The tween fans of Justin Bieber might want most to know if the 16-year-old Canadian singing sensation is really — and disappointingly — dating an older woman, 18-year-old Disney star Selena Gomez. But Rolling Stone digs deep, as writer Vanessa Grigoriadis tries to discover what political philosophy might be lurking under that famous mop of hair.

He declines the invitation to out himself as a partisan, though he knows what he doesn’t like when he sees it. “I’m not sure about the parties,” Bieber told Rolling Stone. “But whatever they have in Korea, that’s bad.”