Tells the story of Justin Bieber, the kid from Canada with the hair, the smile and the voice: It chronicles his unprecedented rise to fame, all the way from busking in the streets of Stratford, Canada to putting videos on YouTube to selling out Madison Square Garden in New York as the headline act during the My World Tour from 2010. It features Usher, Scooter Braun, Ludacris, Sean Kingston, Antonio "L.A." Reid, Boyz II Men, Miley Cyrus, Jaden Smith, Justin's family members and parts of his crew and huge fanbase in a mix of interviews and guest performances.
Direction
Jon M. Chu's kinetic concert sequences.
Production
Early YouTube footage feels impossibly quaint now.
Score
Live performances of still-catchy early hits.
Director
Jon M. Chu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Jon M. Chu later directed Crazy Rich Asians and the In the Heights movie—this was his proving ground for crowd energy.
This film captured the exact moment YouTube transformed from novelty to legitimate star-making machine, years before TikTok existed.
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