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Being a business student and a marketing major, I try to stay current with marketing and celebrity information, as much as possible. So one of the latest celebrity scandals that I heard of was Justin Bieber's laptop being stolen from his managers office backstage at a concert. Justin took to Twitter, asking for his stuff back, mostly because of the memories on the laptop. Photos, videos, everything sentimental that any person would have on there. Not even 24 hours later an anonymous blogger/Twitter user, tweeted a snippet of a video of Justin partying in a pool with some random girls, and none of them were Selena! Beliebers were in an uproar, and we all know how crazy passionate Justin fans can be. This Twitter user, Gexwy, continued to tweet threats to Justin, saying that he had footage that he was going to leak. First thing most people thought were either nudes or a sex tape, which would not do so well with his younger fans. Apparently this footage was supposed to leak at noon on October 12. Being the Bieber fan that I am, I patiently awaited for this footage to come out. At noon, Justin tweeted about how over the years people have said mean things about him, made up scandals such as impregnating someone, drugs, nudes, but now he gets to be part of the fun. It was actually the release of his new music video for Beauty and a Beat featuring Nikki Minaj! I think this was an awesome way to leak his new video, beat One Direction for the most views in 24 hours on a music video, and to have fun with his followers. If you haven't checked out the video yet, click here to check it out!
Hi Gagan!
ReplyDeleteI personally think that this is a great way for Justin to release his new video! It was an original and different way for him to get his music out there compared to how many other artists promote themselves which usually involves the common television interview and constant promoting online.
By Justin playing this prank on everyone I think that he really gave the media a run for their money. I actually remember hearing on the radio that someone was threatening to leak the footage that was found on his laptop. I remember thinking to myself "not another celebrity scandal!" But, to my surprise I was greatly amused when I found out that it was all planned out!
Hopefully other artists will follow Justin and find new and interesting ways to promotes their music!