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Heartbreaker (Justin Bieber song). Review & Synopsis:
Heartbreaker is an single by Canadian recording artist Justin Bieber. The song has been speculated
to be taken off of Bieber's upcoming fourth studio album, which he has been recording
while on the Believe tour. The song was first announced through the singer's Instagram account
on June 4, 2013, through four seperate Instagram posts. The song was released on the 7th of
October as the first of 10 songs during Justin's Music Mondays.
Upon release, "Heartbreaker" received mixed reviews from music critics. Amy Sciarretto
of PopCrush gave the song 3 out of 5 stars, stating that it "may be his most honest song"
however was "not nearly as catchy" as anything in his back catalog. Sciarretto criticized
the song's spoken word monologue, describing it as "slightly insincere" and stated it "didn't
quite gel" and stated the delivery was "a bit off", however complimented Bieber for
the song's "raw" lyrics and for opening up. James Shotwell of Under the Gun Review called
the song "sensual" and stated Bieber was "smoother than ever before", however stated that he
was not "sold" on the theme of the song and that still found Bieber was lacking maturity.
The song contains a sample of Eric Bellinger's song "What You Want."
Justin Bieber‘s new song ‘Heartbreaker’ is here and in it, he lays his cards face
up on the table. This is the sad, vulnerable Biebs, which is a change of pace for him,
especially since we’re used to him being the cocky, heatseeking missile of pop music.
He is The Biebs and everyone loves him. But make no mistake. He is not immune to heartache,
and he doesn’t want to be called “the heartbreaker.”
To think that anyone but his high-profile ex Selena Gomez inspired this song would be
ridiculous. It’s a melancholy R&B song with spare, stark instrumentation that finds Bieber
wishing and hoping against all hope that his ex will pick up her phone and just talk to
him. It’s a rife with regret song and is Bieber
at his most serious. While it may be his most honest song, it’s not nearly as catchy as
what we’ve come to expect from him. The song is not dramatic or histrionic - but
there is an acute pain. Mid-song, he delivers a spoken word monologue,
which is no doubt from the heart - but the way he speaks in slang and in a lazy “girl,
let me holla at you” vibe makes it feel slightly insincere. There’s something about
this part of the song that doesn’t quite gel. It sounds like a conversation taking
place in a high school hallway, amid lockers, not between a young adult on the cusp of manhood.
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