An Updated "One Time" Review

After I posted my initial review of Justin Bieber's debut single, "One Time," on Monday, I listened to the song at least a few more times to see if my reaction changed at all. And I will say that yes, my reaction did change somewhat. But for good or for bad, you might be asking? My feeling about this song is even more positive now than what I wrote on Monday.

I started off my review saying that debut singles are extremely important, because you want to come out of the gate on a strong enough level to have that traction needed for a chance at longevity. But I wrote that "'One Time' is certainly an adequate enough debut." Adequate is not the word I would use now. I want to retract that statement and replace it with this: "One Time" is a strong debut that is very much catchy.

There are two areas specifically where I want to make this case. The first is here: "Your world is my world / And my fight is your fight / My breath is your breath / And your heart." What I love about this part is how his voice changes key quite a bit. There's this back and forth, normal to higher note, back down and back up again. If all the notes here had been sung in close proximity to each other, it wouldn't have had the same impact.And the other area that stood out to me is part of the chorus: "You're my one love, my one heart / My one life for sure / Let me tell you one time." When I say that the mark of a good song is how catchy it is, I mean it. Because this part of the chorus is solid on that front. For any song, it doesn't necessarily have to do solely with the lyrics themselves, but the melody, the tone, the beat, etc. Justin Bieber is a teenager, and singing words like this are very appealing to his peers (aka his fans). So what I'm saying is that the strength here is the combination of the lyrics and the beat. The two together provide us with a song that succeeds on pretty much all fronts in terms of selling it to the masses.

Also in my initial review, I gave my thoughts on the acoustic version of "One Time," and said I wasn't sure if he had done other acoustic arrangements. Since then, I have done some looking around and discovered his My Worlds Acoustic album. So now, whenever I review a track that is also on that album, I will refrain from reviewing the acoustic version until I get to the point where I will review that album itself.

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