musicians(singers/rappers) be depressed on the inside because they can't release the 🎶 they truly want.

This fire lol

Purpose is his only interesting album

this

once he got filmed pissing into a mop bucket it was ova creativity wise

He just isn’t creative in the slightest

Short answer is streaming

His two best albums were released when making great albums was the goal

He wasn’t much of an artist to begin with..

I think its bc the people around him don't push him to progress. like someone else said ITT, JT had someone like Pharrell & the Neptunes around him to steer him creatively to take risks that ended up paying dividends. Bieber's team seems to coddle him, I feel like the majority of ppl around him are yes men or are people from his label that want him to make generic s***. like for example running over originally had ski mask on it but scooter braun made him put lil d***y on it.
for him, a risk is getting an industry songwriter to make him an r&b album.

lemme ask him

Purpose was his peak. A great album. He’s declined ever since.

Post me a song of his that u think is really good. Ive honestly never been that impressed by his music so im curioua

It's simple: He was so marketable and famous that he didn't need to.

Bieber had legions of teen/tween girls across the world who were willing to support anything he put out because they bought into him as a person.

Dude is one of the most well-known pop stars alive, has broken streaming records, and has sold out stadium tours worldwide.

Sometimes success is the worst thing to happen to an artist when it comes to progressing in music.

Ya i get these but look at michael jackson as a different example. He kept growing as an artist and putting out better s***