Justin Bieber helps Matt Lauer join Twitter on Today Show, watch below. Justin Bieber wasn’t just a guest on Friday’s Today Show. He was also a Twitter advisor for anchor Matt Lauer, who just joined the social media site.

Without knowing how to send out his first tweet, Lauer gave his iPhone to Beiber. Beibs decided to, instead of just firing off a regular first message, use the opportunity to once again push his upcoming “Believe” album. “Hello. Everyone go buy Justin bieber’s album #believe coming out June 19th,” read the tweet.Within minutes of the singer using his own account to announce the arrival of “@mlauer,” the Today Show host became a trending topic and amassed tens of thousands of  followers. Check out the video below of Lauer’s full interview with Bieber, and see why the anchor wants to have 750,000 followers by Tuesday.

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