The fate of hundreds of jobs, thousands of "slay me daddy" Twitter accounts, and several perfume lines depend on these albums achieving competence. Bieber and the boys of 1D are artists, but they’re also global products unto themselves. The chicken-egg question of aesthetics and commercialism - what came first, the sound or the sale? - looms over almost every major pop record, but it’s especially important here. Reformed shithead Justin Bieber is capping off an apologetic year-long comeback parade with a new album bearing three top 10 singles, Purpose the tousled imps of One Direction are releasing their first album without Zayn Malik and last before an indefinite hiatus, Made in the A.M. There’s a battle raging on the internet today, one that might’ve slipped under your nose entirely if your interest in pop music is minimal at best.
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