Ah yes, 2009-2012. The Golden Years. "He's like my little brother!" We all remember the painfully obvious mutual crush between Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez, the cringey ballroom dancing videos. They were so cute it seemed too good to be true...until it kind of was. We've loved Jelena, we've hated Jelena but what the hell even WAS Jelena? Today we begin part one of our deep dive into the most toxic Hollywood young-love tragedy of all time. Starting with their origin, we also take time at the end of this mini-episode to take a step back and analyze this duo and try to answer the age-old question: were Justin and Selena were doomed from the beginning?