Justin Bieber's "Yummy"

About

"Yummy" is a 2020 pop song by Canadian recording artist Justin Bieber. The song became the subject of criticism and mockery by listeners online.

Origin

On January 2nd, 2020, Biber released a lyric video for the song "Yummy" on YouTube. Within five days, the video received more than 13.6 million views (shown below, left).

Two days later, on January 4th, Bieber posted an official video for the song. Within three days, the post received more than 21.4 million views (shown below, right).

Spread

Following the release of the lyric video Anthony Fantano negatively reviewed the song on YouTube. The post received more than 281,000 views in less than three days (shown below).

Twitter user @fkajack tweeted a clip of the video with the caption, "in 2020, can we stop letting male artists get away with being THIS mediocre? if a female dropped a song and visual like this they’d be dragged." The post received more than 181,000 likes and 31,000 retweets in less than two days (shown below).

Some choreographers posted dance videos set to the song. On January 6th, YouTuber PARRI$ posted "JUSTIN BIEBER YUMMY BY "SORRY GIRLS" & FRIENDS BY PARRIS GOEBEL." The post received more than 340,000 views in less than 24 hours (shown below, left). The following day, YouTuber Matt Steffanina posted "Justin Bieber – Yummy Dance Choreography | Matt Steffanina." The post received more than 158,000 views in less than 24 hours (shown below, right).

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