Beibonic Plague

Just like Swine Flu, that horribly corny phrase "Beiber Fever", has infected millions of innocent people worldwide. Luckily, I've managed to escape the 'fever'; I will not be found swooning at a concert, nor will you catch me donning my 3D glasses to watch the life-story of Mr Beiber himself - note that he is only 17 years old, I would say his life story has only just begun, rather than already finished and committed to film.

So I'm not a Beiber-fan, but neither am I a hater. My feelings concerning the baby-faced boy are as neutral as beige on cream. I can appreciate talent and I'll concede the boy can sing. Unfortunately to my mind he will always be about 14 years old, probably because he is adored, worshipped, idolised even, by pre-teen girls the world over.

The more I consider the spread of the Beiber Epidemic, it strikes me that whilst he is beloved by millions he is detested by just as many, is Beiber the new Marmite?

The scary fact is that it is very hard to escape from adoring fan's chatter, sceptic's rants or even Joe/Josephine Bloggs' ambivalent speculation. This terrifying thought occurred to me as my french lesson rapidly deteriorated into a conversation and a google search about whether or not Justin Beiber is Bi-lingual. He is not. As we ascertained three youtube clips later.

I cannot escape Beiber-talk, even in a french lesson where none of my peers are particularly interested in him either (in fact it was the teacher who brought him up in the first place). Why is this popstar so controversial? For 'research-purposes' - naturellement - I delved into several of the 237 million google search results, oh the rumours I found...

I'll leave you with a thought, this guy has managed to get everyone talking about him, good, bad and in between. I like to call it the Beibonic Plague, he has successfully captivated millions of people, whether you love him, love to hate him, or really can't be bothered, you'll end up talking about him somehow.