For the past 15 years or so, we’ve known Sufjan Stevens as the guy who makes heartbreakingly beautiful folk, progressive chamber-pop, and…whatever the hell The Age of Adz was. But in 2013, Suf-dawg has taken up a new hobby: making hilarious, slightly absurd statements about mainstream pop culture on his Tumblr. Last month, he penned a grammar-centric open-letter to Miley Cyrus (Then again, who didn’t?). Now he has a new target: THE BIEBS.
In a new post, Stevens rants about Justin Bieber’s new collaboration with R. Kelly, a sexually charged ballad titled “PYD.” Within the track, Biebs glides into a silky falsetto, fantasizing about various sexual positions (“To the stove to the counter-top — girl, get ready: I’m go’n’ put you down”) over a sprawl of lush synthesizers.
Take it away, Sufjan:
“Shout out to over-sexed teenagers,” he writes. “Shout out to sex abbreviations that sound like the word ‘puberty.’ Shout out to animal euthanasia as sexual innuendo. Shout out to the new genre: nymphomaniac pop. Shout out to my Biebs. Go get some, bro. I’ll be reading the psalms, eating Scotch oatmeal cookies, etc. The world is abundant.”
I agree…I think.
Also, I kinda hate to admit it, but this Bieber track (despite its obvious awkwardness) is pretty damn trippy. A guilty pleasure that I feel no guilt over.
…DON’T JUDGE ME.
