Debra

Interested in Sports, Local News, Social and Cultural Events.

[Debra @Cdn_fan1955]

@rich_toronto Reminds me of the storm of July, 2013. On my street, 5 of us in a row at the lower end of the street, all lost our basements. Insurance payouts ranged from full replacement to $10,000.

[Debra @Cdn_fan1955]

@MsChrisSimpson Sending positive thoughts & prayers for the best outcome.

[Debra @Cdn_fan1955]

@sidseixeiroshow Expected

[crissy 🦋 ⁸⁴ @ceasesleaf]

shooting me would hurt less

[Debra @Cdn_fan1955]

@sidseixeiroshow @Sid_Seixeiro Disappointing

[Debra @Cdn_fan1955]

@SophieShipton_ The ultimate professional who embraced Toronto & Canada.

[Debra @Cdn_fan1955]

@MachalaaAgent He’s upset that Justin is getting attention on the global stage and he isn’t.

[Debra @Cdn_fan1955]

@CityNewsTO Caffe Amore on La Rose Avenue near Royal York Road

[Debra @Cdn_fan1955]

@sidseixeiroshow Expected

[Debra @Cdn_fan1955]

@sidseixeiroshow Sad

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

A 13-year-old Canadian kid uploaded R&B covers to YouTube in 2008 from his bedroom. A talent manager named Scooter Braun stumbled on the videos and signed him.

For the next 15 years, Braun controlled everything. Tours, branding, business deals, public image. The kid became the biggest pop star on the planet, sold 150 million records, racked up 32 billion Spotify streams, and had three Diamond-certified singles before turning 25.

Then in 2022, he got hit with Ramsay Hunt syndrome. Partial facial paralysis. Cancelled the world tour. Disappeared from public life entirely.

Here's where it gets interesting.

In January 2023, he sold his entire 290-song catalog to Hipgnosis for $200 million. Every song he'd ever released. "Baby." "Sorry." "Love Yourself." All of it. Gone. At 28 years old, he cashed out his past.

Then he dropped Scooter Braun. After 15 years. No manager. No agent. For the first time in his career, nobody was making decisions for him.

Fast forward to this weekend. Coachella calls. He picks up the phone himself. Rolling Stone confirmed he negotiated his own headlining deal directly with Goldenvoice. No agent commission. No manager cut. $10 million for two weekends, and he kept all of it.

Then he walked onto the biggest stage in music, sat down behind a MacBook, and pulled up YouTube.

He played "Baby" from 2010. He played his bedroom covers from 2008. He harmonized with his 13-year-old self in front of 100,000 people. Katy Perry joked about whether he had YouTube Premium.

Half the internet called it lazy. The other half called it genius.

They're both wrong. It was a receipt.

He sold his catalog for $200 million. He fired the man who discovered him. He negotiated his own deal. And then he went back to the exact platform where it all started and said: I built this from a laptop. I'm headlining Coachella from a laptop. And for the first time in my life, every dollar is mine.

The kid from YouTube just closed the loop.

[Debra @Cdn_fan1955]

@BuzzingPop A warm-up to his sold out Coachella performances.

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@Matt_Pinner 27

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@Devin_Heroux @cbcsports @CurlingCanada Congratulations 👏 🇨🇦

[Debra @Cdn_fan1955]

@ivandemigoal Ken Dryden

[Debra @Cdn_fan1955]

@BarDown Given his suspension history plus injuring Sidney Crosby during the Olympics, he should have had an in-person hearing so they could give him a longer suspension. 5 games is not enough.

[Debra @Cdn_fan1955]

@JonnyRoot_ If there had been an in-person hearing he would have been given a longer suspension. He has had several suspensions in his career. Don’t forget, he also injured Sidney Crosby at the Olympics.

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@ohhanxiety 27

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@sweet_nector1 A sewing machine stand and treadle

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@RodBlackTV Sneaking peeks at church