Scooter Braun Compared Justin Bieber to Bob Dylan

Justin Bieber‘s longtime manager Scooter Braun has likened Justin Bieber’s ongoing artistic evolution to past fluctuations and transformations in Bob Dylan’s career. Speaking to Billboard about Bieber’s recent stylistic switch-up, Braun compared Bieber’s current creative shift to Bob Dylan’s move towards electric guitar-based music in the mid 60’s:

“It’s like Bob Dylan: He pissed people off, but whenever he switched, he reinvented himself in a way that made him who he is today.”

Now, whether Bieber will end up becoming respected like post-N’Sync Justin Timberlake or continue to move in the direction of different, less traditional “pop” sounds remains to be seen.