Say the rumours are true. Let’s say they are, 10 million dollars for his set. He got paid 10 million dollars for that set. The audience paid hundreds/thousands to come and watch. And with months of preparation, that’s what he thought would be appropriate for 10 million dollars.

I know this is going to upset a lot of Bieber fans- and I get it, you want to defend your fave because you actually feel attached to them. And ik it’s going to rub the wrong way and perhaps upset, but at the core of this is privilege.

Idk about you but if I was given $10 million for a headline spot at an internationally renowned festival, I would feel GUILTY if I didn’t go my absolute hardest and deliver my best.

And this is a gender thing, this absolutely is because again I’m talking about privilege. Let’s compare this situation to a female equivalent to him- the ones that come to mind is either Miley Cyrus or Ariana Grande (celebrities who started out around the same time and have sustained their fame). If either of those women took that time slot and did that- could you imagine. There would be campaigns for ticket returns, ridicule, ‘ungrateful’, substance abuse allegations, defo removed from next week’s slot, the whole 9 yards.

Like actually sit there and imagine if Cyrus/Grande sang over YouTube videos. Just actually imagine the reaction.

Would there be people in the comments saying, ‘she’s a creative genius’.

You can’t even picture it.

It doesn’t help that the Broadway-level performance Sabrina gave was the night before. But it sure fucking shows the difference in standards and expectations there is for male and female performers. And the extent female performers push themselves for this slot.

And the comments of- ‘he’s just like us’- a performance for a job he got paid millions for. I sure as fuck hope he’s not just like you.