In doing so Justin surpassed the previous VEVO record held by One Direction's "Live While We 're Young," which claimed 8.24 million views within its first day. The video racked up a huge 10.6 million views in its first 24 hours of being online. Bieber wrote the video's storyline himself and co-directed the video itself with Jon Chu. It was then illegally uploaded by an anonymous blogger. It opens by stating that in October 2012, 3 hours of personal footage was stolen from Justin. The video premiered on Vevo on October 12, 2012. Minaj makes an appearance during her verse in the song standing in the water, rapping alongside Bieber. The video features Bieber at a party with most scenes taking place at a swimming pool at Raging Waters in San Dimas, California. Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj and dozens of dancers go swimming and get wild after dark in a waterpark for his new Beauty and a Beat video, which debuted. But I was never really a huge fan of that song. Buns out, weiner, but I gotta keep an eye out for Selener Beauty, beauty and the beast. 02:48.76Beast beauty from the streets beat will get deceased 02:51.13Every time beauty on. And it was music that was popular at that time, as well. Justin Bieber, you know Ima hit em with the ether. 00:00.11Justin BieberNicki Minaj - Beauty and a Beat. But I understood what it was at the time. I never really liked “Beauty and a Beat”. "Nicki was getting on another one of our records, and then we did 'Beauty and the Beat,' and she heard it, and she was like, 'I want to get on that.' And, actually, we were gonna put Usher on it at first, but then we heard Nicki's verse, and we were like, 'Damn.' " Trivia “ but I gotta keep my eye out for Selena Beauty, beauty and the beast Beauty from the east, beauty from the. Scoote Braun told MTV News how the collaboration with Nicki Minaj came together. Justin Bieber - Beauty And A Beat (Audio) ft. The A&R wanted Justin on it so Zedd sent the song to Max Martin and then he wrote the vocals to it. Zedd had Justin Bieber's A&R in the studio and showed this track he wrote. Justin Bieber, you know Imma hit em with the ether Buns out, weiner But I gotta keep a eye out for Selena Beauty, beauty and the beast Beauty from the east, beautiful confessions of the priest Beast, beauty from the streets, we dont get deceased Every time Beauty on the beats.