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I've been a monolithic Belieber since time 1 — yes, I've unironically loved each of his albums since the legendary "One Time" euphony video came retired successful 2009 (a defining infinitesimal successful our culture). So erstwhile it was announced that Justin Bieber would beryllium headlining Coachella this year, I was SEATED.
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Even if you're not a long-time Justin Bieber fan, you cognize he's got a slayer voice. It could aftermath maine up from the dead. It's truthful chiseled and unique, I'd admit it successful an instant. It's heaven. Okay, you get the point. So really, thing Justin sang was bound to dependable amazing.
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But determination are different things that substance conscionable arsenic much, if not much than the mode a opus sounds astatine a euphony festival. That includes the setlist choices (especially erstwhile you've got a catalogue arsenic iconic arsenic Justin Bieber), signifier presence, acceptable design, and show visuals.
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And so, arsenic a immense pop culture instrumentality and critic, I had to ticker Bieber's acceptable with caller eyes. Before his performance, I witnessed millions of 20-something fans connected the net aching to perceive him springiness the signifier his all, and truly thin into his past euphony (dare I say, Eras Tour-style). And my expectations were precocious fixed his reported paycheque of a whopping $10 million.
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But that... wasn't the case. Although Bieber's dependable evidently sounded arsenic angelic arsenic it ever does, virtually each the songs helium played were new, and the lone OG classics helium "sang" were featured arsenic a premix of YouTube clips playing connected the screen.
I'm an avid enjoyer of SWAG and SWAG II, but the prime of those performances felt a spot lacklustre to me, too. Perhaps that's conscionable due to the fact that portion of my encephalon was comparing Bieber's much low-key show benignant to Sabrina Carpenter's electric, all-out, Broadway-level amusement the nighttime before...
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And it turns out, the net appears to beryllium successful agreement. Specifically, a batch of radical are pointing retired the "double-standard" that exists successful the euphony industry, wherever antheral performers person a noticeably little barroom than women do. And careless of however you consciousness astir Justin Bieber, you can't contradict they person a POINT.
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So here's what radical said:
Note: There are no reports astatine the infinitesimal that Justin is the highest-ever paid performer...but helium inactive evidently got paid a ton.
But it's not each hate. Some radical are saying they loved the performance, and giving immoderate reasons arsenic to wherefore Bieber whitethorn person made the choices helium did:
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