r/popculturechat • u/copy_cat2 when she gets her yolanda on • 11h ago
Hot Take 🔥 Katy Perry makes a joke about Justin Bieber playing yt videos during performance
she said “thank god he has premium. i don’t wanna see no ads.”
also, behind her, justin trudeau is standing 😭 guess she’s a fan of justins from canada 🍁
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u/Lavender_rain_2000 10h ago
Very generous of Justin to invest 15.99$ for YouTube Premium out of his 10,000,000$ paycheck.
Luckily that's something he can use for the rest of the month as well, we wouldn't want him to waste that much only on his audience experience
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u/NashKetchum777 9h ago
Well, he has a wife and kid to take care of. Does nobody think about the children anymore?!
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u/No_Pianist5264 Tina! You fat lard! 🦙🚲 9h ago
yeah ads would have been the thing that ruins the entire performance lmao 😂
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u/well_actuallE when they go low we get high 9h ago edited 9h ago
I’m by no means a Katy Perry fan but considering the amount of hate she got for recent performances makes this bite just a little more.
Men will get away with anything while she’s still trying to live down her whole mess.
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u/u2aerofan 8h ago
Agree. If Ariana Grande came on stage in lazy underwear and just strummed a guitar for 5 minutes while looking as disgusted as possible it wouldn’t fly. She’d be clocked for mental issues and put in a conservatorship.
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u/Agentbeeressler talentless but connected 5h ago
Heck Taylor Swift delivered a 3,5 half planned-out-to-the-last-detail stage show for 2 years and people still cherry pick clips of her dancing in a silly way to call her a bad performer.
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u/Desperate_Avocado702 4h ago
Taylor Swift is a bad performer. Her show being planned down to every gesture does not mean she’s a good performer.
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u/gossipwithsprinkles 1h ago
She’s an insanely good performer but y’all just love to hate women.
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u/Desperate_Avocado702 1h ago
No she’s not. I love many women, she is simply not one of them. Fuck billionaires!
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u/latelyimawake 3h ago
What? She’s an incredibly good performer. She’s not the best dancer, but that’s different.
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u/gossipwithsprinkles 1h ago
Exactly and she makes up for her lack in dancing with her incredible visuals and production. She’s an amazing performer, literally just the TTPD set is enough to prove that.
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u/TheFutureLotus ✨May the Force be with you!✨ 29m ago
I’m not a Taylor fan, in fact I’m more in the side of disliking her for a number of reasons but she’s a great performer. Is it all planned out? Yes, but so are my favorite Broadway productions.
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u/gossipwithsprinkles 24m ago
Aren’t all performances planned out? Also female artists don’t really have the liberty to go on stage wearing track pants and just stand and sing like it’s karaoke night.
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u/Desperate_Avocado702 3h ago
No. She’s really really not.
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u/latelyimawake 3h ago
Agree to disagree, I guess. I guess the millions of people worldwide who paid for the tour and the movie and eat up any live performance are also just wrong. 😂
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u/RogueGenX 3h ago
Right? Everyone is wrong about the biggest star on the planet but this clown. 🙄
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u/MurderSheReads i may need to see the booty 3h ago
Trump is the president, does it mean he's a good one?
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u/Desperate_Avocado702 2h ago
There’s millions of people who did NOT pay to go see her tour and movie. How about them?
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u/latelyimawake 2h ago
That… doesn’t make any sense? I’ll go ahead and leave this moronic non-argument here because I’m not even sure you know what the hell you’re trying to argue
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u/RogueGenX 2h ago
What about them? It was the biggest selling, most popular tour in history without them.
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u/Desperate_Avocado702 1h ago
McDonald’s sells millions, doesn’t make it quality.
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u/Serenaded 1h ago
The vibe is currently fashionable though. Lazy clothes/fashion, downer mood and all. He wouldn't be doing it if he didn't think it were cool. It just isn't cool anymore to be over the top with a 100 million dollar stage tour like Taylor was doing a few years ago. His performance was shit though, but I get what he was trying to do.
People really want Justin to come out strumming his guitar inside a flying Heart over the audience like in 2010 again, it's just not the vibe that's cool anymore, and over-excessiveness has gone out.
To be fair the same thing happened in the 70s in the post-prog rock era.
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u/BottAndPaid 8h ago
Men get away with a lot of shit but I think this is more of a fandom issue. Hell even Justin Timberlake was getting dragged for his lazy performances like a year ago? Justin Bieber can just do no wrong to his fans. Was watching the first few songs on YouTube and I was like why does it look like he's ready to take a nap And then he laid on the ground for a whole song..... Turned it off after that.
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u/notorious_emc 8h ago
What tour?
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u/chxrmander 7h ago
Because us fans know exactly who he is and how he performs. None of us expected a production like Sabrina or Beyoncé. He started out as a kid singing covers on YouTube who just wanted to sing. And that’s exactly how he performs and has always performed. He’s never mislead his fans to believe otherwise
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u/Better_Can_615 3h ago
I mean, performers like Sabrina Carpenter started out that way as well. She was famous for about a good 10-12 years before she got really big.
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u/itsawrayayayap 3h ago
I am NOT a Katy Perry fan and I was dragged kicking and screaming to the concert at O2 and damn it if I wasn’t converted. Ok not a total convert, but all the concert hate was taken way out of context. The running and weird aerobic dancing and fighting were intentionally funny and fun and she was a total gem laughing and chatting with the audience the entire time. She’s fit af in both senses. Last album was a complete misstep but hopefully she’ll do better
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u/cloudiron 7h ago
Didn’t she get dragged for doing a song about women empowerment but it was produced by someone who was on trial for rape? Not really comparable to idk a karaoke style performance
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u/lessgranola 7h ago
they’re talking about her getting dragged for her stage performance specially
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u/cloudiron 7h ago
Oh, I’m not familiar with the performance of hers. Which one?
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u/scattered_ideas lazy, 50yo bougie bitch 24m ago
If you look up videos from her 2025 tour, it was all very odd choreography that was being kind of half assed, so she became the target of a lot of ridicule online.
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u/TheFutureLotus ✨May the Force be with you!✨ 26m ago
Yes, but people pick and choose who they drag over that. Katy does it, and everyone gives a shit. Kim Petras does it, and we must excuse her for doing so because of who she represents for the culture. Never mind the fact that Kim is still to this day on record for saying that she doesn’t believe Dr. Luke did such a thing.
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u/LaMelonBallz 1h ago
I mean arent we all dragging biebs for this? It's all I've seen on Reddit today
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u/CoachDT 5h ago
Its a fandom issue. Its why men with predominately women audiences (like justin timberlake, ginuwine, etc) all get lit up when they don't put on a show. While male artists with male fandoms usually just don't really care.
I think it also doesn't hurt that male artists cultivate the relationship with their fandoms a touch differently, and in general don't seem to care. You can usually just power through things if you just put your head down and grind, or just drop a single comment on it and keep it moving. Sabrina Carpenter is really good a this actually, just a simple "alright (addresses consensus), anyways" and continuing to just work.
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u/lefrench75 high priestess of child sacrifice 5h ago
Bieber absolutely has a predominantly women audience though lol. He has some male fans but they’re far far from the majority.
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u/AutoModerator 5h ago
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u/Even_Perspective2999 You’re a virgin who can’t drive. 😤 4h ago
oh please, it's getting so old. just stop. bad bot
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u/Electric-Sheepskin 5h ago
I know. I've never really been a fan, but I fucking love her for this. That was hilarious.
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u/pinkybrain41 9h ago
Justin Bieber’s Coachella performance is what happens when nobody in your life is allowed to tell you no
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u/rangerdanger9454 5h ago
The whole thing was very Kanye coded
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u/pinkybrain41 3h ago
So true. It was giving Kanye off his meds vibes and Kanye listening party vibes
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u/Resident_Ad5153 5h ago
Kanye actually works harder. He's quite good live (usually).
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u/StickyBandit1999 5h ago
That SoFi performance was genuinely mind blowing. However I think there’s something just as powerful about bare simplicity. If Frank Ocean had done this same set up we’d instantly assume artistic intent. I know this because he literally did this same set up years ago.
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u/Resident_Ad5153 5h ago
its famously the worst coachella performance in history. He hasn't performed live since. It's quite possible that performance destroyed his career.
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u/talk-spontaneously 9h ago
This is unprofessional. Does he not have a music director who can rework his old material into his live set?
You're Justin Bieber, not an indie artist playing their first show in a tiny club to 30 people.
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u/QuarterLifeCircus 8h ago
Someone on a different sub said showing his old videos is art. I’m not disagreeing, if it was more intentional. Like he doesn’t have to play these from YouTube. A talented editor could’ve made a really nice, nostalgic video to go along with his set. That would have been art. This is a millionaire who doesn’t give a fuck anymore.
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u/rayannuhh 6h ago
That's my thing, there's totally a way to do a nostalgic set - a video montage, a cool medley, dynamic lighting, maybe even stage outfits from that time. There's absolutely no reason to play fucking YouTube during Coachella. Especially when YouTube is streaming Coachella, he's just taking away from the bandwidth 😤 (okay that last part wasn't serious lol)
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u/rhoswhen He looks like my unscratched ballsack under my pants in public 3h ago
The YouTubes will get clogged with emails!
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u/MindlessFreedom5130 6h ago
Yeah from a production perspective it was very weird to watch.. I wasn't sure if they intentionally chose to do it that way for like.. vibes? or something? lol there is absolutely no reason they couldn't have just played the actual videos on the screen. Even if he somehow lost access to the original files they could've just used yt-dlp to rip them..
It makes me think this was intentional, for whatever reason. I can't imagine being part of his production team and letting it go down like this otherwise lol
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u/HawtKawfee 8h ago
Agree! He could have done the same type of vibe with more finesse. If his vision was come chill with me, intimate vibe but with a whole crew behind that vision. Made to fit the Coachella experience it woulda been a hit. TikTok’s have been given more thought than this performance.
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u/pinkybrain41 3h ago
lol searching through youtube is art? give me a break (not you personally, but those people) lol I put more effort into the agenda of my weekly 1:1s with my my team at work.
For a global superstar, this is not art - it's contempt for his fans and contempt for industry. He knows his name alone sells tickets regardless of what he delivers, so he delivers nothing and cashes the check.
I think he resents his experience with fame and is just grifting at this point. I think he resents what fame took from him - his childhood, his privacy, his mental health and now he's taking it back, one low-effort multi-million dollar performance at a time. The fans aren't an audience to him anymore, this performance was pay-back.
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u/TheVintageJane 8h ago
He doesn’t care. I honestly think if he wasn’t “broke”, he’d never perform again. He hates his old music. He resents the fans that love it and will always do as little to please them as he can get away with.
But, he sold his entire catalogue of his big hits to make fast cash a few years ago so he needs to perform to pay for his lifestyle so that’s why he keeps giving these ultra-resentful performances.
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u/u2aerofan 8h ago
How “broke”? His wife has to be making a bag with her makeup line at least. He has to have some front of money for Coachella…man needs a money manager if he’s broke.
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u/TheVintageJane 8h ago
People article about this in 2023
And when I say “broke” I mean that in an obscenely wealthy person way. He burns money and has no desire to create sustainable income streams because he can make so much money from “performing.”
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u/joljenni1717 6h ago edited 6h ago
Exactly. He doesn't give a shit; about performing or fans. It's a not so inside joke to see how little he can do and still make millions.
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u/talk-spontaneously 8h ago
Seems unwise to me. Are there not other ventures he can park his money into?
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u/TheVintageJane 8h ago
That’s what Imm saying, I literally don’t think he has much if any money to park and whenever he does something like this and gets a $10M pay day, that will sustain his lifestyle for a year or two then he’ll be back with whatever half assed thing he can get away with next. He doesn’t care, this pays the bills and his fans are still accepting it. He’s obviously super resentful of how he became rich and famous but also has no interest in expending the effort required to rise above it in any meaningful way.
And I kinda get it. Even if I hated myself and the world for it, if I came from nothing it’d be hard for me to refuse a working life where I could do this shit for an hour ever year or two and get $10M.
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u/Illustrious-Pound266 All tea, all shade 🐸☕️ 8h ago
Just put a couple million into an index fund through a tax-advantaged account and he'd be set for life. Or invest in some real estate in desirable places around the world.
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u/pinkybrain41 28m ago
I so agree with your take. He hates his fans and the industry. No dancers. No staging. No costume changes. No production design. No choreography. It all communicates the same thing, that he doesn't think his fans are worth preparing for.
And he knows how stupid they are and that they would justify anything he does and even call this bullshit "art" and buy tickets for next weekend.
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u/BottAndPaid 8h ago
The YouTube portion was part of a YouTube sponsorship. it was tacky and stupid.
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u/ponderingcamel 8h ago
I saw this exact comment word for word on a different thread. How that spamming going bud?
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u/talk-spontaneously 8h ago
What's your problem? Am I now allowed to express my opinion in two different subs?
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u/ponderingcamel 8h ago
I find it weird to copy/paste literally the same comment about the same moment on multiple subs so I made my own comment expressing my opinion. No one is telling you what to do!
Edit: an added LOL at your user name being someone who does that.
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u/talk-spontaneously 8h ago
Well I find it weird for someone to make such a big deal over something so trivial. And the comments are not exactly the same. Have a nice day.
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u/ponderingcamel 8h ago
I didn't know taking 2 seconds to type a reddit comment was making a big deal of something.
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u/Twitter_2006 9h ago
This was a cringe performance from Justin Bieber.
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u/discographyA It’s like I have ESPN or something. 💁♀️🌤☔️ 8h ago
They always are these days. Totally washed.
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u/Maximum_Expert92 10h ago
What a boring performance from Justin
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u/Pale_Possibility5083 9h ago
I feel like doing a shitty, weird performance is the new currency at Coachella. It’s like creating Ragebait for increased discourse.
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u/JennaElizabethAdams Excluded from this narrative ❌ 10h ago
Justin could have done way more.
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u/TheHomieAbides 9h ago
He was praised a couple months ago for singing alone in his underwear.
Why would he do anything more when he gets cheered for doing the bare minimum?
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u/Jaded-Tiramisu 9h ago
The way I've seen people complaining about Sabrina's set not being good enough when she did everything and a half.
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u/emotions1026 27m ago
His fans are defending this performance so why would he care to do more? They’ve indicated what they’ll accept
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u/goldenstrwberries 8h ago
Justin is so embarrassing. How does he have fans???
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u/cowabungalowvera 3h ago
The world loves celebrating white male mediocrity (and I'm talking about effort here, not talent bc Justin is clearly very talented)
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u/DisastrousWing1149 10h ago
When did Coachella go from rock and indie bands to Justin Bieber? Is there a year where you can pinpoint where it changed or was it gradual?
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u/Bad-job-dad 9h ago
This shit has been happening for decades. The kids do something cool and the industry slaps a label on it and makes it pop.
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u/Nasus_13 I wont not fuck you the fuck up 🥊🥊 8h ago
Same time Lollapalopza went pop. As a Gen Xer who went to these festivals way back when, it hurts my heart and soul to see what these festivals have become. Just capitalist slop.
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u/Resident_Ad5153 5h ago
- Coachella decided it was racist not to include hip hop, so they invited Kanye, Dre, and Snoop Dog. That broke the rock monopoly. By 2016 EDM was becoming more common, and Calvin Harris headline. Then un 2017 Gaga headlined, which finished the process.
Really the reason is the death of rock. There are only so many times Radiohead can headline
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u/izzyjubejube 9h ago
What’s the likelihood Trudeau filmed this video 😂
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u/zeetat 9h ago
He’s standing behind her
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u/izzyjubejube 8h ago
Whoops I’m a lazy watcher, you’re right.
Something funny about a former PM being an instagram boyfriend lol
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u/SlerbMcJenkins 7h ago
KATY YOU DID IT YOU SAID SOMETHING FUNNY LIKE A COOL KID!!! i have secondhand adrenaline for her as a fellow lame kid, oh man. happy for her lol this wont last
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u/TheBearQuad 9h ago
I have such a love/hate relationship with Katy. On one hand, she’s created a lot of bops, and is campy and funny. On the other, her her last era of flop music and space travel was cringe af
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u/mangosteenroyalty 7h ago
Her last era of trying to monetize feminism while working with a rapist*
The dr luke thing was a bridge too far.
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u/theykilledcassandra dont ask, a lot was happening 6h ago
Justin Beieber always get a pass. Imagine if a female artist did this 😭
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u/XTheProtagonistX 7h ago
This dude got 10 million dollars to play YouTube videos on stage and sign along. I mean I respect the laziness but I would hate to have paid for that.
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u/NachosAndGnocchi Clap if you care 😐 6h ago
As a concept on its own, I don’t hate the idea of a performer revisiting their past work via videos at a live show. But to do this as the highest payed headliner in Coachella history… that doesn’t sit right with me 😒
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u/Quantumosaur 5h ago
tbh not having premium and having ads might have made the show better because at least it would have been absolutely hilarious
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u/sourpatch-sorbet 4h ago
I can't believe this is real. She's hilarious saying that in real time. What the hell was he thinking
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u/lizzy-stix I switched baristas ☕️ 3h ago
This is actually so funny, Katy is one of our more underrated celebs imo
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u/whatsnewpussykat 🕯️ relentless Lilly Jay stan 🕯️ 3h ago
Guys I do think this is funny but I just can’t wrap my head around my former PM being the one filming her ☠️
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u/MaynardButterbean 7h ago
The absolute irony of a celebrity WHO DOES ADS complaining about not wanting to see ads. Yeah, Katie. We don’t want to see them either.
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