@livelaughlove21 The pushback is from people who dislike the way music is being produced, marketed, written and sold by the modern record labels. It used to be about talent, creativity, and soul (look at all of the amazing jazz legends of their time—few or none of which would have been “discovered” if the record labels back then behaved as they do now).
The problem is that there is real talent out there that’s being marginalized by crap like Beiber. There are also talented bands out there who get contracts and end up being warped into these caricatures of what a successful artist is supposed to be, both musically and stylistically. For me, Beiber symbolizes that in our culture, it’s about style, the outfits, the lighting, the makeup, the dancing, the ghostwriting, etc.
So no it’s not all Beiber’s fault and this patten has been going on for a long time (Vanilla Ice, New Kids on the Block, Backstreet Boys, Nsync, Justin Timberlake etc.—not to mention all of the girls). But he is a huge symbol, and his success only incentivses the record companies to promote this pattern of manufactured “talent” when the world would be an infinitely better place if they were promoting real artists with genuine talent.