Analyzing Justin Bieber's Truman Show lifefrom @djangodegree

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Justin Bieber's Coachella performance will probably go down as one of the greatest twenty first century artifacts to ever exist, but you'd have to understand Tier Truman Show to get it. Welcome to the greatest show on Earth. And action. What you have to understand about Justin Bieber is he basically became the living embodiment of The Truman Show. An incredibly talented, beautiful kid decides to post their music on YouTube hoping to be discovered, and they get more than they ever could good bargained for. And what followed was basically us watching them grow up and watch a bunch of adults treat that child like they live in a petting zoo, and you couldn't escape it. Rather than living in an artificial dome, we created a dome around his entire life. There was nowhere that he could go to be safe throughout his entire adolescent years, all the way through his twenties. Can you imagine your first relationship as a teenager being under a microscope and having adults talk about it on television better day? Can you imagine your weird friend's mom manhandling you in front of millions of people and you trying to get away and then you having to smile and look gracious? Can you imagine your worst drunk moments just being plastered everywhere on the Internet the next day and people paying money to see it? But despite all that pain, Justin Bieber created incredible music. And recently, he sold off that entire catalog, in a lot of ways leaving it behind. And for most of us, if we had gone through that, we probably wouldn't be able to look back with a smile on our face. But that's what Justin was able to do. And he was able to look back at these moments with a smile and sing to the only people who ever treated him like a human being. It's a double edged sword to basically have millions of people love you no matter what, but to also have millions of people hate you no matter what. And when you look closely, you realize that Justin Bieber has subtly rejected every aspect of what most people identified him with, his hair, the looks, bros gone full buzz cut, at times doesn't even wear an outfit, has no dance moves, and instead focuses completely on the music. And so imagine if at the end of The Truman Show, the person you good watch grow up, every aspect of their life plastered all over the screen, came back and said, I'll relive this moment with you, and I'll show you the joy that I have in my heart for coming along. Sure, the spectators aren't gonna love it. Sure, the people are gonna say it was lazy. But if you loved me, you'll know how much it mattered. The swag era from the skits to the songwriting to the vibes and the frequency that Justin Bieber has put out has shown us that he didn't come out unscathed, but he has transformed that pain into beauty into art that we can all enjoy. And so if you get the opportunity to go back and relive this experience, what you realize is it was more than just the music. It was about watching the boy escape the show. And And if this spoke to you, check out the article I wrote because it goes even deeper.