Justin Bieber Trolls Twitter With "Beauty And A Beat" PR Prank
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Justin Bieber has been having a pretty rough go of it in recent weeks. Remember when we all saw him throw up on stage? Good times.
As if indigestion wasn’t enough, the Biebs was apparently robbed of a laptop and camera after a show in Tacoma, WA! The robbery report gained even more traction after Bieber tweeted about the “personal footage” stored on the laptop and camera.
Later that day, someone using the Twitter handle @gexwy began tweeting at Bieber with links to private videos of Justin supposedly taken from the stolen tech. A weird back and forth between Bieber and gexwy ensued with threats of posting the footage flying along with rumored nude pics of the young Canadian star.
Were these videos really that damaging? Was the world about to see Bieber in the buff? Nah. It was just a PR stunt to promote his new single with Nicki Minaj, “Beauty and a Beat.” Gotta build that buzz, ya’ll.
There were some signs hinting this outcome. The Nicki Minaj teaser tweets were a sign, along with the Perez Hilton flame stoking. Bieber’s team also has a penchant for leveraging his massive twitter following in powerful ways. But don’t tell that to the Beliebers, who fell for the whole thing hook line and sinker.
Check out the video for “Beauty and a Beat” below.
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