Pirate Kitty said:
And so begins the hatred.
/sigh
People think it's cool to hate on a kid they have never listened to.
I hate him - but at least I've heard his stuff
Regardless whether we have listened to him or not (I have), he represents exactly what is wrong with music today.
Enormous record labels picking up pubescent children, complete with jail bait, horrible hair cuts and even worse singing and instrumental skill to produce music that is not made but manufactured like everything else in today's society. The music industry has worked out a formula and they exploit it at every chance they get so that it's a titan powered by the people itself--unknowingly and knowingly. They squelch out any chance at true originality or at least true expression and drown them out with rancid music people have heard before, songs with ridiculous lyrics and absurd amounts of overused hook and greed that overcomes even stalwart musicians.
In short--We hate what he represents more than we could ever hate him. After all, he's only eight years old.
Or twelve.
Or seven.
In any case, he sounds eight.