Always Say Always

Since the start of Justin Bieber's career, whenever I met someone with "Bieber Fever" I would straight up roll my eyes. Based on hearing one of his songs (Baby, of course) maybe five times, I had judged him as one of those "not that talented annoying teeny bopper stars who is only popular because of his hair and will probably make some ridiculously stupid decision in five years that will end his career". I'm still not fully convinced that he's not just that, but I have gained much more respect for him after watching Never Say Never yesterday and not feeling any shame or embarrassment afterwards. Just hear me out.

First of all, in Never Say Never there are many pictures and video clips of Justin as a child, and HE IS THE CUTEST CHILD EVER. Second of all, he has a good voice. In most of his music there is so much going on that you can't really tell if his voice is all that great, but in the clips of him just singing you can tell that he is at least somewhat talented. Third of all, he's a REALLY good drummer. Forth of all, he's besties with his grandpa. Fifth of all, his relationships with all of the people he works with are super cute. Sixth of all, he didn't gain any of his fame from a family name or a connection he's had all of his life. Seventh of all, he just comes across as a nice guy, and he's from Canada, so it's probably true. Eighth of all, let's be honest, he does have nice hair.

Shockingly though, I didn't compose this blog post just to talk about why I now have a mild case of Bieber Fever. Rather, Never Say Never made me think: what if everyone had a documentary made about them. I think that if that were the case there would be a whole lot more respect in all corners of the world. I'm not saying that everyone would suddenly like everyone else. In fact, there would be some people that you would probably dislike even more after watching their documentary, but at least you might respect them. Also, we might actually discover where problems stem from so that if there is someone you disrespect for whatever reason, you can figure out why they act the way they do, and tackle the problem at its base rather than just calling them names and making it worse.

Obviously, this is never going to happen (although I suppose I should never say never), but my point is this: ALWAYS say ALWAYS to the chance to get to know people. That doesn't mean you have to be best friends with everyone or share your deepest darkest secrets with them, it simply means that you give every person the chance to define him or herself rather than letting the definitions and judgements of others become the false truth over time.

Also, here is a video of Justin Bieber playing the drums when he was nine:

That's all, folks!

*credit goes to Emily Tuttle for the title of this blog post.