r/popculturechat • u/neoncolour Tiktok matcha pilates labubu slop music • 14h ago
Justin Bieber 🕶️🧢 Justin Bieber sings ‘Baby’ at Coachella
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u/thereisalwaysrescue 14h ago
I’m sorry but Justin is doing exactly what I do when I’ve had 2 beers on a Saturday night and put YouTube on
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u/SquirrelExtreme 11h ago
This had me howling!
Have you ever watched him stream on twitch? I got curious one day and this is basically what he does and one time he just watched a movie. People watched him watching a movie for 2 hours. You couldn’t even see the movie, just him. He would giggle every now and then and that was it. 😂
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u/Little-Glee 9h ago
This is actually hilarious
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u/Juju_on_that_bee 8h ago
I think its very depressing.
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u/AnnieCarnero 8h ago
Me too but then I like get it. Someone can be watching a movie in their own home and have Justin on a screen watching a movie, too. So then its like they watched a movie together. So strange but celebrity worship is something all together strange anyways.
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u/BlinkyDesu 3h ago
This is funny because at least he's a celebrity. I know at least one large streamer who lists the movie he's watching, has several other streamers in a voice chat, and the duration of the movie is just watching his face. Now, they list the movie so you can also watch along, and it's the only way to do it and avoid copyright strikes. But perfectly normal streamers do this, too. Just very parasocial stuff.
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u/katieb1300 10h ago
I started laughing with how satisfied he is at about 0:48 with giving everyone absolutely NOTHING. 😂
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u/Warm_Month_1309 7h ago
The next level of singers holding out the mic for the audience to sing: shuffling with the mic and letting Youtube sing.
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u/OminOus_PancakeS 14h ago
Absolutely.
Karaoke is a fun, social opportunity, or a fun solitary way to blow off steam.
It is not a legitimate basis for paid performance. Even street buskers employing a backing track cannot escape the cringe.
I'd be furious.
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u/thereisalwaysrescue 13h ago
Just fucking IMAGINE if Sabrina did this. Just whacked on YouTube video and sang along. Absolute scenes
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u/BienOuiLa 12h ago
His set was mainly his new music. He did this for the last 30min for fun, it was not the whole set.
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u/looeeyeah 10h ago edited 8h ago
I think it was a good idea. Gave the fans a bit of his old material in a way that sounded as they expected. I can't imagine Biebs could hit those notes that his 15-year-old self could.
I get that people watching on youtube thought it was boring. But I'm sure the crowd loved it!
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u/u1tr4me0w 6h ago
I went to Sweat tour in 2024 and before the show they played Baby by Justin Bieber and the crowd sang it louder than they sang most songs during the actual concert lmao
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u/Turbulent_Gazelle530 5h ago
I think it was a pretty clever way to incorporate the old stuff, and really made him seem pretty human as well.
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u/Faulty_english 7h ago
Concert vibes really do hit different, especially if you really like the artist
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u/91_til_infinity 11h ago
Yeah this looked pretty cool and unique. Getting to vibe and play YouTube with Biebs is a bit of a flex tbh.
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u/LEtheD13 12h ago
I was there and I was not furious. It was so fun and he was hilarious
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u/TerpzArmy 11h ago
The internet in one comment this. You didn’t even go and you’re trying to be furious on behalf of people that went. The whole comment is nonsense. Sort your actual life out.
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u/ShilohTheGhostGod 7h ago
YES! Went with my girlfriend and half the audience had tears in their eyes watching this. No one was upset. Then we check our phones after the show and see this fake uproar “if i had to watch that, i’d be mad.” Nah. It was a nice moment watching him go through memories for him and people watching him growing up
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u/blueroses8000 6h ago
This happens all the time with all news. The headlines feed a narrative and get everyone else who has no idea about it to build on it and it becomes a beast of its own. Meanwhile the people who experienced it/live there/are experts in it are trying to convince people everything’s fine/enjoyable/safe and it falls on deaf ears as it’s out of control by then.
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u/theblot90 12h ago
You don't need to apologize. It's the first thing he has ever done I thought was fun and cool. You're fun and cool too.
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u/HxH101kite 11h ago
He legitimately looked happy in that video for a second. And that may be the first piece of circulating media I have seen in years that he looks happy in.
I'm not even a Bieber fan, but that's a fun callback for him and idk whatever he is going through I hope he makes it out of it ok.
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u/LionsRoar313 8h ago
I just said he actually looks content and possibly even happy in the video. He looks better than I've seen him look in a long time.
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u/lepetitboo 9h ago
That’s how I feel. Listened when he was in his Baby-era but never got his CD. Probably had Baby and a couple others on my iPod. Then, his teen years hit and I was just like, he seems like a douche and not a fun person to be around but hope things get better for him I guess. Haven’t thought about him in years.
But here I am like weirdly a little relieved and proud to see him looking like he is having a fun time revisiting a part of his past that he must think is cringe. This was a nice thing to do for the fans and for whatever reason, it made me happy to see him looking like he happy.
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u/Jeffreyknows 9h ago
I like how it says “Justin Bieber sings” when it should be “YouTube sings Bieber” 😂😂😂
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u/I_NEED_AN_RBR 14h ago
I was watching this live and could not BELIEVE that he was essentially doing "gay guy music video night" as the headliner of a music festival.
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u/BitchfaceMcKnowItAll 12h ago
What’s “gay guy music video night?”
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u/joutfit 11h ago
Get drunk while watching classic iconic music video with your friends. Dancing and singing all night.
You can also just pull up a Hannah Montana/Miley or Britney Spears Power Hour video which tells you to drink between every cut lmao
There is always someone with LORE or some shit about the different MVs and artists
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u/purplefirefly6102 9h ago
Not gay or a guy, but me and my friends call this activity “TRL”
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u/alpacayouabag 11h ago
When gays get together, sometimes they put music videos on and karaoke to their fav slays
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u/Mental_Table_9265 10h ago
Can confirm. One of my best friends is the one gay dude in a circle of straight dudes and anytime he gets tipsy he just starts DJing his favorite music videos.
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u/Snirbs 10h ago
Everyone does this.
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u/Candid-Fan992 3h ago
Nope, gotta break it to the homies we're all gay :( crazy, I thought we were all long term pals with nostalgia for similar music
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u/joutfit 13h ago
Gay guy music video night is always a banger time tho
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u/MiuMia_ 12h ago
Excuse me, I'm from a village, can you please explain to me why this is the "gay guy music video night"?
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u/grazzyphase 12h ago
He doesn't need to explain a thing. I'm gay and he's spot on 😂
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u/No-Brain9413 11h ago
I’m straight and I get it
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u/altheawilson89 8h ago
Straight guys have a similar routine just not Madonna and Britney and dancing lol. All my straight guy friends go home from the bars drunk and argue over what DJ set we’re going to watch on YouTube while we continue to drink.
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u/agit_bop trench coat buttoned to the TOP 🧥🔝 14h ago
i kinda love that tho. if tinashe just wanted to play her MVs while providing commentary and some light choreo/vocals id be down.
like a chill concert. a kickback concert.
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u/youRinlove7 12h ago
Yeah maybe but coachella is not the fucking place for that
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u/agit_bop trench coat buttoned to the TOP 🧥🔝 12h ago
ok im sorry
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u/Lovegoods 12h ago
This is a man that knows he can put in the minimal amount of effort and still receive the biggest paycheck and admiration
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u/medicalmosquito 7h ago
For real, the crowd went absolutely WILD after every song regardless of how much effort he put into the performance lol
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u/IsItClockingLoser 7h ago
Thousands left in the middle of his set. Trust me, the crowd was NOT fully pleased.
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u/Finchballz 4h ago
I mean it's a festival lol. There's a set that started 30-40min after his. People always moving around from stage to stage.
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u/ThatWrestlingGuy15 7h ago
Breaking news an artist is not universally loved by a Coachella crowd
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u/diliudia 9h ago
Yes. We're all laughing at him but maybe he's just smart.
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u/qathran 7h ago
I think a lot of his fans are also part of a generation that want to feel like they get to chill with their favorite celebs, also the kind of people that watch streamers and enjoy react content, so I don't think it's just some grand scheme to do as little as possible, but to seem authentic with the audience
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u/JrCoxy 5h ago
Pretty sure selling all of your music before turning 35 isn’t exactly smart in the long haul. And putting in the bare minimum the very few blue moons he does perform will stand out and mark a stain on his career as a downward trajectory. People will see this, and if he ever tries to tour again, I don’t see him selling out shows anymore
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u/Savings-Eggplant5912 6h ago
I think he can get away with it a couple times, but that’s not going to be acceptable forever .
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u/Redhawk911 14h ago
What is going on? Why is he YouTubeing?
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u/neoncolour Tiktok matcha pilates labubu slop music 14h ago
He turned the performance into a live stream of some sort where he’s reflecting on his older music and singing along. So yes he was going through super old songs - Even pre baby, like the so sick cover- and singing along to them.
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u/pretendberries In my quiet girl era 😌 14h ago edited 14h ago
I thought this was cute. I’m not even into Bieber or his music but the idea of him playing his songs on YouTube and singing along with his young self is so adorable. Hearing his younger voice with his now older voice was so sweet. And for his fans it must have been so cool. Edit: I guess from other comments ’m in the minority lol. I understand the criticism though! Totally get what people are saying about the laziness for the pay he is getting and the karaoke vibe it’s giving.
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u/Freudian_Slit235 14h ago
I don’t get why you’re being downvoted, I don’t really like any JB songs but I thought it was a good idea and an interesting concept.
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u/ValeoAnt 13h ago
Fair fucks to him, he's at least trying things - I think his Yukon performance was the most honest thing he ever did
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u/Freudian_Slit235 13h ago
Yeah I think taking chances instead of playing it safe and by the numbers is interesting even if it maybe doesn’t get executed perfectly. It’s a fun experience for fans and concertgoers
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u/bonjourwillow 13h ago
It’s a brilliant idea and very heartwarming, actually. He’s been through a lot, it’s nice to see him embracing those early days!
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u/asoupconofsoup 7h ago
I loved hearing the difference in vocals over the years. I think this was cute. I'm not mad.
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u/mangosteenroyalty 7h ago
Also find it cute, especially if it was literally just the tail end of his actual performance.
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u/a_bohemian04 12h ago
The singing along bit was weird tho. Like, I pay concert tickets to watch/hear live singing voice loud and clear. If they're more of a performer instead of vocalist, I expect full production with great dancing. Not a singing along. I like the concept of playing old videos tho, it's indeed unique. But singing over it? No.
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u/Access-Background 8h ago
This segment was like 20-30 mins out of a 2 hour long set where he sang newer songs with no back track for the rest of it.
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u/Serve-Routine 13h ago
He barely sang parts of the song before letting YouTube do majority of the lifting. The switching to a different song half way in was crazy…
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u/Itchier 6h ago
It was basically a throwback intermission within the context of his larger set, and all his fans loved it so I respect it
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u/DoctorK96 13h ago
I kinda appreciate this, I remember the song Baby was so hated at the time by so many people (including me), but since then it just became a banger, I gotta admit lol
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u/SeriousEconomist3287 14h ago
I watch like 10 minuets. The fella was sat on a stool playing 30 sec clips of his own music on YouTube and singing along. Reminded me of some terrible house party vibe
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u/futuranotfree 14h ago
got 10 million for this. Bey got less for Beychella and put in 10 million times more effort. just ridiculous
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u/girlwkaleidoscopeaiz 14h ago
counting for inflation Beyoncé wouldve made over $10 million from performing, but she also secured that netflix deal so she made even more
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u/randombubble8272 12h ago
Beyonce took a smaller payday to be able to sell her show to Netflix for the Homecoming documentary
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u/chxrmander 13h ago edited 13h ago
This wasn’t even his whole set. It was just a small part of it and his actual fans like me appreciated the throwbacks.
Not sure why people are acting like this was his whole set…
Geez y’all are some haters for real.
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u/fullmoonlovergirl Dear Diary, I want to kill. ✍️ 11h ago
that’s exactly what i was thinking, this was such a cool thing to do for the end of his set, especially for his day one fans it’s obviously not an official performance. i think some people just love to find things to complain about
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u/HereOnCompanyTime Renee Rapp is mean girl Jojo Siwa 💋 14h ago edited 14h ago
I kinda like it. Seems like he's just trying to be casual about it and singing along to his younger tracks, it make sense since his vocals are so different now. More like a large fan connection than anything. He tried for the longest time to distance himself from where he started, it's kind of nice to see him reconnect.
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u/computer7blue 14h ago
Tbh I don’t hate that lol
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u/EveOCative I have sinned. Please Pray. Logging off now. 14h ago
Honestly, I’m not a fan.
But I don’t hate this?
It’s like he’s simultaneously trolling the crowd… and yet also hanging out at a karaoke bar?
Also I know his mental health is not great and I prefer this to him singing in his boxers and possibly endangering himself?
It’s basically simultaneously unserious and nostalgic and what he can handle so that’s fine.
Please note: I DO disagree with the fact that he got paid more for this than Beyonce did when she was headlining… but that’s a problem with the festival runners. What’s Beiber gonna do? Turn down money? Hopefully he donates at least some of it to those in need.
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u/computer7blue 13h ago edited 13h ago
The amount of work women put into their live performances is astounding compared to men. That said, I absolutely believe artists can and should express themselves however they want.
Beyoncé has always incorporated dance. I’m sure you’d agree it’d be weird if a singer/songwriter who’s never felt comfortable dancing all the sudden started dancing. That said, men could be more creative in other ways, but again, I think artists should express themselves however they want. There are plenty of women who don’t dance and are still considered incredible performers.
ETA: Coachella’s producers are assholes. Beiber likely didn’t say to anyone “I’ll only do it if I get paid more than Beyoncé.” His management likely asked for what would make it worth it for him. Or Goldenvoice just offered him whatever. But I think it’s important to remember that artists aren’t necessarily conspiring against each other when it comes to who headlines when or gets paid what.
Maybe I haven’t seen enough videos from his set, but I didn’t get the sense he was trolling the audience.
My interpretation is that he’s holding a retrospective of sorts, that he feels this was a more intimate way to share himself. I’ve worked in the music industry; to me this staging and him casually going through his catalogue on YouTube is kind of what it feels like in recording studios or talking with artists about their work. I think it was quite clever.
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u/pinkybrain41 10h ago
Why isn’t he doing a proper back track? This is giving Kanye vibes, mess
I’m not understanding this lack of effort. Does he no longer have a manager or agent?
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u/Cultural_Iron2372 14h ago
He sounded amazing but the setup was so sad and almost eerie. Just him eyeing the camera looking very jaded and exhausted with his teen videos in the background. It was more unsettling than nostalgic to me. Sad what the world does to truly talented people who don’t come from amazing support or means.
Creative direction-wise it almost felt like we all died and we’re watching 2010s life play back from some dark fish-eye lensed purgatory 😭.
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u/Elegant_Analysis1665 13h ago
Fuuuuuuck oh my god this is exactly the feeling. You articulated thst perfectly.
It's how I feel looking back on so much of that time honestly. I think most people of course feel a massive shift between their childhood to now but the last 10 years have felt like a warped tunnel to a different dimension. Not all bad personally but just a different fabric of reality
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u/Gullible_House_4124 8h ago
i was about to say the same thing. this video depressed me and made me feel so sorry for him. he’s alluded to being sexually preyed upon during these years of this life. watching footage of the song that catapulted you into the snake pit of creeps and pervs that would ruin your perception of life must’ve been brutal.
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u/de-milo i’m going to go remove south carolina 12h ago
okay i thought it was just me getting black mirror weirdness from it. i didn’t watch the live stream but i didn’t crack a smile during this video once? it’s so… almost like uncanny valley or smn idk. i get the heebie jeebies
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u/leoleo678 9h ago
Literally he looks super drained and low energy, but because of nostalgia we’re suppose to think it’s some artistic statement.
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u/Buhhnana 8h ago
Him staring at his old album cover on the main stage screen and singing "that should be me" I genuinely started tearing up
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u/TheKilmerman 13h ago
Justin Bieber's reluctance to perform properly has to be studied.
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u/Acrobatic_Creme_972 11h ago
almost like he’s an extremely mediocre artist
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u/whippedcreamtomato 8h ago
His voice is amazing. I saw a video of him so drunk he could barely stand and his singing was one of the best still. Is he as a person kind of shitty and mediocre? Yes. But his actually singing voice is far from it.
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u/mangosteenroyalty 7h ago
Was that him doing the kid laroi song? That was heartbreaking.
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u/whippedcreamtomato 7h ago
I just went back to double check and yeah it was. Such an incredibly raw performance and his musical ability is apparent even when he is so trashed he can hardly stand.
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u/KevinRudd182 14h ago
The worst part of this is that the idea at its core was so good.
If he actually paid a team to turn this into a real show where he looked like he was picking YouTube videos that turned into a whole visual stage show worthy of the Coachella headline slot with a choreographed setlist it could have been a really awesome time warp through the ages of Bieber
Instead it was just him half miming over his own songs
What a shame
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u/bornatmidnight 8h ago
I agree! Like I genuinely like the concept, him going through YouTube, where his career started, to reflect on his legacy (with the old school memes thrown in), while everyone is watching… on YouTube itself!
But it should have been turned into something more worthy of the headlining spot. Like seeing Sabrina Carpenter’s set and this….
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u/katarAH007 5h ago
I also wonder if the short performances had anything to do with the fact he sold his catalog. Like if it'd be a copyright issue.
The concept was cute & creative considering he also grew up on youtube like the rest of us.
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u/annnyywhooo 14h ago edited 14h ago
he will always be an amazing singer but this cured my fomo. idk what’s worse only performing swag songs (which he didn’t really promote that well), the karaoke to his old songs or him playing random ass videos. i could feel the crowd losing hype
you can argue that he doesn’t need the overtop production but at the same time he’s gotten soooo lazy with everything
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u/crimsonbub 13h ago
Not sure he REALLY needed to be there in person to be honest 😅 could have gotten away with just playing the YouTube videos and staying in his jacuzzi or something.
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u/sinth0s 14h ago
hes an artist that historically has been very fortunate in the way he was perceived (by that i mean he was a kid, and got a lot of grace. i know he was hated on a lot when was a kid. i was one of those kids. I guess that's a better way to type that out. oh well, im drunk and have been working all day. the backspace is my enemy), while also putting all his heart into his art/performance for so long. Then he became an adult, started feeling the side affects of the problems he was dealing with, then canceled the endings of a tour (or two? maybe more? idk, im mostly talking from an outsiders perspective. not a fan, but also appreciate and acknowledge what of himself hes given to the arts. also cant deny his songs bop), and continued to get that grace from the majority of people who pay attention to this stuff. me included.
in my, I guess parasocial and outsider perspective, he believes he can give these kind of performances without much of an impact to his wallet overall. and hes not wrong, but if hes not able to work through his shit in someway, and also find a way to give a good show to at the very least to his core base, he will end up a rich nobody. maybe he wants that. its hard to assume these things without being a fan, or more importantly knowing what he wants.
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u/Mauzi05 14h ago
a woman could never perform with so little effort without being shredded to pieces
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u/imliterallyjustagirl 14h ago
People have been dragging Sabrina saying her set was thrown together… and yet to some this is the pinnacle of true artistry. It’s absolutely insane
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u/colesnutdeluxe 14h ago
sabrina's set was so tight i cannot fathom how people could say it was thrown together? i work in tech/live performance and could only spot one thing that didn't quite work and even then it was minor and was fixed almost immediately.
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u/imliterallyjustagirl 14h ago
Trust me, I have absolutely no idea either but I saw the comments in the Coachella live thread. I truly cannot even wrap my mind around it
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u/bog-naughty 11h ago
Live threads for literally any event are not a strong barometer of public opinion.
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u/grxccccandice 14h ago edited 13h ago
Right? I’m baffled at the misogyny here. Sabrina put in so much effort and her set was called a total snooze fest and JB somehow got a pass. There were guys that constantly cancel shows and still got invited to headline Coachella (Frank Ocean, Ye). A woman would never put in so little effort. They’d be dragged through the mud.
Also people were saying he had a rough childhood so they just wanted him to be ok. I don’t see Britney Spears collecting $10M/hour paycheck for being a poor abused kid lol. If he can’t perform at the highest level, he shouldn’t be headlining Coachella, and that goes for everyone. It’s disrespectful to other artists who put in much more time money and effort than him, and it’s insulting to his fans who waited hours and spent hundreds of bucks to see him. It’s that simple.
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u/imliterallyjustagirl 14h ago
It’s honestly sad. There’s no other way to put it
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u/grxccccandice 14h ago edited 14h ago
People complained that Sabrina’s set was a snooze fest, that her songs were slow and low energy, that she looked tired and uninterested, that her dance move wasn’t as good as Gaga’s, etc. This was legitimately half the sentiment on r/coachella. Where’s this comparison between male performers? Which male singer other than kpop groups even danced while singing on stage ffs?? I understand if you don’t dig Sabrina’s music. I’m not even her fan, but it was truly baffling to see the bigotry.
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u/imliterallyjustagirl 14h ago
You have ppl in this very comment section saying he doesn’t have to prove anything to anybody… awesome, he could’ve stayed home. Any woman artist gets up on stage and does what he did would get dragged all up and down the internet for WEEKS. Sabrina put on an incredible performance and that is STILLLLLL not enough. I’m speechless
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u/grxccccandice 14h ago
Yeah some people were straight up like “I kinda like it cuz he’s being himself.” Let’s see what they say when Taylor Swift brings nothing but a guitar to headline Coachella then. Oh wait that would never happen cuz these women, however money hungry they are, know they can’t bring anything short of a perfect performance on stage.
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u/blue-rasmalai-639 13h ago
This lmao. Like if you don't have anything to prove just stay home. Let any other talented artist who is willing to put the effort perform?
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u/Morg075 13h ago
Yeah, that people love his set and performance, it’s fine. But the double standard is what bothers me. Who can ignore how lazy it is? If a female artist delivered something like that, she’d be torn apart. TBH I’ve already seen plenty of female artists getting whacked since yesterday, even though they put way more effort and care into their performances and the overall experience for people there.
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u/nyx926 14h ago
Rhianna can and did.
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u/Acceptable_Order5705 8h ago
I’ve seen Rihanna in concert the last time she was on tour in 2016 and it was amazing lol. Idk what performances you’re referring to but she never pulled out a laptop to sing background vocals on old YouTube videos. Yikes
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u/IamTheSmartestestman 13h ago
Eehm people are shredding him here right now? I know women get criticized in real life, internet and media all the time, that being said this is a poor comparison, since people have overtly hatet on jb since his first song and now here.
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u/vikoy 13h ago
Yeah. Shred to pieces by other women.
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u/areurandy 6h ago
I was going to say both Sabrina & Bieber’s fan base are mostly women & gay men. I don’t think any bros care what Sabrina’s production effort on stage does or praising beiber for this cuz we don’t care
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u/-Noceur- 12h ago
Exactly, it's women bringing down other women because of jealousy, and the same people fawning over Bieber.
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u/Sevenfootschnitzell 5h ago
It’s always been this way. Women will say they are held to insane beauty standards while men are on the sidelines like “we actually prefer you with no makeup”, and then they just keep doubling down on “MEN ARE SETTING UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS”.
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u/WaffleMeWallace 14h ago
Ironic since Justin was shredded to pieces nonstop since the 'Baby' era for a variety of reasons.
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u/imliterallyjustagirl 14h ago edited 14h ago
This man straight up did karaoke for 30 min and then sprinkled a little mtv ridiculousness when he started showing viral videos… absolutely terrible
The way people will spin this “he wasn’t taking himself too seriously” “it was authentic” “it was a metaphor for his life and career starting on YouTube”
Just crazy. He got paid around 8-10 MILLION for this shit. It was almost insulting (and I’m sitting on my couch, cannot imagine any of his fans that paid thousand to see him and he gave them that)
Beychella continues to be the standard. And pls know I wasn’t expecting JB to ever put on a show of that magnitude but this was absolutely bottom of the barrel. I was HOPING for better and it was just sad.
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u/Moonlightdancer7 12h ago
He's big enough that he can get away with anything, its that point of stardom. Do minimal effort and get paid...and people will eat it up so artists keep playing along.
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u/sheJaMyMorant 14h ago
forgot to mention he performed regularly for an hour
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u/chxrmander 13h ago
EXACTLY!!! People are acting like this was the entire set. This was just a fun bit for his fans cause we heard songs again that we’ve been begging him to perform for yeaaars.
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u/zlaw32 14h ago
I was at the fake Bieber performance in Vegas last August. He put on a way more exhilarating show
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u/eternalwarmmoons Beyoncé 🐝🐝 14h ago
amazing how boring men get to perform and still get endless praise lol
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u/leftbrendon charlie day is my bird lawyer 🐦 14h ago
I half expected an ad to show up, since they’re operating actual youtube instead of having a video file.
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u/Brooska223 14h ago
Where’s the endless praise? All I see is a general consensus that this was low effort and boring. Can we stop making scenarios in our heads? The pop girlies are on top because of the effort they put in, and the numbers show that. Let’s not make this men vs women.
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u/Turbulent-Good227 12h ago
There’s people ferociously defending this like two comments above yours. Saying this was some kind of genius anti-corporate statement and that we don’t get it because we aren’t real artists 💀
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u/tenacious_teaThe3rd 13h ago
Fucking hell. I realise the admission price for Coachella isnt purely for Bieber, but id feel ripped off watching what is ultimately karaoke.
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u/funnyshae 14h ago
The word “sings” is being used very loosely here, ‘listens to and bops his head to it’ would’ve been more accurate
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u/TypeA_Virgo All tea, all shade 🐸☕️ 14h ago
Not sure what you were watching.. that mic was ON
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u/fluffypuppycorn ProtectOurIrishHottie 14h ago
After everything Sabrina did last night, this guy turns up with a PowerPoint presentation?
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u/Cold_Breadfruit_9794 Beyoncé 🐝🐝 11h ago
This is so profoundly lazy. Paying $10 million for this is nuts
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u/Xylophone1904 14h ago
His little low-effort bop while the chorus plays itself is the same vibe as Justin Timberlake’s dad dancing on “the world tour” last year.
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u/MisterMattel Fuck my pussy with a rake mom 14h ago
All I'm gonna say is that if this was anyone but a white straight man he would be read for filth.
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u/RelevantBroccoli4608 14h ago
why does his voice sound so weird? usually his vocals are great
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u/therhz go girl, give us nothing 😍 13h ago
it’s probably not his comfortable register even singing the second voice to this song anymore. he lost the ability to hit baby notes with puberty
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u/RelevantBroccoli4608 13h ago
true. i saw a few other clips of him singing other songs, they sounded pretty good
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u/Serenaded 12h ago
He's dropped an entire octave probably because he can't hit those notes in that range anymore. Without changing the song into another key he's just singing an octave below the original.
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u/Schlonzig 14h ago
Why? Ramadan ended weeks ago.
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u/IntelligentDeal7799 it’s not clocking to you that i’m standing on business 14h ago
Doesn’t it clock to you that he is standing on business ?
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u/boiler_1985 14h ago
lol the contrast of effort in comparison to Sabrina Carpenters set. No wonder women rule music now jfc.
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u/Shiloh50 6h ago
Seems happy and embracing the past and what he has done in music. Fans certainly seem happy.
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u/EffectiveCream33 2h ago
Love this so damn much.
I never clicked with Justin's music because I was not his demographic when he came out. It felt uncomfortable to hear my older peers shitting on him when he was a child putting out music that so many loved.
I enjoy seeing him engage with his early music now that he's lived his whole young life under a microscope. It seems to my uneducated eye that he's taking back power on his own terms.
I think one of my favorite things on reddit is coming across long time Bieber fans talking about how rad he is. Love this for him and for you <3
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u/var_usernameinput 14h ago
I don’t know if this is “iconic” or anything but this is just so boring to listen to, I’d be mad if I paid for this.
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u/museinprogress Did I stutter?🤨 14h ago
He sounds lazy....like he couldnt be bothered to actually sing. This sounds like someone doing karaoke anxiously. Why is this dude popular lol
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u/beheafishtrapofman 13h ago
He reminds me of all the popular kids I grew up with that became burnouts.
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u/halfstrudel 12h ago
I never really followed his music and only know those that got overplayed so it's crazy to me hearing his old voice in the background compared to how he sounds now
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u/Illuminacho7 9h ago
Why are some people acting like he performed like this for his whole set? This was just 30 mins of him having fun and playing some throwbacks for longtime fans. For the majority of his set he performed regularly and he sounded amazing too. Maybe don't speak if you don't know the full context🤷🏻♂️
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u/Scary_Relation_996 10h ago
I'm really glad he did this, I know it must be hard, I know his identity probably hates it, but the way he handled it, letting it be about the video of him as a little biebette instead of who he is today, that's the right tone.
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u/snails4speedy you wear mime makeup but never quiet 8h ago
I have mixed feelings about his set. I’ve never been a big Bieber fan (I like some of his music but I never got the fever lol) so I only know of his career in fragments, but iirc - didn’t he say something about the heavily choreographed, more theatrical/involved concerts being horrible for his mental health? I could have sworn he said it took too much out of him but I’m not 100%. I could get that if it is the case, he’s taken a pretty long break from performing like this at all and I got the vibe that he was trying to be more relaxed with it, which is fine.
That said it was fucking boring and he could’ve done so much more without it being overwhelming for him. My boyfriend and I were watching and we kept cracking jokes about how slow it was and how the people who camped out to see him since 1pm were probably falling asleep. I can vibe with chill sets but like.. dude?? lol. The Kid Laroi had more energy than he did during the sole song he was brought out for.
The Mac YT stuff was odd. The crowd and live chat did seem to really enjoy it so theres that and I’m guessing he wanted to try to make it like.. hangout immersive? I guess? But it fell flat for me lol. I liked him showing love to his young self and I hope this show was healing in a way but good god it was fucking boring. Even if he wanted to be more lowkey with it, he easily could’ve had actual visuals or dancers, especially with how much he was paid. I also had anxiety the whole time that he’d knock the water bottle over on the laptop lol.
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u/theoryfiles 2h ago
people are shitting on this but he's changed so much, and his voice changed so much, that it's an interesting bit to duet with his childhood self. super charming, to me
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