Originally Posted by RB17

I don't think he was silly, he had no real message (not that you need one to make compelling music) but he was a "monster" that exaggerated all the bad traits he picked up from the environment he grew up in, I think his newer feel-good, "you're beautiful" and open-heart songs are bland and trivial, mutch of his appeal for me was the shock value he had despite being a superstar.