A YouTube Musician Or A Musician On YouTube? [GUEST POST]
Once a YouTuber, always a YouTuber. Although some stars, like the creators of Fred and Annoying Orange, have managed to break through into film and television, they’ll forever be remembered for their online antics first and foremost. It seems as though anyone who makes their living and gains their popularity off the site is destined [...]
#Bieber4Jail: 4chan’s Twitter Prank Reveals A Prime Example of Weak Reporting
I’m a big believer in sensationalist news first, hard facts later (which is admittedly not the most responsible way to operate), but this new “news story” first reported by the Daily Dot, smacks of William Randolph Hearst’s “You provide the pictures, I’ll provide the war.”I was researching a different story when I popped onto 4chan’s [...]
Justin Bieber SuperMeltdown Continues — Threatens London Paparazzi [VIDEO]
Next up on Justin Bieber’s social media-based descent into madness? Accidental nudity. There seems to be a certain sort of pattern with celebrities as they teeter over the precipice and into irrelevancy. Ask Scott Stapp. The correct follow-up question for most of you should be “Who is Scott Stapp?” Exactly. In fact, I [...]
Justin Bieber Twitter Rant Shows Possible Signs of Incoming ‘Supermeltdown’
So Justin Bieber might just be coming down with the sort of mental illness that seems to inhabit so many of our pop culture celebrities — from Margot Kidder to Anne Heche to Martin Lawrence.Yesterday, he took to Twitter with a bizarrely generalized rant against the system — that system not only apparently being media [...]
Justin Bieber Retweets Teenage Fan, True Beliebers Threaten To Kill Her
I’ve always dreamt of the day when Justin Bieber would turn his heavenly gaze upon my undeserving Twitter account and bestow the greatest gift a teenage girl like myself could ever receive — an honest to goodness retweet. It would be the sweetest of ambrosias … that is until the death threats started rolling in. [...]
Grammy Award-Winning Songwriter For Justin Bieber Starts His Own Band [INTERVIEW]
Whether you realize it or not, you’ve already heard the work of Nasri Atweh. No, he’s not that weird kid who tried to serenade you during French class or that friend of a friend that you “forgot to call” after that blind date. Both good guesses though. Rather, Nasri Atweh is a Grammy award-winning producer [...]
Improve Your Music Channel: YouTube Puts Out ‘Creator Playbook For Musicians’
Whenever new technology pops up, a small number of early adopters get in and achieve success before that loophole gets very, very narrow. YouTube, in its infancy, bred several important new musical acts, including Justin Bieber, but now the platform is oversaturated with voices all looking to bust out. Why, there is a good chance [...]
Justin Bieber’s Attempted Live Stream Results In First Look At Unreleased Track
Instead of attending the 55th Grammy Awards in Hollywood this past Sunday, Justin Bieber decided to spend his evening a little more casually by serenading his fans in a personal live stream. But like all well-planned dates, the Internet Gods were not on Bieber’s side last night. Via Twitter, Bieber announced that he would be [...]
PSY Earns $1 Mil for Single Event, Makes More Money Than Bieber
How much would it cost to get YouTube global sensation PSY to perform at your party? According to Malaysia’s ABN News, he is reportedly charging a minimum of $1 million. It’s the price the ruling Malaysian political coalition Barisan Nasional is paying the K-pop star to appear at their annual Chinese New Year event next [...]
#BoobsForBieber Prank Exposes Weakness in 4chan’s Ranks
Media manipulation and the exploitation of minors are the twin engines that drive 4chan, so it’s no surprise that the message board concocted “Boobs for Bieber,” a hoax that banked on the notion of underage girls posting nudity to Twitter in the name of their idol. Here’s the thing though: 4chan is the one who came [...]
