Scooter Braun is clarifying comments he made to Billboard in the new EDM Power Players cover story comparing Justin Bieber to Bob Dylan.The music impresario and manager to the pop star took to Twitter on Friday to explain a quote discussing how Bieber’s recent performance at Ultra Music Festival in March to perform “Where Are U Now,” Skrillex and Diplo’s hit collaboration with him, could be career-defining.
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Scooter Braun, Steve Angello and Martin Garrix on the Future of Dance Music and What Needs to Change
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— Scooter Braun (@scooterbraun) June 12, 2015
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“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,” Braun told Billboard about Bieber’s foray into EDM.
Braun — who’s had immense success with pop artists including Ariana Grande — has stepped into the dance world, which he told Billboard “was becoming so big I really couldn’t ignore it.” He’s now managing Steve Angello, who rocketed to fame with the DJ supergroup Swedish House Mafia, and 19-year-old Dutch DJ-producer Martin Garrix. “I get instant respect because of who [Angello and Garrix] are. One is a legend and the other is one of the fastest-rising stars in the genre,” Braun told Billboard.