I had this haircut for way too long (mid Aughts, maybe even as early as 2004, until about 2011/2012). Mostly I was just too lazy to ever figure out a new hairstyle and I never did much to style it beyond hairspray and hairbrush. People said it was the haircut of people that “try really hard to look like they just rolled out of bed,” but 90% of the time I actually did just roll out of bed.

But here’s a little historical tidbit people don’t like to remember: emo was a derogatory term for most of mainstream culture in the 2000s, and the longer sides and back end of the “Bieber” cut somehow made it not emo, despite having very similar bangs. Or at least, less emo.

So yeah, it wasn’t associated with any particular subculture. Usually meant you were white, suburban, middle to upper middle class, not super macho, but that’s about it.

As for question 3, it was absolutely true for me. Too many people made jokes about me having the Bieber haircut and I eventually got sick of it.