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Somebody to Love (Justin Bieber song) . Review & Synopsis:
"Somebody to Love" is a song performed by Canadian recording artist Justin Bieber. The
song served as the second single from his album, My World 2.0. It was written by Heather
Bright and The Stereotypes, and produced by the latter. The song was originally recorded
as a demo by Bieber's mentor, R&B singer, Usher, for his sixth studio album, Raymond
v. Raymond (2010). After things went stale with Usher's label, The Stereotypes were encouraged
to give the song to Bieber, who recorded it, with Usher performing background vocals. The
song is an upbeat dance-pop song, which also derives from R&B genre, while making use of
Eurodisco influences. It impacted US mainstream and rhythmic radio on April 20, 2010.
Song Synopsis and reception The video features Bieber dancing along several
dance crews along a black backdrop, and a scene with ninjas and a flame outline. The
video begins with Bieber dancing with different members of the crews with use of a spotlight
effect, followed by Bieber being flaunted by a single female dancer. Then the video
cuts to Bieber performing Stepping (African-American)-style choreography with two male dancers, shirtless
with red hats and red suspenders. With the aid of smoke, the video moves to Bieber dancing
with Beat Freaks. Usher sings his verse along with The Syrenz as dancers in a room with
metal chandeliers before uniting with Bieber dancing in the scene aided by Poreotics. Then
Bieber and Usher sing and dance with Medea Sirkas in ninja attire in front of a background
of Chinese calligraphy ("Love") and flames, before returning to the black backdrop and
metal chandeliers as Bieber dances with Simrin Player and LXD in a scene with bookbags. The
ending features Bieber and several of the dancers featured performing group choreography
before cutting to Bieber and Usher with the in front of the calligraphy and flames.
Monica Herrera of Billboard said Usher's "star power is clearly rubbing off on the 16-year-old",
commenting that Bieber "shows off his smoothest moves yet " and "tackles his toughest choreography."
Jocelyn Vena of MTV News commented, "While Bieber had previously teased his dancing skills
in the "Baby" video, he really channeled Usher's smooth moves in this newest clip." Tamar Antai
also of MTV said, "Usher does most of the heavy lifting where dancing is concerned,
and Justin Bieber, who's more of a singer than a dancer, is in no danger of upstaging
Usher on the dance floor." Antai compared Bieber's moves to Usher in his "Caught Up"
video, commenting "it's nice to see Justin expanding the scope of talents to include
pelvic thrusts, Matrix-style slo-mo leans" and, "it's also nice to see Justin looking
a little more mature and sophisticated in a hoodie and leather jacket....and his videos
are growing up with him, as this is his flashiest, most grandiose video yet.
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