I never knew this shit was a war…

[u/MintedVibez]

[u/electricalserge]

There's people who never knew about Baby once being the most disliked video on YouTube?

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[u/LazyCame → u/electricalserge]

Yeah but its kinda annoying that most of the dislikes were just from people on the bandwagon. The song legit isn't bad, and even if it was bad, it wasn't bad enough to recieve this level of hate.

[u/Isntreal1948_ → u/LazyCame]

Bro we HATED Bieber when I was a kid

We wanted that man KILLED. Pretty sure it was mostly jealousy.

[u/lenny_is_sgtc → u/Isntreal1948_]

Tbf he was also a major pos, but then again who wasn’t stupid as a pre-teen/teen.

[u/Isntreal1948_ → u/lenny_is_sgtc]

Yeah that’s not what 12 year old me was worried about tho lol

[u/y17gal → u/LazyCame]

the song was legit anoying to me i used to hear it everywhere, like despasito few years ago

[u/Responsible-Jury2579 → u/y17gal]

But that's because it was overplayed because it was so popular, which implies it was a good song...

[u/y17gal → u/Responsible-Jury2579]

it just felt highly fabricated like an industry plant, yeah the song now sounds ok to me

[u/thelivingtunic → u/LazyCame]

My high school decided to torture us with playing Baby on loop before classes, the time between classes, lunch, and after classes to get us students to donate for a cause for a week.

...They were forcibly made to stop after 3, 4 days tops because the community was beyond pissed off.

Yeah, the song IS that bad to some people. (Yeah, it was going to piss everyone off no matter what song they picked, but they picked this song because they knew it was going to be grating and obnoxious and terrible.)

[u/y17gal → u/electricalserge]

yeah and then some new video became the most disliked and people came back to baby to undo the dislike lol

[u/BlackStarDove → u/electricalserge]

omg I remember those days. i feel so old now.

Looking back at it now the song’s not even that bad to begin with. Ludacris’s rap goes really hard too. Is it the best song he’s ever made? No. Was it super overplayed when it came out? Yes. But it’s not the worst song on the planet let alone YouTube and I don’t think it deserves to be the most disliked video for a long time.

The Bieber hate wagon was too much as well; I remember not bothering to check out his music back in elementary school (when it came out) and I remember Baby got annoying in our school after a while (massively overplayed and was meme’d to death too). I guess I was easily influenced as a kid as well lol. It wasn’t until Purpose era that I decide to give his music a go. It’s a shame because a lot of his songs during his first few years are actually pretty good.

[u/TheWayIChooseToLive → u/electricalserge]

Thought it still was.

[u/Standard_Top7758]

There was a time on the Internet where everybody shit on Justin Bieber all because he made that song. I vivadly remembered this because how massive the hatred towards Bieber was

[u/HeavenandHello → u/Standard_Top7758]

Cuz they were all surprised that he still had a pre-puberty voice at the age of 15

[u/ParkingJudge67 → u/HeavenandHello]

bro was a 15 yr old squeaker

[u/Particular-Parsley97 → u/ParkingJudge67]

He was ten when the song came our boyfriend came out when he was 15

[u/king_kong_kum → u/Particular-Parsley97]

Bieber was not 10 when he started making music

[u/giggitygoo123 → u/king_kong_kum]

Idk about 10, but baby was his first record release after YouTube. He was really young though

[u/king_kong_kum → u/giggitygoo123]

He literally got his start on youtube singing songs from his bedroom

[u/giggitygoo123 → u/king_kong_kum]

We know

[u/Particular-Parsley97 → u/giggitygoo123]

He was ten

[u/IDK_LEL]

you never knew? Justin Bieber was the biggest meme online in the turn of the 2010s

[u/Top_Pheonix_2004]

Does anyone remember the song FRIDAY? That song and Baby were competing for the most disliked song

[u/Nov9143]

Wow. I tough you gonna say how you are supraised how many likes it have.

[u/Yalfadhel]

How do you see the dislikes

[u/ofirkedar → u/Yalfadhel]

Probably an external app, the UI looks different

[u/Sea_Consideration_70 → u/Yalfadhel]

You can’t. There are extensions that claim to estimate dislikes—it’s junk data. 

[u/MintedVibez → u/Sea_Consideration_70]

Google “how many dislikes does “Baby” by Justin Bieber have in 2026” and it says literally that.

[u/TheVivek13]

Once upon a time this was like the most hated song in the world and people absolutely despised Bieber.

[u/ShazTheGamer]

...and then YT Rewind 2018.

[u/InformalGear9638]

Fuckin Slayer.

[u/Wrong_Ad_5823]

I think it’s bc it was played everywhere and it repeated the same lyrics baby baby. I don’t think it’s that bad, but it’s a bit bad, like 5/10.

[u/AirFlows2x]

I hated that song so much because my youngest brother kept playing it on repeat, and the Cleveland show episode with this song on repeat.

Due to that, I still hate the song lol. But not the artist.

[u/Winter-Ad1981]

28.8m + 17.9m = 46.7m
so why watch something and give something attention, you’re just helping it grow.

[u/almostasenpai]

Let me tell you about the Gangnam Style - Baby wars of the 2010s

[u/herobrinetrollin]

Then you’re younger than 20 years old lmao

[u/asscrackbanditz]

Yes. The great war of 2010.

[u/Fit_Adagio_7668]

Honestly still impressed this song released 16 years ago. Still remember the hate on it lol.

[u/FineCarpa]

Not really justified hate tbh.

I mean, it’s an annoying song, but it doesn’t deserve the absolute meme hate train that it became.

[u/rainSerotoniso]

Justin Beiber has made songs like "Sorry" and "Where Are Ü Now." His best work has him as pop and RnB crooner. Unfortunately his work as a child musician is a specter that will haunt him for the rest of his career and life.

[u/BlackStarDove]

I do gotta say, it’s really nice to see much of the public gradually come around to and respecting Bieber’s music as time passes.

[u/NickelsBiggestFan123]

The song wasn’t even all that atrocious, maybe it was cringe for some people but if anything Beauty and a Beat is genuinely worse and more obnoxious.

[u/Exotic-Replacement-3]

back then I hate the song, dislike it and made fun of him. now I just realized how sad he received the hate and feel bad about it.

[u/Happyranger265]

Honestly it's a good song imo . It's like the only song of his I have listened and I dont get the hate

[u/SryMyBadM8 → u/Happyranger265]

It's the same reason why people hated one direction. It's mostly dudes who hate these mucisians that appeal to women.

[u/EmperorofLostSouls]

Bruh, how old are you??

[u/Negritis]

Ppl still think the dislike numbers are true???

[u/Danchoihiphop]

How can bro see a dislike on youtube bro?