Justin Bieber Vs Indonesia Drama--New Details...

As far as Justin Bieber's fans are concerned, their idol can do no wrong. Earlier today, the Teen Dream Tweeted a half-hearted--indeed an arrogant--apology to his Indonesian beliebers about his recent diss of their country. Nevertheless, his Indonesian fans' response has been unbeliebably positive.

For those who've been pathetically out of touch with reality A.K.A. the Bieber universe, JB angered the country of Indonesia and his fans who live there by calling their homeland "some random country," and complaining that the staff at the Indonesian studio where he recorded a track for his new album, Believe just "didn't know what they were doing." Ouch. The result was that he was banned by Indonesia and Indonesian radio. Ouch, again. On April 30, JB tweeted his so-called apology, declaring:

Well, the crux of the message was positive and reassuring, but "one rumor [he] won't stand for?" With all due respect to Justin, he seems more annoyed than apologetic. Nevertheless, whatever he meant when he wrote the tweet, his fans responded immediately with warmly positive, loving messages.

So, there you have it. Actually, it seems JB is right. He and his beliebers are family. After all, most people always end up forgiving and reconciling with their family members eventually. Now, the question is whether Indonesia and Indonesian radio will do the same.

Note: So far, Justin's lady-love Selena Gomez has kept mum about her perfect "Boyfriend's" Indonesian diss and subsequent apology. Wonder what she thinks about it? Especially since he's made some rather odd comments about their relationship in the past few weeks.

Hope Carson is the author of 2 books: A Roaring Girl: An Interview with the Thinking Man's Hooker and A Thousand and One Night Stands: The Life of Jon Vincent. You can follow her on Twitter.

Comments: 3

Isanah les May 1, 2012, 10:18am UTC

I haven't read all the articles printed about his twitter comment, but yours is the first who thinks that it is arrogant. Most say that it shows anger. If you really stop and think about the word "random", it has never been a 'bad' word. It's meaning is "no particular order" or in another usage "of or pertaining to a member of a sample". He recorded the song in one of the random countries he visited (random here being used in the second definition, the 'sample' being the total list of countries he's visited).
I really think this situation is an example of "mass hysteria" drummed up by a reporter clearly out to paint Justin in a bad light. Her article blazed out with the claim that Justin did this, Justin did that , and then Justin even criticized Indonesia by calling it a random country... And everyone went "OH NO!" without calming down and thinking about what random means. I will admit that I, too, flipped out when I heard this - I latched onto the "he dissed Indo" part and thought "how could he?" Then when I calmly thought about what was said, I find no disrespect at all.
If you say something about someone (or some place) , and there is no enmity in your heart about this place, and a reporter spins what you say and reports that there is enmity in your heart for this place, I think you would be upset, too. I feel this is why Justin is upset, and referring to her report as "rumors and lies". He meant no ill will, and feels no ill will towards Indonesia, and to say otherwise is a lie.

May I ask you to open up your dictionary, you're a writer, you must have a few, any random dictionary will do, and please tell me which definition of 'random' is demeaning??

angela custardo May 2, 2012, 5:46pm UTC

Your point was very well made. As a mom of 3 teens, the word "random" is used quite often in our household and never meant in a derogative fashion. It's use is reflective of the current youth culture of which Justin Bieber and fans are very much part of it. If his Indonesian fans are forgiving, then why shouldn't the radio stations follow suit?

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Isanah les May 1, 2012, 5:13pm UTC

Hello Hope, Please read MaryJane's article posted today about Justin. In it she really "pins the tail on the donkey" in this controversy, I think. I wrote her a long comment, which she removed ( I should have calmed down first although I didnt think it was harsh..) Anyway, in her article she summarized what has happened and reminds everyone how Justin insulted Indonesia by calling it " a little irrelevant country". This is the root of the misunderstanding. He said "random country". "Random" is not and never has been a synonym for "irrelevant" . Random does not mean anything bad at all!
Really interesting and unfortunate how things get so twisted around, isnt it!

I'm going to crack a joke here ( a serious joke, unfortunately) but I can now give you an example of one of the lies that Justin is warning his fans not to believe. The lie is that Justin called Indonesia "a litte irrelevant country".

This situation is really one huge misunderstanding... so sad.

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