Review: My World 2.0 Single #3 - "U Smile"

Song: "U Smile" (Promo Single #2/Single #3)
From Album: My World 2.0
Release Date: August 24, 2010

Almost half a year after My World 2.0 came out, the third and final single (though it was also released as a promo single right before the album) was released. The song: "U Smile." Let's take a look...

I'm impressed with Justin and his label for choosing top quality songs one after the other: "Baby," "Never Let You Go," "Somebody to Love," and "U Smile." Sometimes with artists, you may only have one or two great singles. But Justin's have all been excellent.

Before listening to the album for Bieber Guy, I had only heard three of the songs on the album before. And "U Smile" was one of them. I'm not sure exactly where I heard it; it might have been on TV sometime. And here we have yet another fantastic song. It has great mass appeal similar to "Baby" and "Somebody to Love," along with the hook and catchiness of them as well.

The chorus, "You smile, I smile / Cause whenever you smile I smile," is very simple, in terms of the lyrics. But the song is structured so that it can allow Justin's voice to really shine in a great way. Some songs are all about the beat or the hook. And "U Smile" has that hook, but it adds the vocal element as well, where we can just listen to his voice without any heavy use of instruments or anything else.

Here's what Justin said about what the song means to him and the connection to his fans (via MTV): "'U Smile' is one of the best songs I have ever recorded. It really is a throwback to the great records I listened to growing up. ... I wrote it for all my fans who got me here."

He continues by saying, "U took me from a small town in Canada to this amazing opportunity I am living now. I am so grateful for everything and so blessed for all of your support. I wrote 'U Smile' with my friend August with that in mind. ... So this one is for U. Enjoy it and know that u the fans give me my strength in a lot of this."

Now for the music video. The video is both similar to and different than his other videos. The similarity is that it's, of course, about a girl. But the difference is that it's set up sort of like a movie. There's a few opening credits. There's part of a scene before the music even starts. And the video goes back and forth between shots in black and white and shots in color. Also, it seems like a handheld camera was used quite a lot too.

Justin's leaving a building (I assume the theater that's featured later) and a group of girls notice him and want autographs and pictures and so forth. He meets with one of those girls later on and they hang out inside the theater.

Is life imitating art here? Does anyone else notice the similarity? Remember a month ago when Justin rented out (for free) Staples Center, and he and girlfriend Selena Gomez were the only two people there for a private screening of Titanic? In this music video, he and this fan of his have the theater all to themselves. I wonder if Justin ever thought of how similar it is?

But anyway, since the song is dedicated to his fans, it only seems appropriate that the video does that as well: "I took the opportunity 2 make a video 4 the fans, about a fan, and how we could fall IN LOVE." It's a good thing that this video is something not to be taken seriously, because really, if this was happening in real life, it's not the best idea. Justin picking up a fan and being alone with her? They're doing all these fun things, yet he doesn't know her at all. And to the girl: you shouldn't be alone with a star. Just kidding - we all know Justin's a good and wholesome guy (but if he were a rocker, not a good idea).

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Bieber Guy My World Reviews: "One Time" (Updated) / "One Less Lonely Girl" / "Love Me" & "Favorite Girl" / My World EP

Bieber Guy My World 2.0 Reviews: "Baby" / "Never Let You Go" / My World 2.0 - Part 1 / My World 2.0 - Part 2 / My World 2.0 - Part 3 / "Somebody to Love"