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Milliseconds after I saw Twitter clips of Justin Bieber doing YouTube karaoke <\/a>to his old smash hits at Coachella, I mentally prepared myself for The Discourse. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t deserve the headline slot<\/a>,\u201d \u201cHe doesn\u2019t wanna be there,\u201d \u201cHe didn\u2019t put in any effort<\/a>,\u201d yada yada yada. But if we\u2019re being so for real, that man could sit criss-cross applesauce and sing the ABCs at the damn Super Bowl, and zillennial\/millennial women all over the world would still be mesmerized. At the end of the day, talent is talent, Bieber Fever is a chronic ailment,<\/a> and 20+ years in the industry equals you can kinda do whatever TF you want.<\/p>\n Did he spend roughly 30 minutes preparing for that Coachella set? Very possible. But regardless, I fear Justin objectively has more artistry in his pinky finger than most of the boys currently fighting for the Gen Z pop prince title. The moment he appeared on that stage in a hoodie and sunglasses <\/a>and sang the first few notes of \u201cAll I Can Take\u201d in his signature heavenly tone, time stopped. Other Coachella performers shook in their (cowboy) boots. 33-year-old women were suddenly healed. They don\u2019t make<\/em> male pop supernovas like this anymore. All we get from men now is background music for grocery store self-checkout lines.<\/p>\n Most of us hardcore fangirls would gladly stand in a desert all day and sacrifice half a paycheck to watch our childhood hero take a walk down memory lane via music videos that made us the women we are today. (Physically, I\u2019m a grown woman sitting in my shoebox NYC apartment, but mentally, I\u2019m still in that \u201cBaby\u201d bowling alley, admiring those culture-shifting purple sneakers.) And as so many Beliebers have already pointed out online, this man is the king of YouTube pop stars<\/a>, so the YouTube of it all was actually a meaningful nod to his tween rise to stardom. I honestly thought the quick sing-alongs to \u201cBaby,\u201d \u201cThat Should Be Me\u201d and \u201cNever Say Never\u201d were fun, tasteful fan service. And don\u2019t even get me started on the 2007 Ne-Yo cover clip moment, which was like watching him do therapy in real time.<\/p>\n That said, we probably could\u2019ve done without the recreation of memes like \u201cdouble rainbow all the way\u201d and \u201cIt\u2019s not clocking to you that I\u2019m standing on business\u201d considering, ya know, it is<\/em> Coachella. The coveted post-11pm slot at the iconic music festival is maybe not the time or place for doomscrolling. Perhaps we save those unserious bits for tour, should he ever embark on one for the Swag<\/em> era\u2026 seems unlikely, but you never know.<\/p>\n Another highlight of Justin\u2019s set was the slew of goated special guests. Dijon came out for \u201cDevotion,\u201d Mk.gee played guitar for \u201cDaisies,\u201d Tems and Wizkid joined him on stage for \u201cEssence,\u201d and The Kid Laroi and Justin had a \u201cStay\u201d dance party. We love a Coachella surprise appearance moment, and they all sounded phenomenal.<\/p>\n