The next Justin Bieber song I will be analyzing is ‘Love Yourself” which was released in 2015. The theory I will be using to analyze is the sex-role perspective theory.

Male traits portrayed in the song:

“You think you broke my heart, oh girl for goodness sake
You think I’m crying on my own, well I ain’t”

This is an example of the male trait, strong personality. Bieber is saying that he is not sensitive where he will be crying at home about the relationship. This is also related to his masculinity. It is believed that when you are masculine, you do not cry as if you were feminine.

“My mama don’t like you and she likes everyone
And I never like to admit that I was wrong”

This is an example of the male trait, defends own belief. Bieber is saying that he will not admit that he was wrong so he will always defend himself even if he was wrong in the situation. This could also be related to competitive because he may be trying to say that yeah I may have been wrong, yet I will never admit that to allow you to win the game between us.

Female traits portrayed in the song:

“And I didn’t wanna write a song
Cause I didn’t want anyone thinking I still care
I don’t but, you still hit my phone up
And baby I be movin’ on
And I think you should be somethin’
I don’t wanna hold back, maybe you should know that”
This is an example of the feminine trait, eager to soothe hurt feelings. Bieber is stating that he has no feelings anymore about the relationship whatsoever, yet the woman is trying to contact him to make the relationship better or to end on good terms. The woman wants to fix what happened even if this means they will not get back together in the end.
“Cause if you like the way you look that much
Oh, baby, you should go and love yourself
And if you think that I’m still holdin’ on to somethin’
You should go and love yourself”
This is an example of the feminine trait, affectionate. Bieber is implying that the woman loves her looks so much that she should show her affection to herself since she may not have shown it to him during the relationship. This shows that the woman is feminine and cares about looks sometimes over personality.

 

Shared by: Dani Tabisz
Image Credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Yourself