Maynard James Keenan decidedly unthrilled by Justin Bieber's new Tool phase

Justin Bieber has been the world’s most relentlessly successful punchline for a staggering number of years at this point, having transitioned through a veritable multiverse of public phases that have each been blessed with a different flavor of “Ugh,” and a different level of complete and total victory over all of his numerous detractors in the process. There’s been wholesome Justin; skeezy Justin; Anne-Frank-would-have-been-a-Belieber-Justin; redemption Justin; getting-made-fun-of-by-Hannibal-Buress-for-attempting-redemption Justin; tattoo Justin; horning-in-on-“Despacito” Justin, “Let’s fight Tom Cruise” Justin, and a million more besides, all of them some variety of irritating, all of them vastly more popular than the rest of us could ever dream of being. Just this week, the unfathomably celebrated pop star found a new angle to explore for his carefully crafted character, rolling out Mk. 1 of “Posts Tool lyrics on social media” Justin, followed swiftly by its inevitable Mk. 2 revision, “Being kind of smug about posting Tool lyrics, too.”