Don't stop Beliebing
As the film Justin Bieber: Never Say Never is released in the UAE, his biggest beliebers here explain what the hype is all about
Whether you love or hate him there is no denying teen sensation Justin Bieber is on track to take over the world.
His credentials include: droves of highly-devoted fans (and green-eyed haters, which is when you know you've made it), 7.5 million followers on Twitter, a debut single which charted in the top-30 across 25 international markets, his debut album certified platinum in the US, the first artist to have seven songs from a debut album chart on the Billboard Hot 100, hit television show Glee paying tribute with an episode. The list goes on… and on... and on.
The next instalment is Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, a biopic-concert film which opens in the UAE today.
So if you've been living under a rock for the past 12 months, it's time to embrace the power of the Biebernator.
He has an army of fans called "Beliebers" — and many of them live in Dubai. This lad has some serious cyber clout and yes, a Belieber lives online, following his every move on Twitter and Facebook.
So what better way to find Dubai's JB fans? tabloid! launched a UAE-wide search online for the biggest JB fans in the country, and on Sunday nearly two dozen respondents visited Gulf News to tell us about life as a Belieber — and also to sing and dance along to his album, My World 2.0.
The results were uncontrollable. The ideal candidate to lead an induction to JB is one 13-year-old girl, Priyal Jain (right) — wearing purple from head to toe (Bieber's favourite colour, so subsequently hers) — who, when asked why she is JB's biggest fan, could not physically squish enough words into one sentence quickly enough.
And the word from a Belieber's mother:
Sandhya Prakash is Rohit's mother.
"Well, it's late into the night. Until 12 midnight we hear the strumming of the guitar. He has his own YouTube channel now, so it's all I hear. I think all the youngsters relate to [Bieber] because of [his] YouTube fame. Social media has spread music all over the world and made things possible for everyone. If you need to relate to your kids these days, you need to be cool and let your hair down every day. Get involved."
