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Bieber’s not retiring, even though he said he was retiring, so shut up about it
By Chris Cooke | Published on Monday 6 January 2014
So, you know how Justin Bieber told a radio station last month that he was retiring from music, but then immediately back-tracked on that statement? Well, on Christmas Eve he again announced his retirement, this time via Twitter.
And while he backtracked on that too, a little time later, he did so in a slightly ambiguous way that ensured no one really knew what was going on. Which, giving Christmas week is relatively lacking in celebrity news, meant much speculation online and in the papers as to whether Bieber was or was not calling it quits. Which was useful given he had a new movie to promote.
Anyway, in case any doubts remain, Allison Kaye, GM for the company of Bieber manager Scooter Braun, issued this statement to popular celeb mag, erm, the Wall Street Journal. Team Bieber, it would seem, would prefer everyone to focus on the singer’s charidee work rather than all this bogus talk about retirement (even if said bogus talk began with the Bieber boy himself). Reads the statement: “Justin is a hard working nineteen year old who would prefer that his recent fundraising work in the Philippines and the considerable amount raised for the cause be the media’s focus more than the recent reporting on him retiring”.
It went on: “Regarding his recent tweeting about his ‘retirement’, Justin felt that this was the best way to respond to the latest in a long line of inaccurate or wildly exaggerated media reports about him. He chose to channel his frustration into playing along with this baseless rumour and even used ‘beloved’ to tip off his core fans that it wasn’t real. But within 20 minutes, Justin realised that fans were confused by the media reports and clarified that he was kidding. This wasn’t a planned stunt, it was just another day in the life of living under the microscope. Justin loves his fans and understands that this scrutiny comes along with his success and the interest in him from fans and media”.
So there you go, Bieber was lying, but used a secret code word to confirm the lie, so that’s alright then, even if none of his fans understood the code. Anyway, he’s definitely not retiring, because he’s posted a photo of himself in the studio with Kid Cudi – another person prone to announcing his retirement prematurely. I’ll tell you what, I’m sick of all this ‘crying wolf’ stuff. I’m just not going to buy any more retirement gifts for anyone. Well done Bieber, you’ve spoilt it for everyone. Again.
