{"id":2371308,"date":"2026-04-13T15:33:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2371308"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:33:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:33:26","slug":"sza-denies-she-was-paid-to-be-justin-biebers-coachella-standby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sza-denies-she-was-paid-to-be-justin-biebers-coachella-standby\/","title":{"rendered":"SZA denies she was paid to be Justin Bieber&#8217;s Coachella standby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>SZA and Justin Bieber, &#8216;Snooze&#8217; video (Bucci \/ @kombucci)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Justin Bieber&#8217;s Coachella performance made headlines, but if he had ended up dropping out, SZA wants you to know that she wouldn&#8217;t have stepped in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">SZA jumped into the comments of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DW9TnhxjpjN\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:an Instagram post that claimed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;an Instagram post that claimed&quot;}\" class=\"link \">an Instagram post that claimed<\/a> that she was &#8220;allegedly paid six figures to stay Coachella-ready in case Justin Bieber dropoff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Lmao who made this up ? I\u2019ve seen this 4 times now . I\u2019m in New York no one paid me a dime . Wishing everyone the best,&#8221; the &#8220;Kill Bill&#8221; singer wrote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_5asl3b3aglqnpfivb8lbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_5asl3b3aglqnpfivb8lbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_5asl3b3aglqnpfivb8lbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In 2023, Justin teamed up with SZA for the &#8220;Snooze&#8221; video and remix.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Justin&#8217;s Coachella debut was heavy on songs from his albums <em>SWAG<\/em> and <em>SWAG II<\/em>,\u00a0but it also featured him singing along to old YouTube clips of himself and random viral videos. 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