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You don’t see many people expressing much sympathy for overexposed pop squirt Justin Bieber these days, but it appears that M. Ward’s got his back. The singer-songwriter’s new video features an isolated Bieber-a-like being rescued from an evil manager by a young fan, while Conan O’Brien looks on with a world-weary sigh as if questioning the validity of, not only his career, but the entire human race. It’s a pretty unusual video from the generally unassuming M. Ward, and a pretty good song too. Bizarrely, it’s also the second ‘Video of the Week’ in a row to feature a woman shooting lasers/fire from her eyes – we’re going to try and keep this going for as long as possible…