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Which is to say, if you want to lay claim to unofficial Song of the Summer status for 2019, you'd best do it quickly. That's likely why this week—and particularly the last day or so—has seen such an onslaught of summer jams, each of which seems to be aspiring to dominate our lives for months to come. Here's a quick rundown.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Katy Perry, 'Never Really Over'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEb5gNsmGJ8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Katy Perry's songs have been streamed tens of billions of times, making her the sort of too-big-to-fail pop juggernaut that can never be counted out of any given Song of the Summer competition. \"Never Really Over\" taps into universal emotions—heartache, nostalgia, regret, reflection—with maximum wistfulness. Looking for a metric to capture just how fussed-over your favorite summer jams often are? \"Never Really Over\" is the work of \u003cem>nine\u003c/em> credited songwriters, including Perry herself and the ubiquitous Zedd.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Herve Pagez & Diplo, 'Spicy (feat. 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In \"Glad He's Gone,\" Swedish pop star Tove Lo comforts a dear friend with sexually frank affirmations in the aftermath of a painful breakup. Dispensing kind advice—mostly of the pick-yourself-up, you're-too-good-for-him variety—Lo drives her point home in the hypnotically infectious, haunting hook: \"You're better off / I'm glad that he's gone.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Cardi B, 'Press'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IdnRv04IZc\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cardi B has been a vibrant, wildly charismatic addition to the pop landscape in recent years, but \"Press\" is a one-off swat at a gossip mill that's obsessed over her personal life with relentless invasiveness. Though a bit too specific in its messaging to connect on a grand scale—although who among us hasn't had to grapple with the prying eyes of the paparazzi?—\"Press\" does pack a tremendous amount of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/05/31/728285009/cardi-b-needs-no-press-but-we-re-giving-it-to-her-anyway\">quotable aggression\u003c/a> into less than two-and-a-half minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Mark Ronson & Camila Cabello, 'Find U Again'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLYYRqU_iqE\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pinning down Mark Ronson's aesthetic isn't easy: If you had to summarize him with a single genre signifier, it'd be... maybe \"hits\"? It's hard to find too many other throughlines connecting \"Find U Again,\" his new collaboration with Camila Cabello, to, say, \"Uptown Funk.\" But what \"Find U Again\" lacks in a distinct artistic identity, it makes up for in the sheer power of sounding like every other aggressively Auto-Tuned song on the radio. So who knows?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">King Princess, 'Cheap Queen'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH2DdYLO-uo\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The clearest path to Song of the Summer status is to reach for something universal—something in the language of heartache, desire, loneliness or defiance. But another way is to serve up a mission statement to a smaller-but-mighty subset of the pop audience. 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Consider the fact that Robin Thicke somehow persuaded her to collaborate with him in the direct aftermath of three of his biggest professional disasters (the \"Blurred Lines\" consent controversy, the copyright infringement lawsuit and his \u003cem>Paula \u003c/em>album, which bombed all over the world, as the public realized it definitely didn't want to listen to him publicly harassing his recently estranged wife). 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Nowhere has this been more obvious than on Bebe Rexha's \"No More Broken Hearts,\" a plodding, snooze-fest of a song that slaps you awake only when Minaj arrives, almost three minutes in.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/XoiEkEuCWog'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/XoiEkEuCWog'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Even worse than that are the occasions when it feels like Minaj is invited for her name, not her style. 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"content": "\u003cp>As the world adjusts to the news that America's favorite reformed rebel, Justin Bieber, is now engaged to model Hailey Baldwin, questions abound about how in God's name this all happened so quickly. Maybe when you're with the right person, you just know really quickly. Maybe that whole super-fast \u003ca href=\"https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a20979533/ariana-grande-and-pete-davidson-a-timeline-of-their-relationship/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ariana Grande/ Pete Davidson thing\u003c/a> proved infectious. Or maybe God actually did have a direct influence, via the medium of \u003ca href=\"https://hillsong.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hillsong Church.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's exactly one year since Bieber memorably abandoned his 2017 tour two weeks early because, \u003ca href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2017/07/25/justin-bieber-canceled-tour-dedicated-religion-hillsong-church/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to TMZ,\u003c/a> he was \"rededicat[ing] his life to Christ.\" Around that time, he appeared in multiple photos \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/93845/bored-sick-gay-god-why-did-justin-bieber-cancel-his-tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cozying up to Carl Lentz\u003c/a>, a Hillsong pastor, and Judah Smith, a pastor from City Church. Bieber has since covered almost his entire \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/96910/lets-investigate-what-the-hell-justin-biebers-new-massive-tattoo-is\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">torso with religious tattoos\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BW5lCstjEr7/?utm_source=ig_embed\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While a clip of \u003ca href=\"https://people.com/music/justin-bieber-hailey-baldwin-meet-first-time-2009-video/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baldwin and Bieber meeting briefly\u003c/a> for the very first time in 2009 recently emerged, there can be little doubt that their mutual faith had a major role in bringing them together. Baldwin—whose father \u003ca href=\"http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/10/18/stephen-baldwin-says-faith-cost-him-roles-compares-him-and-alec-to-cain-and.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephen is a born-again Christian\u003c/a>—is, like her fiancé, tight with both Hillsong and City Church. In April, the 21-year-old \u003ca href=\"https://www.thecut.com/2018/04/hailey-baldwin-hillsong-church-new-tattoos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told \u003cem>The Cut\u003c/em>\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"[Hillsong] is intense and it’s loud and it’s in your face ... But I know the people that run it really well, they’ve become like my family ... City Church is Judah Smith, who is amazing ... Carl [Lentz] is Hillsong and they’re best friends, so everybody is kind of interconnected ... So I just kind of know all of them.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>If you look at the wording of their engagement announcements, Baldwin and Bieber's mutual faith in God is transparent. In his, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BlBvw2_jBKp/?hl=en&taken-by=justinbieber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bieber said\u003c/a>: \"I promise to lead our family with honor and integrity letting Jesus through his Holy Spirit guide us in everything we do and every decision we make … Gods timing really is literally perfect.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/haileybaldwin/status/1016452160459067393\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baldwin tweeted\u003c/a>: \"Not sure what I did in life to deserve such happiness but I am so utterly grateful to God for giving me such an incredible person to share my life with!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some reports suggest that Bieber and Baldwin (Jailey? Baldber?) will be taking a five-week \u003ca href=\"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5939715/Justin-Bieber-Hailey-Baldwin-Hillsong-pre-marriage-course.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"pre-marriage course\u003c/a> run by [Hillsong] on conflict resolution, managing their finances, being intimate” and “effective communication.” \u003ca href=\"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5939715/Justin-Bieber-Hailey-Baldwin-Hillsong-pre-marriage-course.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Daily Mail\u003c/em> has claimed\u003c/a> a source told the paper that: \"The marriage course is something which is encouraged and in some cases demanded by Hillsong pastors before they will marry you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last few years, Hillsong has gotten a reputation as the religious organization of choice for today's biggest celebrities. Attendance from the likes of Chris Pratt, Selena Gomez (who \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BDWlpPeujBe/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">led worship\u003c/a> there in 2016), Nick Jonas, Vanessa Hudgens (who has described the church as \"epic\"), Kourtney Kardashian, as well as Kendall and Kylie Jenner, has given the church some great PR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Bieber, Chris Pratt has become far more vocal about his faith since joining the congregation and is now \u003ca href=\"https://www.aol.com/article/entertainment/2018/06/29/chris-pratt-smitten-with-girlfriend-katherine-schwarzenegger-report/23471330/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dating fellow church attendee, Katherine Schwarzenegger\u003c/a>. Pratt started attending Hillsong last year and used his acceptance speech, while picking up the Generation Award at June's MTV Awards, to pass on some serious spiritual advice. Pratt intermingled poop jokes and tips for medicating dogs with stern commands including: “You have a soul. Be careful with it”; “God is real. God loves you. God wants the best for you. Believe that”; and “Learn to pray.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EihqXHqxri0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of its very visible celebrity contingent, there is an impression that Hillsong is a Hollywood thing. But the church started life in Australia and has since spread to Argentina, Denmark, France, Spain, Germany, Brazil, Israel, Russia, Bali, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, the UK, Portugal, and Sweden -- most of which each have multiple locations. There are also \"Gathering Locations\" in New York, Seattle, Boston, Arizona, and, yes, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/hillsongsf/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every Hillsong website (there are many) greets the viewer in the same way—\"WELCOME HOME\"—and strives to cater to multiple demographics. It holds child-only \"Kidsong\" services. There are women-only \"Sisterhood\" events. And, since 2012, there has been a youth wing called \"Young & Free.\" The South Africa chapter promises to help you \"Find Your Group.\" And the London, Australia, and Africa chapters conduct \u003ca href=\"https://hillsong.com/media/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a variety of community outreach programs\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_104452\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 741px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-104452 size-full\" style=\"font-weight: bold;background-color: transparent;color: #767676\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-01-at-11.28.42-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"741\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-01-at-11.28.42-PM.png 741w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-01-at-11.28.42-PM-160x86.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-01-at-11.28.42-PM-240x129.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-01-at-11.28.42-PM-375x201.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-01-at-11.28.42-PM-520x279.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot from Hillsong.com's homepage.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Exploring Hillsong for the first time is a dizzying experience. The church seems to understand the importance of aesthetics and glamour to spread its message, but is self-consciously attempting to also appear down-to-Earth and relatable. Its aim—in addition to \"being the hands, feet, and voice of Jesus\"—is to make church cool again. It pursues that goal via, not just celebrities, but also social media and music marketing. At the time of writing, there are now 46 Hillsong albums, across a number of genres, specifically designed to suit all ages and tastes. The Young & Free contingent, for example, tends to lean in this direction:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k2d3xIvSMg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The social media marketing to support these albums (Hillsong has 1.1 million Instagram followers and 4.4 million Facebook \"likes\") frequently depicts groups of young beautiful people in beanies and overalls having \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BkmWzY-g9Kg/?hl=en&taken-by=hillsongyoungandfree\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">good clean fun\u003c/a>. It's hard to look away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you put all of the above together into a service, it ends up looking like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0kmvXlDBYI\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hillsong's commitment to this kind of high profile means that church policies have come under extra scrutiny. One former attendee, \u003ca href=\"https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ben-fenlon/christianity-hillsong-chu_b_8192976.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ben Fenlon, wrote an article\u003c/a> about his experience as a gay man in the church, back in September 2015, for the \u003cem>Huffington Post\u003c/em>. In it, he stated:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"I have always been told that there is no judgement within church, but if I wanted to be a leader I would be judged and turned away ... I can't worship at a church knowing that I am … surrounded by people that might love me as a person but do not accept me as being gay … People who might tell me that being gay is okay, but on the inside are praying for me to let Jesus move in my life and change me. People who don't recognize that any relationship that I have with a man is part of God's plan and that it would be full of love, equal to any other.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>To make matters worse, church founder, Brian Houston, has also suggested that his own father (a non-Hillsong pastor) \u003ca href=\"https://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/hillsongs-brian-houston-my-father-the-child-sex-criminal/news-story/1152a3c988e76759170b908706ea7c02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"committed pedophilia\"\u003c/a> because \u003ca href=\"https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/bjjvk8/i-joined-the-london-branch-of-justin-biebers-church\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"I think my father was homosexual,\u003c/a> a closet homosexual… I think whatever frustrations he had, he took out on children.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Vice\u003c/em> has also reported that Hillsong pastor Jentezen Franklin, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=251&v=EQ18exdhR6I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">visited with Donald Trump\u003c/a> and prayed for his candidacy because of Trump’s stance on “pro-life judges, pro-religious liberty judges.\" Questions have also been raised about the church's finances. \u003ca href=\"https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/inside-the-hillsong-churchs-moneymaking-machine-20151026-gkip53.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Sydney Morning Herald\u003c/em>\u003c/a> reports that Hillsong \"pulled in tax-free revenues of nearly $80 million in Australia [in 2014] and more than $100 million internationally.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless of all that, Hillsong's pull remains strong for young celebrities like Bieber and Baldwin, and its practices are obviously appealing for thousands of people around the world. From a cynical standpoint, Hillsong's current popularity could be viewed as just another in a long line of spiritual movements that have garnered celeb followings before—the Kabbalah craze of the early 2000s, Richard Gere's friendship with the Dalai Lama, Scientology (pre-Leah Remini's \u003ca href=\"https://www.aetv.com/shows/leah-remini-scientology-and-the-aftermath\">\u003cem>Aftermath\u003c/em>\u003c/a>), among others. We have seen this kind of thing before. But it's difficult not to take notice when famous people seem to have found answers to life's biggest questions. If Bieber and Baldwin get married at Hillsong, as is expected, the church's popularity is bound to grow even further—at least for a little while.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As the world adjusts to the news that America's favorite reformed rebel, Justin Bieber, is now engaged to model Hailey Baldwin, questions abound about how in God's name this all happened so quickly. Maybe when you're with the right person, you just know really quickly. Maybe that whole super-fast \u003ca href=\"https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a20979533/ariana-grande-and-pete-davidson-a-timeline-of-their-relationship/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ariana Grande/ Pete Davidson thing\u003c/a> proved infectious. Or maybe God actually did have a direct influence, via the medium of \u003ca href=\"https://hillsong.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hillsong Church.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's exactly one year since Bieber memorably abandoned his 2017 tour two weeks early because, \u003ca href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2017/07/25/justin-bieber-canceled-tour-dedicated-religion-hillsong-church/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to TMZ,\u003c/a> he was \"rededicat[ing] his life to Christ.\" Around that time, he appeared in multiple photos \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/93845/bored-sick-gay-god-why-did-justin-bieber-cancel-his-tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cozying up to Carl Lentz\u003c/a>, a Hillsong pastor, and Judah Smith, a pastor from City Church. Bieber has since covered almost his entire \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/96910/lets-investigate-what-the-hell-justin-biebers-new-massive-tattoo-is\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">torso with religious tattoos\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>While a clip of \u003ca href=\"https://people.com/music/justin-bieber-hailey-baldwin-meet-first-time-2009-video/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baldwin and Bieber meeting briefly\u003c/a> for the very first time in 2009 recently emerged, there can be little doubt that their mutual faith had a major role in bringing them together. Baldwin—whose father \u003ca href=\"http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/10/18/stephen-baldwin-says-faith-cost-him-roles-compares-him-and-alec-to-cain-and.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephen is a born-again Christian\u003c/a>—is, like her fiancé, tight with both Hillsong and City Church. In April, the 21-year-old \u003ca href=\"https://www.thecut.com/2018/04/hailey-baldwin-hillsong-church-new-tattoos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told \u003cem>The Cut\u003c/em>\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"[Hillsong] is intense and it’s loud and it’s in your face ... But I know the people that run it really well, they’ve become like my family ... City Church is Judah Smith, who is amazing ... Carl [Lentz] is Hillsong and they’re best friends, so everybody is kind of interconnected ... So I just kind of know all of them.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>If you look at the wording of their engagement announcements, Baldwin and Bieber's mutual faith in God is transparent. In his, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BlBvw2_jBKp/?hl=en&taken-by=justinbieber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bieber said\u003c/a>: \"I promise to lead our family with honor and integrity letting Jesus through his Holy Spirit guide us in everything we do and every decision we make … Gods timing really is literally perfect.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/haileybaldwin/status/1016452160459067393\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baldwin tweeted\u003c/a>: \"Not sure what I did in life to deserve such happiness but I am so utterly grateful to God for giving me such an incredible person to share my life with!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some reports suggest that Bieber and Baldwin (Jailey? Baldber?) will be taking a five-week \u003ca href=\"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5939715/Justin-Bieber-Hailey-Baldwin-Hillsong-pre-marriage-course.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"pre-marriage course\u003c/a> run by [Hillsong] on conflict resolution, managing their finances, being intimate” and “effective communication.” \u003ca href=\"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5939715/Justin-Bieber-Hailey-Baldwin-Hillsong-pre-marriage-course.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Daily Mail\u003c/em> has claimed\u003c/a> a source told the paper that: \"The marriage course is something which is encouraged and in some cases demanded by Hillsong pastors before they will marry you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last few years, Hillsong has gotten a reputation as the religious organization of choice for today's biggest celebrities. Attendance from the likes of Chris Pratt, Selena Gomez (who \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BDWlpPeujBe/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">led worship\u003c/a> there in 2016), Nick Jonas, Vanessa Hudgens (who has described the church as \"epic\"), Kourtney Kardashian, as well as Kendall and Kylie Jenner, has given the church some great PR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Bieber, Chris Pratt has become far more vocal about his faith since joining the congregation and is now \u003ca href=\"https://www.aol.com/article/entertainment/2018/06/29/chris-pratt-smitten-with-girlfriend-katherine-schwarzenegger-report/23471330/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dating fellow church attendee, Katherine Schwarzenegger\u003c/a>. Pratt started attending Hillsong last year and used his acceptance speech, while picking up the Generation Award at June's MTV Awards, to pass on some serious spiritual advice. Pratt intermingled poop jokes and tips for medicating dogs with stern commands including: “You have a soul. Be careful with it”; “God is real. God loves you. God wants the best for you. Believe that”; and “Learn to pray.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/EihqXHqxri0'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/EihqXHqxri0'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Because of its very visible celebrity contingent, there is an impression that Hillsong is a Hollywood thing. But the church started life in Australia and has since spread to Argentina, Denmark, France, Spain, Germany, Brazil, Israel, Russia, Bali, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, the UK, Portugal, and Sweden -- most of which each have multiple locations. There are also \"Gathering Locations\" in New York, Seattle, Boston, Arizona, and, yes, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/hillsongsf/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every Hillsong website (there are many) greets the viewer in the same way—\"WELCOME HOME\"—and strives to cater to multiple demographics. It holds child-only \"Kidsong\" services. There are women-only \"Sisterhood\" events. And, since 2012, there has been a youth wing called \"Young & Free.\" The South Africa chapter promises to help you \"Find Your Group.\" And the London, Australia, and Africa chapters conduct \u003ca href=\"https://hillsong.com/media/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a variety of community outreach programs\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_104452\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 741px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-104452 size-full\" style=\"font-weight: bold;background-color: transparent;color: #767676\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-01-at-11.28.42-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"741\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-01-at-11.28.42-PM.png 741w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-01-at-11.28.42-PM-160x86.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-01-at-11.28.42-PM-240x129.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-01-at-11.28.42-PM-375x201.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-01-at-11.28.42-PM-520x279.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot from Hillsong.com's homepage.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Exploring Hillsong for the first time is a dizzying experience. The church seems to understand the importance of aesthetics and glamour to spread its message, but is self-consciously attempting to also appear down-to-Earth and relatable. Its aim—in addition to \"being the hands, feet, and voice of Jesus\"—is to make church cool again. It pursues that goal via, not just celebrities, but also social media and music marketing. At the time of writing, there are now 46 Hillsong albums, across a number of genres, specifically designed to suit all ages and tastes. The Young & Free contingent, for example, tends to lean in this direction:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/8k2d3xIvSMg'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/8k2d3xIvSMg'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>The social media marketing to support these albums (Hillsong has 1.1 million Instagram followers and 4.4 million Facebook \"likes\") frequently depicts groups of young beautiful people in beanies and overalls having \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BkmWzY-g9Kg/?hl=en&taken-by=hillsongyoungandfree\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">good clean fun\u003c/a>. It's hard to look away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you put all of the above together into a service, it ends up looking like this:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/t0kmvXlDBYI'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/t0kmvXlDBYI'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Hillsong's commitment to this kind of high profile means that church policies have come under extra scrutiny. One former attendee, \u003ca href=\"https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ben-fenlon/christianity-hillsong-chu_b_8192976.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ben Fenlon, wrote an article\u003c/a> about his experience as a gay man in the church, back in September 2015, for the \u003cem>Huffington Post\u003c/em>. In it, he stated:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"I have always been told that there is no judgement within church, but if I wanted to be a leader I would be judged and turned away ... I can't worship at a church knowing that I am … surrounded by people that might love me as a person but do not accept me as being gay … People who might tell me that being gay is okay, but on the inside are praying for me to let Jesus move in my life and change me. People who don't recognize that any relationship that I have with a man is part of God's plan and that it would be full of love, equal to any other.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>To make matters worse, church founder, Brian Houston, has also suggested that his own father (a non-Hillsong pastor) \u003ca href=\"https://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/hillsongs-brian-houston-my-father-the-child-sex-criminal/news-story/1152a3c988e76759170b908706ea7c02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"committed pedophilia\"\u003c/a> because \u003ca href=\"https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/bjjvk8/i-joined-the-london-branch-of-justin-biebers-church\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"I think my father was homosexual,\u003c/a> a closet homosexual… I think whatever frustrations he had, he took out on children.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Vice\u003c/em> has also reported that Hillsong pastor Jentezen Franklin, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=251&v=EQ18exdhR6I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">visited with Donald Trump\u003c/a> and prayed for his candidacy because of Trump’s stance on “pro-life judges, pro-religious liberty judges.\" Questions have also been raised about the church's finances. \u003ca href=\"https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/inside-the-hillsong-churchs-moneymaking-machine-20151026-gkip53.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Sydney Morning Herald\u003c/em>\u003c/a> reports that Hillsong \"pulled in tax-free revenues of nearly $80 million in Australia [in 2014] and more than $100 million internationally.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Whether you thought of the 2000s emo-punk boom as watershed moment or the nadir of modern music, there's one song from that era that's hard to forget. Fall Out Boy's first major hit, \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhG-vLZrb-g\">Sugar, We're Goin Down\u003c/a>,\" became an anthem for scrappy underdogs when it arrived in 2005, and its sound is still unmistakable: churning guitars, piano twinkles and Patrick Stump's roller-coaster vocals, kicked off by two bars of tripping-over-your-own-feet drums. The instant it starts, you know what you're hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In early June, a fan-made remix of \"Sugar, We're Goin Down\" popped up on YouTube. Slower and more wistful, this version wraps Stump's vocal track in gauzy synths, cascading harmonies and a synthetic sax solo — and rather than defiant, it plays like the sonic embodiment of an unrealized crush, all lovelorn and yearning. By the time the chorus hits, it's clear we're not in the LiveJournal era anymore: This is the kind of pastel-hued song that could soundtrack an awkward junior high slow dance in 1986.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=71&v=g_OboYfQ2x0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \"80s remix\" of \"Sugar, We're Goin Down\" is the creation of a musician from Norrköping, Sweden, named Johan Olsson. The 23-year-old multi-instrumentalist — he plays guitar, piano and bass and also sings — has his own band, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/ms-mullins-185308245372377/\">ms. mullins\u003c/a>. (The group's debut EP was released June 29, and a lush, dream-pop single, \u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/album/6qqdzgmNIAFN9FYwaAVFMv\">\"7 Years,\"\u003c/a> is streaming now). Olsson decided to create this remix after encountering a YouTube video of Stump's isolated vocal track.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I started trying out some chords, and it just evolved from there. REO Speedwagon was one of the main inspirations,\" he tells NPR Music. His Fall Out Boy experiment is his second viral hit this year, following a rework of Green Day's \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z2ZyBt2Qcs\">Boulevard of Broken Dreams\u003c/a>\" that exudes \u003cem>Miami Vice\u003c/em> intrigue rather than suburban ennui.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olsson is not the only musician dabbling in this era. Search the phrase \"80s remix\" or \"80s version\" on YouTube and you'll find thousands of synth-drenched takes on modern pop and rock songs. The trend began bubbling up in earnest in 2016, when a Canadian musician and software developer named \u003ca href=\"https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/rgpa94/justin-bieber-1985-jerry-shen-interview\">Jerry Shen\u003c/a>, who runs a YouTube channel under the name \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB3W9gT-mFMN1j12pydSNOw/videos\">TRONICBOX\u003c/a>, found \u003ca href=\"https://www.eonline.com/news/773664/can-you-handle-these-oddly-amazing-80s-remixes-of-ariana-grande-maroon-5-and-justin-bieber\">Internet fame\u003c/a> with two Justin Bieber remixes: \"What Do You Mean It's 1985?,\" a reimagining of the titular 2015 hit, and a sitcom-theme take on \"\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/jerry-shen-403158940/justin-bieber-love-yourself-purpose-1985\">Love Yourself\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, TRONICBOX, whose catalog also includes a neon-hued \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/xXPRQHvn04s\">Ariana Grande's \"One Last Time\"\u003c/a> and an even more melodramatic \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV1N95xZ4es\">Gotye's \"Somebody That I Used To Know\u003c/a>,\" has amassed more than 27 million views with a catalog dozens of uploads deep. Popular peers \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/user/DUBSPILLAZ/videos\">DUBSPILLAZ\u003c/a> and the endearingly named \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCykUFnyZDuY1RHzTYOgQ6sA/videos\">TotallyRad80sChannel\u003c/a> are even more prolific. Others are choosier: \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UConBvvTX4NjA-ITx_xMa44g/videos\">GK Starwalker\u003c/a> has just two tracks, and only the pulsating \"1987 Version\" of Miley Cyrus' \"Wrecking Ball\" has any traction. (Consider this perhaps the digital equivalent of a one-hit wonder.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=82&v=ghWOn8eq1hw\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remaking popular songs in incongruous styles is a practice as old as elevator music, and its standouts tend to trade on novelty. Consider \"Weird Al\" Yankovic's gleeful polka hits medleys, or the U.K. troupe Mike Flowers Pops, which does cheeky lounge versions of popular songs (notably Oasis' \"Wonderwall\"), or the long running \u003ca href=\"http://www.fearlessrecords.com/artists/punk-goes/\">\u003cem>Punk Goes...\u003c/em>\u003c/a> compilation series where young, loud bands tackle the pop canon. The digital mix-and-match of familiar sounds has an immediate ancestor in 2000s mashup culture: Think of the genre clashes of 2manydjs and The Hood Internet, or the revelatory hip-hop/Beatles conflation of Danger Mouse's \u003cem>The Grey Album\u003c/em>. Mashup superstar Girl Talk even sampled the \"Sugar, We're Goin Down\" drums in his own \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDDdpxEf9hM\">Smash Your Head\u003c/a>.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet, '80s remix culture feels distinctly of its moment. Many of the videos extend their concept to the thumbnail art, where Photoshopped visions of Katy Perry in spandex workout wear, Rihanna with teased hair or Justin Bieber with a mullet are adorned with fake artist logos in neon colors and bubbly fonts — a cousin of the absurdist mock-ups that light up social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moreover, creators and listeners are in on the humor together: As with any good meme, appreciating these remixes involves a shared in-joke. \"Definitely my favorite singer from that decade,\" one listener deadpans in the comments section of a take on Ed Sheeran's \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eve7x59aXJg\">\"Shape Of You\"\u003c/a> that recalls snappy Minneapolis funk. \"What is he doing now? He kind of fell off the radar after 1994.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=31&v=eve7x59aXJg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I get a lot of comments saying 'WHY DOES THIS WORK?' \" Johan Olsson says. \"Besides the '80s sound and fashion being pretty popular at the moment, I think it's mainly the fact that people like hearing songs from a whole new perspective.\" That said, not all remixes are created equal: There is an art to combining musical styles, and the most transcendent revamps demonstrate obvious artistic expertise and ingenuity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It helps if the source material can withstand manipulation and still maintain its emotional essence; SxAde's remix of \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq4xhldVpQc\">Lana Del Rey's \"Summertime Sadness\"\u003c/a> is Exhibit A. The element of surprise is a plus: It's not obvious that \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoZUjxstIZs\">Linkin Park's \"Numb\"\u003c/a> could successfully pair with glittering, Stock Aitken Waterman-esque production, but here we are. Clever visuals can help, too: \u003ca href=\"https://mashable.com/2017/01/09/rihanna-calvin-harris-80s/#2syFNC4Gkqqm\">Calvin Harris and Rihanna's \"This Is What You Came For\"\u003c/a> feels like a forbidden late-night cable access show thanks to the way YouTuber Saint-Laurent adds static and VHS degradation to the song's original clip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In TV shows such as \u003cem>Stranger Things \u003c/em>and\u003cem> GLOW\u003c/em>, the cult genre vaporwave and the steamrolling persistence of Toto's \"Africa,\" the 1980s are alive and well — but there is something exceptional in how YouTube remixers commit to the era's limitations. Synthesizers like the era-defining DX7 had a certain charming clunkiness, and a shared aesthetic of squiggly stabs, percussion rattles and bass slaps proliferated in '80s pop production. Although today's pop music certainly has its unique inventions (trap, for example, is having a mainstream moment right now), the trends tend to be more more ephemeral: It's harder to point to a focused, dominant sound that can vividly evoke the 2010s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For as faithfully as they recreate their namesake, YouTube's '80s remixes actually remind me of a more recent moment. The internet music culture of the late '90s and early 2000s was a period of rapid transformation, but even as illegal file sharing accelerated music discovery, the shortcomings of the technology kept things grounded. MP3 collections took up vast amounts of digital space and were playable only via certain programs. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olsson is not the only musician dabbling in this era. Search the phrase \"80s remix\" or \"80s version\" on YouTube and you'll find thousands of synth-drenched takes on modern pop and rock songs. The trend began bubbling up in earnest in 2016, when a Canadian musician and software developer named \u003ca href=\"https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/rgpa94/justin-bieber-1985-jerry-shen-interview\">Jerry Shen\u003c/a>, who runs a YouTube channel under the name \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB3W9gT-mFMN1j12pydSNOw/videos\">TRONICBOX\u003c/a>, found \u003ca href=\"https://www.eonline.com/news/773664/can-you-handle-these-oddly-amazing-80s-remixes-of-ariana-grande-maroon-5-and-justin-bieber\">Internet fame\u003c/a> with two Justin Bieber remixes: \"What Do You Mean It's 1985?,\" a reimagining of the titular 2015 hit, and a sitcom-theme take on \"\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/jerry-shen-403158940/justin-bieber-love-yourself-purpose-1985\">Love Yourself\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, TRONICBOX, whose catalog also includes a neon-hued \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/xXPRQHvn04s\">Ariana Grande's \"One Last Time\"\u003c/a> and an even more melodramatic \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV1N95xZ4es\">Gotye's \"Somebody That I Used To Know\u003c/a>,\" has amassed more than 27 million views with a catalog dozens of uploads deep. Popular peers \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/user/DUBSPILLAZ/videos\">DUBSPILLAZ\u003c/a> and the endearingly named \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCykUFnyZDuY1RHzTYOgQ6sA/videos\">TotallyRad80sChannel\u003c/a> are even more prolific. Others are choosier: \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UConBvvTX4NjA-ITx_xMa44g/videos\">GK Starwalker\u003c/a> has just two tracks, and only the pulsating \"1987 Version\" of Miley Cyrus' \"Wrecking Ball\" has any traction. 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Consider \"Weird Al\" Yankovic's gleeful polka hits medleys, or the U.K. troupe Mike Flowers Pops, which does cheeky lounge versions of popular songs (notably Oasis' \"Wonderwall\"), or the long running \u003ca href=\"http://www.fearlessrecords.com/artists/punk-goes/\">\u003cem>Punk Goes...\u003c/em>\u003c/a> compilation series where young, loud bands tackle the pop canon. The digital mix-and-match of familiar sounds has an immediate ancestor in 2000s mashup culture: Think of the genre clashes of 2manydjs and The Hood Internet, or the revelatory hip-hop/Beatles conflation of Danger Mouse's \u003cem>The Grey Album\u003c/em>. Mashup superstar Girl Talk even sampled the \"Sugar, We're Goin Down\" drums in his own \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDDdpxEf9hM\">Smash Your Head\u003c/a>.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet, '80s remix culture feels distinctly of its moment. Many of the videos extend their concept to the thumbnail art, where Photoshopped visions of Katy Perry in spandex workout wear, Rihanna with teased hair or Justin Bieber with a mullet are adorned with fake artist logos in neon colors and bubbly fonts — a cousin of the absurdist mock-ups that light up social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moreover, creators and listeners are in on the humor together: As with any good meme, appreciating these remixes involves a shared in-joke. \"Definitely my favorite singer from that decade,\" one listener deadpans in the comments section of a take on Ed Sheeran's \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eve7x59aXJg\">\"Shape Of You\"\u003c/a> that recalls snappy Minneapolis funk. \"What is he doing now? He kind of fell off the radar after 1994.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/eve7x59aXJg'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/eve7x59aXJg'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\"I get a lot of comments saying 'WHY DOES THIS WORK?' \" Johan Olsson says. \"Besides the '80s sound and fashion being pretty popular at the moment, I think it's mainly the fact that people like hearing songs from a whole new perspective.\" That said, not all remixes are created equal: There is an art to combining musical styles, and the most transcendent revamps demonstrate obvious artistic expertise and ingenuity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It helps if the source material can withstand manipulation and still maintain its emotional essence; SxAde's remix of \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq4xhldVpQc\">Lana Del Rey's \"Summertime Sadness\"\u003c/a> is Exhibit A. 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"content": "\u003cp>We’ve all been there. Stuck behind someone at a show whose arms stay aloft for entire songs at a time, filming with a cell phone, putting an electronic barrier between you and the artist you paid to see. Not only is it an irritant for ticket buyers, it’s become a major aggravation for artists too. This has been an ongoing problem since the invention of the smart phone, but musicians are finally trying to do something about it. Jack White, Alicia Keys, Guns N’ Roses, Bob Dylan, and more have all opted to ban phones at their shows recently, and more are sure to follow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new movement, coming 11 years after the introduction of the iPhone, is being aided by the invention of \u003ca href=\"https://www.overyondr.com/howitworks/\">Yondr\u003c/a> pouches. These neoprene phone sleeves have locks that can only be opened using a special tool that resembles the device that removes security tags at clothing store checkouts. 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Marry that with the fact that our phones make us feel secure -- about everything from checking on children or with parents, to not losing friends inside the venue -- and people's unwillingness to go phone-free gets exacerbated. That's before we even get to the unending modern desire to capture and share every moment of our lives online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The problem is, in the last decade, smartphones have utterly transformed how we experience live events -- and not in a positive way. In fact, if you are in your early 20s or younger, it's likely that you've never had the luxury of enjoying a live show in a fully immersive way, the way that generations before you took for granted. Even if \u003cem>you're\u003c/em> not messing with your cell phone, chances are someone next to or in front of you is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, audiences may still share the same physical space, but mentally they are scattered like never before in the history of pop culture. This need to be connected to the outside world via technology causes a disconnect within the room that unequivocally makes concerts less of a united, cathartic experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cell phones do not enhance our enjoyment of live music at all, unless you count the five minutes inside the arena after an artist has asked everyone to turn their cell phone flashlights on for a song. Sure, it looks cool, and our parents used to have to burn their fingers on lighters to get the same effect, but realistically it's not something anyone would particularly crave if it was no longer possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102309\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-102309\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/03/GettyImages-500868802-800x504.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/03/GettyImages-500868802-800x504.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/03/GettyImages-500868802-160x101.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/03/GettyImages-500868802-768x484.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/03/GettyImages-500868802-1020x643.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/03/GettyImages-500868802-1200x756.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/03/GettyImages-500868802-1920x1210.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/03/GettyImages-500868802-1180x743.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/03/GettyImages-500868802-960x605.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/03/GettyImages-500868802-240x151.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/03/GettyImages-500868802-375x236.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/03/GettyImages-500868802-520x328.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crowd holds up their mobile phones during KISS 108's Jingle Ball 2015 presented by Capital One at TD Garden, Boston, in 2015. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One Direction made a pretty good attempt at incorporating audience phones into their sets, by routinely \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0zCbAYiZRU\">taking and making little videos\u003c/a> on stage with them, to the delight of lucky fans. But even when artists try and incorporate audience members' devices into the show, it can go horribly wrong, as this video of Justin Bieber demonstrates. (Take note also of the girl in the background, on the left of the screen, at 1:22 who, despite being only feet away from a person she probably idolizes, does not look up from her phone even once to look at him.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsCB2coPsQg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similarly, at this year's Super Bowl, we saw Justin Timberlake take a selfie with a kid in the stands. We also saw that kid immediately go to his phone to post the photo, rather than pay any more attention to the superstar still performing right beside him. 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This is disassociation. And it doesn't have to be like this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a reminder of what gigs looked like before cell phones. The people in the clip below aren't climbing on stage to take selfies. They're climbing on stage because they're feeling it. Imagine how many distracting cameras would be in Tupac Shakur's face if this same show was happening today:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAzACWScePI\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then there's this footage of Deee-Lite playing in 1990. There is zero footage of the audience even in this clip, but you can \u003cem>hear\u003c/em> how present everyone in the room is. When was the last time you went to a show in a small club and heard an audience this engaged and this enthusiastic about what they were watching?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-gp9lPVj3E\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a question to be pondered about whether modern audiences could even go back to pre-phone levels of audience engagement, in the event of a cell phone ban at venues. Do we even remember what we're supposed to do at concerts without our phones? Have we had electronic barriers up for long enough to leave permanent mental ones in place?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The main argument usually thrown in the direction of keeping phones in music venues has to do with security. But in the event of, say, a fire, haven't we all been trained to leave behind our belongings and just get the hell out of there? And in the event of a terrorist attack or shooting, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/02/17/586534079/should-the-parkland-shooting-change-how-we-think-about-phones-schools-and-safety\">a security expert recently told NPR\u003c/a> that having cell phones could actually increase dangers for individuals. Ken Trump believes that ringtones could make it easier for attackers to locate potential victims, that people posting on social media could give away their locations to the attacker, that distracted people using cell phones may be slower to react to immediate danger, and that jammed circuits may impede emergency services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aside from anything else, services like Yondr don't make it impossible to access your phone all night -- you just have to go to an unlocking station to make your call or send your text. Given the fact that previous generations managed just fine with lobby payphones, this isn't a great hardship in the grand scheme of things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, we just need to start experiencing live music in a phoneless state again. If not for the sake of common decency towards fellow audience members, then as part of a much-needed exercise in \u003ca href=\"http://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/07-08/ce-corner.aspx\">mindfulness\u003c/a>. (It's no coincidence that mindfulness practices started gaining popularity at the exact same time the iPhone was invented.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In our every day lives now, it feels impossible to step away from our phones because doing so feels as if we're stepping away from our work, our families, our responsibilities. But if we can't take a break for a couple of hours for the sake of a communal live music experience, it leaves little hope for the rest of our lives, \u003cem>or\u003c/em> our general stress levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Psychology professor Alejandro Lleras recently conducted \u003ca href=\"https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/334240\">a study of 300 university students\u003c/a> around phone use and mental health. It concluded that “using these technologies for escapism was found to have a relationship with higher depression and anxiety scores.” Surely, rather than using our phones as an escape, we should actively be ditching our virtual realities to experience real ones, uninterrupted by apps. An immersive, phone-free concert once in a while could be just the ticket.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>We’ve all been there. Stuck behind someone at a show whose arms stay aloft for entire songs at a time, filming with a cell phone, putting an electronic barrier between you and the artist you paid to see. Not only is it an irritant for ticket buyers, it’s become a major aggravation for artists too. This has been an ongoing problem since the invention of the smart phone, but musicians are finally trying to do something about it. Jack White, Alicia Keys, Guns N’ Roses, Bob Dylan, and more have all opted to ban phones at their shows recently, and more are sure to follow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new movement, coming 11 years after the introduction of the iPhone, is being aided by the invention of \u003ca href=\"https://www.overyondr.com/howitworks/\">Yondr\u003c/a> pouches. These neoprene phone sleeves have locks that can only be opened using a special tool that resembles the device that removes security tags at clothing store checkouts. Dave Chapelle was the first to popularize the use of \u003ca href=\"https://www.guidelive.com/nightlife/2017/11/08/comedians-chris-rock-locking-fans-phones-yondr-pouch-toyota-music-factory\">Yondr at comedy shows\u003c/a>, in order to protect his material. Chris Rock, Ali Wong, Michael Che, Joe Rogan, and other comedians have followed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though comedy audiences have been compliant with these new restrictions, whenever a musician goes to the trouble of prying electronics out of the hands of concert-goers, the objections are plentiful, loud, and occasionally borderline hysterical.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's understandable. People do hate being told what to do. Marry that with the fact that our phones make us feel secure -- about everything from checking on children or with parents, to not losing friends inside the venue -- and people's unwillingness to go phone-free gets exacerbated. That's before we even get to the unending modern desire to capture and share every moment of our lives online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The problem is, in the last decade, smartphones have utterly transformed how we experience live events -- and not in a positive way. In fact, if you are in your early 20s or younger, it's likely that you've never had the luxury of enjoying a live show in a fully immersive way, the way that generations before you took for granted. Even if \u003cem>you're\u003c/em> not messing with your cell phone, chances are someone next to or in front of you is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, audiences may still share the same physical space, but mentally they are scattered like never before in the history of pop culture. This need to be connected to the outside world via technology causes a disconnect within the room that unequivocally makes concerts less of a united, cathartic experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cell phones do not enhance our enjoyment of live music at all, unless you count the five minutes inside the arena after an artist has asked everyone to turn their cell phone flashlights on for a song. Sure, it looks cool, and our parents used to have to burn their fingers on lighters to get the same effect, but realistically it's not something anyone would particularly crave if it was no longer possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102309\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-102309\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/03/GettyImages-500868802-800x504.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/03/GettyImages-500868802-800x504.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/03/GettyImages-500868802-160x101.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/03/GettyImages-500868802-768x484.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/03/GettyImages-500868802-1020x643.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/03/GettyImages-500868802-1200x756.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/03/GettyImages-500868802-1920x1210.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/03/GettyImages-500868802-1180x743.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/03/GettyImages-500868802-960x605.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/03/GettyImages-500868802-240x151.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/03/GettyImages-500868802-375x236.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/03/GettyImages-500868802-520x328.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crowd holds up their mobile phones during KISS 108's Jingle Ball 2015 presented by Capital One at TD Garden, Boston, in 2015. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One Direction made a pretty good attempt at incorporating audience phones into their sets, by routinely \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0zCbAYiZRU\">taking and making little videos\u003c/a> on stage with them, to the delight of lucky fans. But even when artists try and incorporate audience members' devices into the show, it can go horribly wrong, as this video of Justin Bieber demonstrates. (Take note also of the girl in the background, on the left of the screen, at 1:22 who, despite being only feet away from a person she probably idolizes, does not look up from her phone even once to look at him.)\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/qsCB2coPsQg'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/qsCB2coPsQg'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Similarly, at this year's Super Bowl, we saw Justin Timberlake take a selfie with a kid in the stands. We also saw that kid immediately go to his phone to post the photo, rather than pay any more attention to the superstar still performing right beside him. All the while, the other crowd members in the vicinity watched Timberlake through their own phones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102307\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 558px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-102307\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/02/Screen-Shot-2018-02-28-at-11.00.37-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"558\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/02/Screen-Shot-2018-02-28-at-11.00.37-PM.png 558w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/02/Screen-Shot-2018-02-28-at-11.00.37-PM-160x87.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/02/Screen-Shot-2018-02-28-at-11.00.37-PM-240x131.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/02/Screen-Shot-2018-02-28-at-11.00.37-PM-375x205.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/02/Screen-Shot-2018-02-28-at-11.00.37-PM-520x284.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(NBC)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This is filtered reality. This is disassociation. And it doesn't have to be like this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a reminder of what gigs looked like before cell phones. The people in the clip below aren't climbing on stage to take selfies. They're climbing on stage because they're feeling it. Imagine how many distracting cameras would be in Tupac Shakur's face if this same show was happening today:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/HAzACWScePI'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/HAzACWScePI'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Then there's this footage of Deee-Lite playing in 1990. There is zero footage of the audience even in this clip, but you can \u003cem>hear\u003c/em> how present everyone in the room is. When was the last time you went to a show in a small club and heard an audience this engaged and this enthusiastic about what they were watching?\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/u-gp9lPVj3E'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/u-gp9lPVj3E'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>There is a question to be pondered about whether modern audiences could even go back to pre-phone levels of audience engagement, in the event of a cell phone ban at venues. Do we even remember what we're supposed to do at concerts without our phones? Have we had electronic barriers up for long enough to leave permanent mental ones in place?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The main argument usually thrown in the direction of keeping phones in music venues has to do with security. But in the event of, say, a fire, haven't we all been trained to leave behind our belongings and just get the hell out of there? And in the event of a terrorist attack or shooting, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/02/17/586534079/should-the-parkland-shooting-change-how-we-think-about-phones-schools-and-safety\">a security expert recently told NPR\u003c/a> that having cell phones could actually increase dangers for individuals. Ken Trump believes that ringtones could make it easier for attackers to locate potential victims, that people posting on social media could give away their locations to the attacker, that distracted people using cell phones may be slower to react to immediate danger, and that jammed circuits may impede emergency services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aside from anything else, services like Yondr don't make it impossible to access your phone all night -- you just have to go to an unlocking station to make your call or send your text. Given the fact that previous generations managed just fine with lobby payphones, this isn't a great hardship in the grand scheme of things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, we just need to start experiencing live music in a phoneless state again. If not for the sake of common decency towards fellow audience members, then as part of a much-needed exercise in \u003ca href=\"http://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/07-08/ce-corner.aspx\">mindfulness\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cp>Social media and tabloids have been spinning themselves into a tizzy over the last few days thanks to repeated sightings of Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez, out and about in Los Angeles, eating food and riding bicycles together. TMZ reports that Gomez broke up with boyfriend of the last 10 months, The Weeknd, \u003ca href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2017/11/01/justin-bieber-selena-gomez-romantic-together-bike-ride/\">\"several weeks ago\"\u003c/a> and \"Justin didn't waste any time swooping in.\" But what if these two have secretly been together all along?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/TMZ/status/925810951839916032\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Think about it: you're two of the biggest pop stars in the world, both of you are dogged relentlessly by paparazzi, being together just amplifies the attention -- so isn't it better to pretend you're no longer a thing? Officially speaking, Bieber and Gomez split back in 2014, after three years of on-and-off dating, but the two have remained oddly committed to talking about each other this entire time. Could it be a case of pop stars who doth protest too much? Maybe all of their drama the last few years was just a smokescreen to keep their relationship secret.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bieber has admitted that tracks, \"Mark My Words\" and \"What Do You Mean?\" are about Gomez, and Gomez's \"Love Will Remember\" is reportedly about Justin. According to E!, a \"leaked\" demo of the track even featured a voicemail from Bieber. \"Obviously, 'Love Will Remember' is a personal song to me,\" Gomez told \u003ca href=\"http://www.instyle.com/news/exclusive-first-look-five-things-youll-learn-about-selena-gomez-junes-instyle\">\u003cem>InStyle\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, \"and I don't really need to say anything. I think my fans will get it.” Ooooh, coy!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even back in 2015, not long after their split, Bieber told his pal Ellen DeGeneres that he and Gomez might reunite one day, saying: \"I think maybe, once we figure ourselves out, we can come together and make an awesome duo.\" Biebs is a confident young man to say the least, but at the time, this statement totally contradicted any evidence the pair had previously given the public that reconciliation could ever be a thing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March 2016, Gomez and Bieber dropped hints online again that they may be together. Bieber posted an old photo of them kissing, and Gomez \"liked\" the photo. Shortly afterward, the two were seen hanging out at one of his shows in L.A. 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"content": "\u003cp>This week, Justin Bieber unexpectedly canceled the rest of his Purpose Tour, with very little explanation. On Monday, a notice went up on the singer's \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/JustinBieber/posts/10155888091793888\">Facebook\u003c/a> page that read:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"Due to unforeseen circumstances, Justin Bieber will cancel the remainder of the Purpose World Tour concerts. Justin loves his fans and hates to disappoint them. He thanks his fans for the incredible experience of the Purpose World Tour over last 18 months. He is grateful and honored to have shared that experience with his cast and crew for over 150 successful shows across 6 continents during this run. However, after careful consideration he has decided he will not be performing any further dates. Tickets will be refunded at point of purchase.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>For the agonizing hours that have since passed, fans on Twitter have been commiserating over their lost opportunity to see Biebs live and in the flesh. So what possible reason does JB have for canceling the final 14 dates, when he's already \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purpose_World_Tour#Shows\">completed 152\u003c/a>?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let's explore possible reasons for Justin Bieber to bail so late in the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>1. Being Sick of His Own Damn Show\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jJ1Nongz9U\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A friend of mine, who used to sing in a relatively popular band, once explained to me why he quit his successful musical career for more conventional professional pursuits. \"Touring an album feels a bit silly after a while,\" he said. \"You take a year to make a record, then you go on tour with that record for another year. It feels like the equivalent of doing a painting, then traveling around just showing different audiences the painting every night. Almost immediately, you just want to go home and make another painting, but you can't because not everyone has seen the first one yet.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Justin Bieber has probably gone home because he's sick of the \u003cem>Purpose\u003c/em> painting. It is, after all, almost two years old at this point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>2. 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(Photo by Mat Hayward/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>From the get-go, \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purpose_World_Tour\">the Purpose World Tour\u003c/a> was going to be a grueling proposition. Being on tour isn't as glamorous as a lot of people think. It's a series of green rooms and buses and planes and hotel rooms and concrete corridors at faceless stadiums. And Justin Bieber has been living like that since March 2016. Wanna know how long ago that was? It was the same month \u003ca href=\"https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/slideshows/top-news-stories-of-2016?slide=6\">the primaries happened\u003c/a>. Feels like a lifetime, right? Now imagine not being home for that entire time and imagine being trapped in all of those alien places because you're too famous to go outside. It \u003cem>would\u003c/em> kinda suck. Mental health is important, as is self-care. Do what you gotta do to stay well, Biebs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>3. Being a Selfish, Lazy Oaf\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/xyanilovex/status/889734498652307456\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You've got one job, Justin Bieber! Yes, it's a long tour, but think about Britney Spears, who has been doing the same show night-in, night-out since December 2013! By the time she's done, Brit will have been immersed in her Vegas residency for four entire years! And so far, she's managed to only cancel three shows -- due to an ankle sprain. Be professional, Justin; be like Britney. You only had two weeks left -- you should've done it for the kids. Surely the home stretch is the easiest one?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>4. True Bromance\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/saucyrih/status/888535622440321024\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twitter has been all a-flutter since the news of the cancelation broke, speculating about whether or not Bieber's decision to quit the tour is related to the young man he's been seen out and about -- and really rather close -- with lately. Who is this mystery man? Stylist? Trainer? New BFF? New \u003cem>BF\u003c/em>? Everyone on Twitter (and their moms) seems to be hoping it's the latter...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. He's Living for Jesus Now\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BW5lCstjEr7/?taken-by=judahsmith\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TMZ reports that Bieber quit the Purpose tour because he has decided to \u003ca href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2017/07/25/justin-bieber-canceled-tour-dedicated-religion-hillsong-church/\">\"rededicate his life to Christ.\"\u003c/a> \u003cem>The Mercury News\u003c/em> goes so far as to say the singer has quit to \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/07/25/maybe-justin-bieber-wants-to-start-his-own-church-report-from-down-under-says/\">start his own church\u003c/a>, and some people on Twitter are saying he's going to \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jessie_dee/status/889687893521780737\">become a pastor\u003c/a>. What's more? 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