Stranger things have probably happened. Or maybe I’m just crazy. But I was accidentally suffering through this:
When I realized where I’d heard it before. If *NSync smashed “Gone” and “Girlfriend” (the song “Boyfriend” has already been compared to ad nauseum, especially considering that Mike Posner, a hip hop producer, did “Boyfriend” and the Neptunes, also hip hop producers, did a remix of “Girlfriend” featuring Nelly and JT in a super badass beanie) together and those two songs had a high-pitched, swoopy haired adolescent who decided that sampling whale noises* on a generic pop song was a brilliant idea, you’d get something that sounds a lot like Bieber’s current hit.
Listen to this:
And then this:
And then tell me I’m wrong. As our actual music critic, Christopher Mosley, says, “Both are such transparent attempts to gain credibility through associations with hip hop and for maximum crossover appeal. However, if you see how hip hop friendly Timberlake’s career has been, it’s not a bad move.” YAWN.
I say, let’s watch this, because I couldn’t resist:
* Probably just a synthesizer. Whales are more fun, however.
