Justin Bieber's Believe Page #2

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play me 20, 30 ideas and say,

"No, man, I got ideas. I got

ideas I gotta get out of me."

And I thrive off of that

because that just shows me

how much he loves music.

You know, Rodney Jerkins,

that's like Michael Jackson,

that's Mariah Carey.

Like those are,

like, the top of the top.

Like, Rodney Jerkins,

he's a legend.

They start working and

Rodney just has this beat.

And he's hitting the drums

and he's hitting the piano.

He's going back and forth

with the drums and the piano,

and Justin's vibing out

and then Justin starts,

"Can I try something?

Can I try something?"

And Rodney's like,

"Go, go, go."

And then Justin starts trying to

figure out hooks and melodies,

and then Rodney's doing

his hooks and his melodies.

And then it just kept growing

and growing and growing.

We have a responsibility

to our journey.

Even though

you're singing a song

and it's about

your situation in your life,

you're singing it for

everyone else to connect to.

So what you're

going through, tell it,

tell the story,

make it come to life,

'cause that's what it's about.

Just take them

on this crazy journey.

To get them second-guessing

and be like, "I already know

how the song's gonna end,"

then boom, you smack them in

the face with a Filet-O-Fish,

you know what I'm saying,

you get white stuff all up

the side of their head.

So, like, that's what you wanna

do, you know what I'm saying,

'cause they think you're hitting

them with French fries.

A lot of times,

he kinda just starts rapping,

and he'll just start rapping

his verses.

And then the verses will

start coming onto the songs.

Take it slow, girl

'Cause things get...

No, girl

'Cause things get crazy

up on that road

He'll get a track and then

he'll start getting an idea.

He'll write down a little bit

or write it down on his phone

in his notepad.

Hey, you are the one thing

It would be that I just...

And then go into, like...

I... I... I want,

want, want you, you, you

And then he'll

go back on it again

and he'll start putting

more words to it.

I want you, you, you

I want you, you, you

I want you, you, you

Okay. I just...

Don't let it get in the way

Let's take it easy

Oh, oh

Don't let it get in the way

You know, it just

naturally kinda happened.

You know, the song

started flowing and...

And the kids have been waiting

for Believe for so long.

We revved up the first single, and all

they know is the name is "Boyfriend."

- I can just guess how it goes.

- How does it go?

If I was your boyfriend...

That's exactly how it...

Never let you go

That's exactly how it goes.

Ever, ever, ever let you go

That's exactly...

Girl

How did you know that?

I'm just guessing that

that's how it would go.

I worked on

the record Boyfriend,

and originally

the song was gonna be called

"Inside of Your Bedroom,"

and I always hated that.

Then we were in the studio with

Justin and, like, really hit a wall.

Like, what can we say

instead of that?

Finally we came up with,

"If I was your boyfriend."

And I loved that.

I knew that was it.

Let's do this!

And we're just in

full-on countdown mode.

One day, 12 hours,

six hours, 30 minutes,

seven, six, five, four,

three, two, one.

If I was your boyfriend

I'd never let you go

I can take you places

you ain't never been before

Baby, take a chance

or you'll never ever know

I got money in my hands

that I'd really like to blow

Swag, swag, swag, on you

Chillin' by the fire

while we eatin' fondue

I don't know about me

but I know about you

So say hello to falsetto

In three, two...

I'd like to be

everything you want

Hey, girl, let me talk to you

If I was your boyfriend

I'd never let you go

Keep you on my arm, girl

You'd never be alone

I can be a gentleman

- Your new song, that's pretty sexy.

- Oh, you like it?

I tell everybody that you're

not the Biebs anymore, man,

you are Mr. Bieber.

Tell me about picking Boyfriend

as your first single.

I feel like every single that's

dropping is like this...

Right, right.

So I wanted to do

something a little different,

slow it down, something a

little bit more mature.

When the faders are up and you

pull all that music down,

and all you have is that vocal,

if it's a hit then,

then it'll be a hit always.

People absolutely

love the record.

It debuted number one

on the Billboard charts,

and everyone really received

how his voice had matured.

Let me talk to you

If I was your boyfriend

I'd never let you go

Keep you on my arm, girl

You'd never be alone

I can be a gentleman

anything you want

If I was your boyfriend

I'd never let you go

Never let you go

Yeah, girl

If I was your boyfriend

If I was your boyfriend

There was so much talk about

what you were going to do next.

I mean, everybody

in the music business,

everybody in the world

had an opinion about it.

Did you listen to all that?

Did you shut the door and say,

"You know what, I'm not

gonna hear any of them,

"I'm just gonna focus

on what's inside of me?"

I'm the only one who can

ultimately make those decisions

because, like, I'm gonna have to live

with my career for the rest of my life,

so I have to make

those decisions,

where I want my career to go.

So she was sleeping and I was

waiting till, like 12:00 a.m.,

like, for when it

was released on iTunes.

And right when it was released,

I called her and I was like,

"We have to buy it.

We have to buy it right now."

So we bought it

and we just listened to it

together on the phone,

like, the whole time.

Justin Bieber's album Believe

scored the number one spot

on the Billboard 200 Chart,

selling 374,000 copies

in the first week.

It was about making music

that was real to him,

but that was also

real to the fans.

You know, it had to

connect emotionally.

We were on the phone together

and we were both crying

listening to Be Alright,

and we're like,

"This is the best song."

Best song ever.

As Long As You Love Me,

it's definitely the best.

Yeah.

Thought of You, I love that song.

That's a personal favorite.

Oh, my God, that's his bus.

I'm psyched to play it on the radio.

This is a massive, monster hit.

It feels good.

Girl, I'm in love

with the thought of you

The album was out.

It's number one.

But at the end of the day, Justin

wants to be known as an entertainer.

You wanna be one of those artists

that every generation waits

for that concert

to come to town.

And we needed someone that

Justin really trusted creatively

to direct our tour.

That person was

shooting a movie.

One morning I got a call

from Scooter, and he said,

"You know, last time you did a

little enhancement on his show.

"What if this time you got it

from the ground up

"where there is

no show right now

"and you would work with

Justin to create the show?"

And we were going to force him

one way or another

to commit to us.

Justin called me and Scooter

kept calling me and...

Me and Justin had a plan.

And I said, "Hey, me and

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