Your poll options suck RIBS. I pick...
3) He's more talented than I am because I have no musical talent whatsoever, but considerably less talented than millions of musicians out there who've never had a recording contract and likely never will.
I am sorry to say that you're wrong here. Do you think he got contracts because he got recommended by the president or something? He was on YouTube, they picked him because he was good. You say there are millions of talented people out there and I agree, but surely if the record companies knew that there are more talented guys or gals who would make them more money, wouldn't you think they would pick them?
For fuck's sake, his voice is squeeky and hasn't even cracked yet. When I first heard him I thought it was a girl singing.
Also, look at the chords he's playing. I've been playing the guitar for less than a year and can learn that song within a few minutes.
He and Drake are talentless hacks and are perfect examples of why people think Canadian music and culture suck.
Well, I guess Michael Jackson used to squeak like that and many teen stars still squeak. I think we tend to envy the successful that's all.
And for the guitar chords you mentioned, I play the guitar for over 20 years now, and I can tell you this: there are extremely successful songs that used only a couple of easy chords. I learned most of famous Beatles songs when I was a teenage boy in like few minutes too. Their songs are mostly made of simple repetitive easy to remember chords. Now tell me John Lennon and Paul Macartney were not talented?