Baby by Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber Info - Baby by Justin Bieber. (mariah yeater?) Justin Bieber’s hit, “Baby” has gained the attention of millions by claiming the title of the most viewed video in YouTube’s five year history. On top of his YouTube fame, the sixteen-year-old Canadian hip-hop star’s name is tweeted sixty times a second. Many websites title the craze, “BieberMania,” and his fans are now hailed as “Beliebers.” Justin Bieber was also recently announced “Best New Artist” at the 2010 VMA’s.
Given all of this, it will be important for parents and youth workers alike to determine what message this young man is spreading, for his influence reaches an incredibly large crowd of teens and preteens.

Discover : What is the message/worldview? : The song is about young love, particularly slighted young love. In the beginning of the song, Bieber says, “My first love, broke my heart for the first time,” and the rest of the song is about his pining after her, and his willingness to go to any lengths—offering to buy her anything, or even any ring—if she would just take him back. Justin does not remain rejected, for at the close of the video, Justin draws in close to his girl, and they leave the bowling alley holding hands.

The lyrics suggest that Bieber’s first love is rejecting him, and the song is his attempt to sing her back into his life. Though the lyrics are almost desperate (at one point he sings, “I’m in pieces, baby fix me”), the mood of the video is playful and fun, with lots of dancing and flashes of bright lights.

In a way, the piece makes the listener feel badly for Justin, for he is slighted by the girl he loves. As with his song “One Less Lonely Girl,” the message of this song seems to encourage the listener that Justin Bieber is the ultimate guy, willing to go to any lengths for the girl he “loves.”

Love is tricky to define in this music video. Justin’s “first love” claims there is another, ending their relationship. Justin sings about how he had hoped that he and his love would never be apart, and seems to suggest that “love” is meant to last. Love, however, is centered more on the emotional high that comes from new relationships, as well as the sexual tension that comes from dating (as demonstrated in how Bieber repeatedly touches the girl he likes) rather than the deep, intentional love as described in 1 Corinthians 13.

The presence of Ludacris in this music video brings with it his reputation for sexually graphic lyrics.

At one point in the video, Bieber rolls over on a pool table to confront the girl he is trying to win back and begs her to wake him from this bad dream of her rejecting him. He seems to see her as a savior, a fixer of his problems, and thus sends the message that having a girlfriend or boyfriend is of utmost importance, and gives the significant other the role of “god” or savior.

by Angelina Deola