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Hear Justin Bieber reimagined as a drippy ’80s pop star

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Friday, June 17, 2016

You’ve all seen Game Of Thrones the ’90s version but what about music? Am I right guys?

Canadian based composer and arranger Jerry Shen aka Tronicbox did something amazing with Justin Bieber’s ‘What Do You Mean?’ and ‘Love Yourself?’ and turned them into authentically eighties pop hits complete with dripping chords, lo-fi synths and brass solos. It’s kind of magical.

80s Remix: Justin Bieber - What Do You Mean it's 1985?
Justin Bieber - Love Yourself "VHS" Version

He’s also done the same thing to Ariana Grande.

https://soundcloud.com/jerry-shen-403158940/one-last-time-from-1985

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Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.