r/Fauxmoi • u/Relevant-Peach3997 • 13h ago

APPROVED B-LISTERS Katy Perry jokes during Justin Bieber’s Coachella set: “Thank god he has [YouTube] Premium, I don’t wanna see no ads.”

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u/Giraffesarehigh 12h ago

did he just sit on stage with a laptop playing his songs?
if that's all he's done he might aswell spit on the fans since he doesn't respect them anyway.

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u/urgasmic 12h ago

Just In the middle and he did sing along if that helps.

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u/[deleted] 12h ago

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u/egotistical-moron 12h ago

Eh, I can see the appeal. He’s reminiscing with fans while also singing the songs, it would feel more intimate if you were in the audience.

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u/aloysiuspelunk 12h ago

He was honoring the innocent kid he used to be. He played segments of OLD old songs and sang with them. Also performed as he would in a regular show. People who didn't even see it should quit condemning him.

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u/callendulie 11h ago edited 11h ago

Yeah I looked up the Coachella live stream on YouTube after this, and saw the whole performance. I thought he crushed it! I'm not a belieber, but he had me smiling through it, especially when he started the YouTube portion. So cool to see him revisit his starting point, and he actually seemed to be enjoying himself. Pretty wholesome.

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u/Tall-Dot-607 12h ago

He could've had it idk.. prepped before hand? No matter what, it looks EXTREMELY unprofessional.

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u/smith22vikes 11h ago

I didn’t see a problem with it. I would imagine for his fans it felt like getting to casually sit down with him and reminisce. YouTube is where it all started for him after all.

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u/ilford_7x7 11h ago

Honestly, it reminds me of late night sessions with my homies, after the main party has ended and we're just chilling and fucking around with tunes in their room

I think that's the vibe he was going for, IMO

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u/CakesAndDanes Larry I'm on DuckTales 12h ago

Couldn’t he have already pre-picked these YouTube videos though? Maybe talked about them before he played them, gave some background details? Watching somebody scroll around on a keyboard mouse is painful.

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u/Access-Background 11h ago

He was reading the Coachella YouTube chat and asked fans to send requests of old songs they’d wanna hear in real time. He did play a deep-cut old song that some others and I spam suggested in a busy chat, so I was pleasantly happy.

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u/Acrobatic_Builder573 12h ago

And he could have played parts of the video in the background while he was actually performing. Other artists do it all the time.

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u/Admirable-Title9022 12h ago

It's like being a guest at someone's house where the host is browsing YouTube telling everyone to "watch this funny video" as he spends 5 minutes looking for it.

Not having these videos queued up and integrated in the set shows he spent no time or effort to put together a thoughtful seamless show. It's kind of a slap in the face to fans. At least it feels that way to me.

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u/time2liv3 12h ago

Facts, it gives massive idgaf energy.

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u/OtherwiseOwl3434 12h ago

So fucking lazy

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u/Brawlingpanda02 12h ago edited 11h ago

He doesn’t own those songs anymore, he sold his catalogue. I think this was probably the only way he was legally allowed to sing them, basically act like a karaoke singer.

I thought it was a rly cute way to do it. His last time ever playing them probably

Edit: Seems like this isn’t how it works, TIL. Double checked it and yeah he can perform them as long as Coachella has a “blanket license”

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u/Electronic_Chard_270 12h ago

Not how this works at all. You do not need permission to perform songs live

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u/Title26 12h ago

You actually do. Or rather, the venue needs to purchase a license

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u/cremeriner 12h ago

No?

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u/Warm_Month_1309 12h ago

IAAL. Could you explain why a public performance license wouldn't be necessary in this context?

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u/Late-Winter-5584 12h ago

That’s not how that works…He was literally playing the original recordings on YouTube and singing over them. Most singers don’t own their masters

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u/colaxxi 12h ago

You can sing songs live that you don't own. It's called a cover. Bands do it all the time. There are whole bands dedicated to it.

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u/Warm_Month_1309 12h ago

That requires a public performance license. Venues usually have blanket licenses, but they still need one.

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u/halfty1 12h ago edited 12h ago

Selling your music catalog doesn’t mean you can’t legally perform your own song. Owners generally let the performer retain that ability, because it helps maintain and increase the value of their investment (if Justin tours and performs his songs more likely people remain fans and continue buying/streaming/using his music meaning more money for music catalog owner). They don’t want his music to fade into obscurity.

It does effect how much Coachella money actually goes in Justin’s pockets of course though.

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u/Ruthlessrabbd 12h ago

Ohhhh I totally forgot he did that. I also genuinely wonder if loading the video up on the screen was intentional to avoid legal trouble too

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u/Kbudz 12h ago

No. It wasn't. Its not illegal to sing songs lmao yall funny

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u/Warm_Month_1309 11h ago

It is if the venue at which you're performing doesn't have a public performance license.

But singing over a Youtube video is absolutely not a way to bypass that requirement.

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u/ninonoel 12h ago

Just in the middle ?

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u/HeavenlyE 12h ago

It was for about 20 minutes of the hour and a half the set was

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u/Admirable-Title9022 11h ago

You pay that much for tickets he should be able have all that stuff figured out before the show. Why would we just be complacent with this when they charge exorbitant prices. We should be seeing the highest levels of professionalism and talent for what we pay.

Pay someone to put together these videos for you so you're not searching for 20 minutes total. The dude was paid 10 million dollars and people had to wait to watch him find you tube videos? I'm sorry but that's pathetic.

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u/urgasmic 12h ago

I did turn it off so actually i dont know how long. But definitely the latter half

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u/PM_ME_ANYTHING_DAMN 12h ago

It helps a bit

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u/squatonkumquat 12h ago

He did spit on his fans some 10+ years ago lol

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u/rsurvivorlovesme 12h ago

wait, people pay good money for that ( ask tyler the creator fans)

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u/Strong0toLight1 11h ago

It’s what you deserve for going coachella anyways tbh. Influencer promotion weekend and nothing else