Hanson compares Justin Bieber's music to an STD

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In what could be the most explosive feud since 2Pac versus Biggie (okay, it's not), the Hanson brothers are going after Justin Bieber, with the '90s teen idols comparing the pop star's music to a sexually transmitted disease.

During an interview with an Australian radio station on Sunday, Isaac, Taylor, and Zac Hanson of "MMMBop" fame were challenged to a game of "Whose Song Is It Anyway?" US Weekly reports. They were stumped by Bieber's remix of Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's "Despacito," and when they were told it was a Bieber song, one Hanson brother said, "Can I just say I'm glad I didn't know what that was? I prefer not to get any venereal diseases, so whenever Justin Bieber gets near me or near my ears, it's just ear infections. Terrible." Another Hanson chimed in, saying, "Chlamydia of the ear. It sucks."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.