>> >>PEGGY: TEEN POP STAR JUSTIN BIEBER HAS MORE THAN 34ﾊMILLION FOLLOWERS ON TWITTER
AND CREDITS YOU TUBE FOR DISCOVERING HIM.
HE CREDITS GOD FOR HIS MUSICAL SUCCESS.
BELIEBER, TALKS ABOUT THE SINGER'S FAITH AND HIS FOLLOWERS.
CATHLEEN, YOU WERE AT THE CHICAGO SUN TIMES AND NOW AT THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, AND
THIS BOOK LOOKS AT RELIGION AND CULTURE, AND THE INTERSECTION HERE WITH JUSTIN BIEBER.
WHY WRITE A BOOK ABOUT JUSTIN BIEBER RIGHT NOW?
>> >>CATHLEEN FALSANI: WHEN I SEE A PHENOMENON AS HIS FAN BASE, I TAKE A LOOK AT IT AGAIN
AND GO IS THERE SOMETHING MORE GOING ON HERE, AND IS THERE SOMETHING SPIRITUAL UNDERNEATH.
>> >>PEGGY: WE'RE SHOWING THE AUDIENCE HERE THE BOOK COVER, BELIEBER, AND THEY CALL THEMSELVES
BELIEBERS.
YOU KNOW, THEY DO THIS HEART THING, ALL THE LITTLE FAN PEOPLE, AND FOR THOSE WHO ACTUALLY
HAVE NOT HEARD HIM SING, LET'S TAKE A QUICK LISTEN AND LOOK AT WHAT HE'S ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
ｦｦ ｦｦ I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I COULD WALK THROUGH FIRE.
I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I COULD TAKE A BURN.
I NEVER HAD THE STRENGTH TO TAKE IT HIGHER.
UNTIL Iﾊ ｦｦ ｦｦ >> >>PEGGY: IT IS CATCHY.
AND HE'S, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY VERY YOUNG.
SO WHO DID YOU WRITE THIS BOOK FOR, HIS FANS FOR ADULTS?
WHO'S IT NR FR?
>> >>CATHLEEN FALSANI: YES, FOR HIS FANS, AND FOR THEIR PARENTS.
BY THE WAY, THE SECOND LARGEST FAN GROUP ARE WEUM IN MY AGE DEMOGRAPHIC, THE MOMS.
>> >>PEGGY: HOW COME?
>> >>CATHLEEN FALSANI: THERE'S AN APPEAL, AN INNOCENCE THAT HARKENS BACK TO DAVID CASSIDY,
FOR ME.
AND OTHERS THAT YOU WANT TO BE INTERESTED IN WATT YOUR KID IS INTERESTED IN.
HIS STORY IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER YOUNG STAR WE'VE HEARD.
>> >>PEGGY: HE TALKS A LOT ABOUT HIS FAITH, THOUGH.
HE TWEETS ABOUT IT, HE'S ONLINE ABOUT IT.
WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PARENTS, OR THE FANS, OR ANYBODY ELSE TO REALLY KNOW
ABOUT A TEENAGE POP STAR'S FAITH?
>> >>CATHLEEN FALSANI: I DON'T REALLY THINK IT DOES EXCEPT WHEN IT'S SO MUCH A PART OF
HIS STORY AND WHAT HE'S TRYING TO DO IN THE WORLD.
HIS LYRICS ARE STILL VERY KIND OF BABY, BABY, BABY, BUT THE STORY THAT HE TELLS BEYOND THAT.
THAT'S WHAT I REALLY THINK THE FANS ENGAGE WITH.
>> >>PEGGY: THE STORIES GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OWF THAT?
>> >>CATHLEEN FALSANI: HE'S KIND OF I CALL IT A CINDERFELLA STORY.
SINGLE TEENAGE MOM, 17 WHEN HE SHE HAD HIM, RAISED HIM IN THIS CHURCH THAT CAME UP AROUND
HER WHEN SHE WAS IN NEED, AND WERE FAMILY.
THAT'S WHEN HE DISCOVERED HIS MUSICAL TALENT.
YOU SEE VIDEOS ALL OVER YOUTUBE WHEN HE WAS THREE YEARS OLD POUNDING ON A CHAIR.
HE TAUGHT HIMSELF HOW HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR AND PIANO BY EAR.
THAT ALL HAPPENED WITHIN THE CONTEXT OFT HIS CHURCH.
>> >>PEGGY: YOU HAVE AN EXAMPLE IN YOUR BOOK ABOUT HOW HIS FAITH INFLUENCES YOUNG FANS.
HOW IS THAT?
>> >>CATHLEEN FALSANI: AGAIN, WHEN I THINK WHEN YOU ASK 1112 YEAR OLDS THEY MIGHT NOT
HAVE THE WORDS TO ARTICULATE WHAT IT IS, BUT HE TALKS A LOT ABOUT HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO
GIVE BACK.
HE BELIEVES HIS BLESSING HAS COME FROM GOD.
REMEMBER YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE, MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.
A LOT OF BIEBER'S FANS ARE INVOLVED IN DOING PHILANTHROPIC WORK THEMSELVES.
>> >>PEGGY: HE IS GOING TO BE 19, AND HE'S HAD A FEW HICCUPS HERE AND THERE.
>> >>CATHLEEN FALSANI: A FEW GROWING PAINS.
>> >>PEGGY: YOU ACTUALLY AN OPEN LETTER TO HIM ABOUT SOME OF HIS BEHAVIOR.
WHY DID YOU DO THAT?
>> >>CATHLEEN FALSANI: FIRST OF ALL, I CARE ABOUT HIM.
I'VE SPENT SO MUCH TIME LOOKING AT HIM, AND I FELT PROTECTIVE OF HIM AT ONE POINT, AND
I AM A MOTHER TO A TEENAGED SON.
I SEE HIM DOINGﾊ MAKING CHOICES THAT MAYBE AREN'T THE BEST, OR DOING THINGS AT LEAST
IN A PUBLIC WAY HE REALLY SHOULDN'T BE DOING IF HE HAS A MIND FOR HIS VERY YOUNG FANS WHO
HAVE GIVEN HIM THIS LIFE.
I ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT WOULD I WANT TO HEAR, WHEN I WAS THAT AGE.
WHAT WOULD I WANT TO HEAR SOMEONE TELL ME.
I DIDN'T LAND ON HIM WITH TWO FEET SAYING HOW COULD YOU, I JUST TRIED TO REMIND HIM
WHO HE S.I TRIED TO REMIND HIM HE'S JUSTIN OF THIS BELOVED FAMILY AND GOD.
HE HAS A PLACE IN THE WORLD, AND HE'S BEEN GIVEN AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO INFLUENCE
A LOT OF PEOPLE AND HE CAN'T LOSE SIGHT OF THAT.
>> >>PEGGY: WE ARE OUT OF TIME.
SO FAITH AND VALUE CALMNESS, CATHLEEN FALSANI, THANKS FOR JOINING US.