Why Justin Bieber is some good sh*t

5 years ago, if someone said they're a Belieber, they were most likely 10 years old and had no rational thoughts on 'real' music (God, how I despite this term) whatsoever. Nowadays, I, an adult woman who is probably one of the most pretentious human beings currently alive, have no shame in admitting that I know Bieber's lyrics to his latest songs better than my vegan meals, super duper indie secondhand shops or 100% recyclable vinyls. Why is that?
I'd like to answer that in one sentence:
BECAUSE HIS NEW ALBUM IS F*CKING GOOD.
But I don't get a full article out of that, so let me eloberate further on this:
Justin Bieber is a dickhead. He has been for many years. Not even in a "uh he's such a bad boy but I still like him" kinda way. Just plain dickhead way. Plus, his music was dogshit. No wonder it seemed people would rather discuss his mistakes than all the other things going on in the world that were worth talking about but apparently not interesting enough. So what has changed now?

I personally have always felt kind of sorry for him. Of course he is stupid, but how much of it is really his fault? Of course his music was bad, but how much of it was really his fault?

What has changed is that he's still some kind of stupid, but he realised. He's aware. And I believe in the goods of people, so I believe he does try to change. But in his circumstances every normal everyday decision or action can become difficult.
I think people have started to notice that he's trying, that's one part. The other one would be that his new music is actually catchy and enjoyable. That combined with the new trend to like Bieber makes it easy for everyone to openly shout along to What Do You Mean? and not get dirty looks for it but rather have someone continue with the next lyrics.

Most of the things that happened to Bieber were out of his control, but he's trying now. Its finally not cool anymore to call him gay for no apparent reason. To a certain extent it has become cool to like him. Good for him.