Justin Bieber Poses for Interview Magazine

The fact that Justin Bieber's appeal totally eludes me doesn't mean I'm not willing to share pictures of everyone's favorite male lesbian in a new photo shoot for Interview Magazine. These pics, which fall somewhere below "Terry Richardson" on the Exploitation Scale, show another side of Bieber. A side that may or may not wear a creepy clown mask depending upon how the mood strikes him.

Bieber's insights into his psyche range from incoherent...

You kind of go through a period where you're in there and nothing comes. And then, finally, it's like bang—bang—bang— you get them all in a row. I'm at a place where I'm really happy and I'm ready to share my music.

...to pathetic attempts at sounding humble...

Music was never something that I was going to do for a living. At 13 you're not even thinking of that, you know! I was just playing for fun and uploading videos to Youtube because I wanted to show my family.

Right, that's exactly how most 13 year olds show their musical prowess to their family, by uploading videos to the internet. He's also got what appear to be welts all over his back, presumably from being pummeled with potatoes by a crowd at a Renaissance Festival or some such. I'm not sure, and I don't care enough to find out. Check out the rest of the pictures below...