Review of Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011) by Cantavanda — 07 Nov 2015

It all started when I was 7 years old. My parents gave me a CD player and a copy of Justin Bieber - Baby for christmas. I fell in love with it the moment I booted up the CD player. The composition, the arrangement, the talent! It overwhelmed my young mind. I listened it for hours on end, memorizing each sentence, each modulation, each note of the melody, every single drum beat. It was the only thing I did, I stopped going outside and playing with my friends, for Justin Bieber was the only friend I needed. Eventually I became unsatisfied, I needed a new Justin Bieber single to fuel my addiction. My prayers were answered with the release of Never say Never. My parents refused to buy it for me. They believed I was too obsessed with the first one and knew that buying the latest one would only make my obsession worse. This devestated me. I NEEDED that single, I felt like an alcoholic going through withdrawl. I lost all of my spirit, I had trouble sleeping at night, and sometimes I would experience hallucinations where Justin was in the room with me. I begged my parents every day, but they wouldn't budge. I felt I had lost the will to live. Thankfully, I got the single. I aquired it the same way every kid got something that they wanted but their parents wouldn't buy for them, Grandma. I was overjoyed, finally I could experience the masterpiece that is known as Justin Bieber - Never say Never. This time he was accompanied by Jaden Smith! I was delighted. I listened to this single, and memorised it like I had the original. By now I had lost contact with society, I didn't talk to anybody at school, I had no friends, and I never left the house. This didn't bother me though, in fact I preferred it that way. Just as I started to get bored of that single, Boyfriend came out. My obsession had hit an all-time high, I was amazed at the quality of that single. We now had Justin Bieber, Lucardis and Jaden Smith. They were my friends, or "The Gang" as I called them. My parents were scared of me now. If they tried to take the music away from me, I would throw a tantrum and break things until they gave it back. No amount of reasoning, counseling, or Native American rituals could change me, because by now Justin Bieber had was not just an obsession, but a lifestyle. I lived and breathed Justin Bieber. But then came the dark days, no Justin Bieber singles were coming out. RBMG labels had stopped supporting Justin Bieber, and had launched Korean PSY. I didn't have his single Gangnam Style, but that didn't matter. No new Justin Bieber singles were coming out. There were rumors, but the only one that ever turned out to be true was All That Matters. I saw it as an abomination, how could RBMG do this to Justin Bieber? After several years I had just about given up. I would often times cry myself to sleep, believing that RBMG had given up on the teenage idol that I had come to adore. I wrote my own stories about Bieber, fanfictions about him having a relationship with Jaden Smith, but they weren't enough. But then it happened. I was at the grocery store with my mother, when I saw it: A magazine with a picture of a new model of DVD player plastered right on the cover. I begged my mom to buy it for me, and she did, relieved that I wanted something that wasn't Justin Bieber related, or so she thought. I read the articles about the upcoming DVD player, and then I saw what I have been wanting to see for years, a new Justin Bieber item was in the works, and it was full-lenght MOVIE too! My life had a purpose again. When the day finally came, I was there. I was the first in line, I had convinced poor old Grandma to buy it for me, and I made sure I got a copy of Justin Bieber - Never say Never. If the singles on the CD's amazed me, Never say Never left me speechless. The imagery was such good quality, the story so deep, the music blew me away. This was the way Justin Bieber was meant to be. It rekindled the fire that had laid dormant in me that is Justin Bieber. I wrote more fanfiction, I made my own fancharacters and I even shipped them. Then I realized something, Justin Bieber wasn't just a teen idol on TV, He was a part of me. I became one with Justin Bieber. If you want to be like me and know what truly matters in life, I fully recommend listening to Justin Bieber. Justin Bieber is more than just a teen idol pop star, Justin Bieber is a way of life.