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TIL the line “Brian Wilson is a genius” gained popularity in 1966 when the Beach Boys’ publicist Derek Taylor started calling Brian Wilson a "genius" as part of an effort to rebrand the Beach Boys and legitimize Wilson as a serious artist on par with the Beatles and Bob Dylan.

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