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Will We Ever Respect Justin Bieber?

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Justin Bieber may have released three of the best songs of 2015. That is not a joke. Bieber, however, is, and may always be. Can music’s biggest laughingstock ever be respected?

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I recently downloaded a Justin Bieber song. For 48 hours, it was my darkest, gravest secret, my greatest shame. The weight of it threatened to crush me.

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