Justin Bieber fan sparks controversy with Kurt Cobain remark
Published Jun 16 2012, 21:43 BST | By Zeba Blay
An apparent Justin Bieber fanatic on Twitter has sparked controversy by comparing the Canadian singer and Kurt Cobain.The user, who calls herself Amanda Bieber, prompted a viral feud when she suggested that Bieber is "much bigger" than the late Nirvana frontman.
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She tweeted: "Justin Bieber is much bigger than Kurt Cobain, so shut up. Did Kurt Cobain ever have the biggest fanbase on Twitter? NO."
The post was retweeted over 5,000 times, with angry fans of Cobain complaining about the teen's "disrespect".
However, the poster has continued to make disparaging remarks about Cobain, as well as other iconic musicians including Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury.
She added: "Kurt Cobain is trending because of my tweets about how Bieber is much better than him. I made you relevant Kurt, you owe me!"
Bieber has yet to comment on the messages, although the individual has tweeted at him directly, saying: "Justin I love you so much please follow me."
It has been suggested that the user may be a 'troll' deliberately attempting to cause controversy.
Bieber recently revealed that he considered retiring from music after a woman claimed he was the father of her 3-month-old child.
Uh, wow... I swear, fans like these need help sometimes. As an audience member at a Nirvana concert once said (when Cobain was talking about Axl Rose from Guns N' Roses), "I think you should just let music be music."
While I'm not surprised that she prefers Eminem over the Beastie Boys (if she even knows who they are!), I'm surprised she said that ABBA is among the sh*t, compared to Bieber.
On a bit of a side note: I bet when this Twitter user or any of her supporters view(ed) this article, their reaction with the two images went something like, "Ha ha! Look at him! Look at Kurt Cobain, all sad and stuff, because he knows Justin Bieber is better than he is!"
January 3rd 2013 at 9:01am
I went to @Manda_Swaggie first when I did a search to find the account on Twitter and realised I had gone to the wrong account. Are there now two of them, as one is bad enough
June 18th 2012 at 1:18am
Turns out Amanda Bieber or @mandaswaggie is actually Toby or @tobeymonster. He is a lady gaga fan who wanted to make people hate beliebers more than they already do. Just saying.
June 18th 2012 at 12:42am
But Twitter wasn't invented until 2006...
What is she, ********??
June 18th 2012 at 12:04am
Welcome to being trolled.
June 18th 2012 at 12:01am(+1 like)