( CNN ) -- Pop heartthrob Justin Bieber may be the perfect Trojan horse for a meme . Teeny-bopper singers are usually viewed as empty vessels meant to fill the marketing needs of cynical record executives . But as a child growing famous in the digital-remix age , Biebz seems more than that : The 16-year-old is like a white screen on which our trends can be projected . For a case in point , listen to the enigmatic `` U Smile 800 % Slower , '' which has become a sensation on the web . `` U Smile , '' the second single from Bieber 's new album , was slowed down 800 percent and uploaded to the web by Nick Pittsinger , a 20-year-old aspiring music producer in Florida . The song 's trippy atmospherics have attracted more than 1.6 million plays online . Assuming you do n't have 35 minutes to spare -- remember , it 's eight times as long as the original four-minute pop song -- `` U Smile 800 % Slower '' turns the high-pitched bleats of the pubescent signer into primal howls and cries that seem to linger forever . Imagine the mating calls of killer whales being vibrated through a Roman cathedral . The song is reminiscent of late '90s work from Icelandic artists Sigur Ros and Bjork , as Bieber 's voice is both heavily deconstructed and eerily intimate . Compare this with the original `` U Smile , '' which sounds much less memorable . However , there is a twist . MTV News suggests the Justin Bieber `` remix '' may not be a slowed-down version of `` U Smile , '' but an untitled song from the Milwaukee collective Photon Wave Orchestra 's 2010 EP `` Echoes Across the Astral Wasteland . '' That said , MTV is n't sure if Photon Wave Orchestra really even exists since the EP was released on April 1 , 2010 -- April Fool 's Day . The question is , does it really matter ? Whether it 's the latest malware or sexually ambiguous haircut , Justin Bieber 's blank-slate pop image is the perfect selling tool for anything . `` U Smile 800 % Slowed '' would n't have all those listeners without its connection -- real or not -- to Bieber fever . His album , `` My World 2.0 , '' could n't be more appropriately titled . The opinions expressed in this blog post are solely those of Damon Brown .
Remix of Justin Bieber 's `` U Smile '' has more than 1.6 million plays on Soundcloud.com . Producer Nick Pittsinger says he slowed down the song 800 percent . The video is a mashup between Bieber's original version and an edited remix by producer Nick Pittsinger.