Just hours after Justin Bieber defended Frank Ocean‘s controversial Coachella performance, new video appears to show the singer falling asleep during the show.
Ocean, 35, was the headliner for Sunday night at Coachella, though he showed up an hour late and the set was plagued by bizarre production issues that seemed to have stemmed from an injury he suffered during a bike accident at the festival.
Many fans were surprised when Bieber, 29, quickly took Instagram to defend Ocean’s performance, stating, ‘I was blown away by Frank Oceans Coachella performance. His artistry is simply unmatched, his style, his taste, his voice, his attention to detail.’
‘I was deeply moved. It made me want to keep going and get better as an artist. He continues to set the bar high and gave me a night I will never forget! Thanks Frank,’ Bieber said, which many fans also criticized since he defended Ocean but has yet to defend his own wife Hailey Bieber in her ongoing spat with the singer’s ex, Selena Gomez.
However, on Sunday, a video surfaced on TikTok from user ‘pineappleonpisa’ that appeared to show Bieber sleeping while standing up in the middle of the crowd during Ocean’s set.
Defense: Just hours after Justin Bieber defended Frank Ocean ‘s controversial Coachella performance, new video appears to show the singer falling asleep during the show
Asleep: However, on Sunday, a video surfaced on TikTok from user ‘pineappleonpisa’ that appeared to show Bieber sleeping while standing up in the middle of the crowd during Ocean’s set
The video was taken during the Sunday night performance, while Ocean was singing At Your Best (You Are Love), with the message, ‘Not Justin Bieber asleep @ the Frank set.’
The TikTok user captioned the video, ‘six yrs but it’s past his bedtime #coachella #frankchella #teamselena.
Bieber has not responded publicly to the video at this time, which was posted Sunday evening on TikTok.
Fans were quick to call out Bieber for coming to Ocean’s defense, with one stating, ‘Justin Bieber praising Frank Ocean’s whole Coachella fiasco is such a Justin Bieber things to do.’
Others mused about how it only took the Baby crooner ‘one day’ for him to speak out against the backlash over Ocean’s performance, but he never publicly defend ‘his own wife’ Hailey Bieber amid her recent feud with his ex-girlfriend, Selena Gomez.
‘Justin Bieber will really defend Frank Ocean after a day of negativity before he defends his wife who has been receiving death threats for weeks,’ one social media user wrote.
As for Ocean, his set was severely disrupted when the singer suffered an ankle injury on a bicycle he was using to get around the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, where Coachella is held annually.
TMZ reported Monday the Novacane singer was not injured on the stage, but the injury warranted severe changes in his performance.
Bedtime: The TikTok user captioned the video, ‘six yrs but it’s past his bedtime #coachella #frankchella #teamselena
The singer originally had an ice skating rink with hockey players hired to skate during the performance, though the entire rink idea was canceled due to the injury.
Over 100 hockey players were selected to be in the show after the skaters took part in an audition for a paid performance.
Few details were given about the gig at the time, but skaters did see Frank at the audition and ultimately realized the try-out was for his Coachella performance.
While the skating portion of the show was ultimately nixed, the skaters were still incorporated into the show and were even reportedly given custom Prada. They were seen walking during his performance.
It’s unclear if the injury was why Ocean was an hour late, which resulted in him cutting his performance short due to the event’s 12 AM curfew.
The show was even more disappointing for fans since it was his first live performance in six years.
He last performed on stage in 2017 as part of the Flow Festival in Finland.
It’s unclear if the injury Ocean sustained will also affect his performance during Coachella’s second weekend on Sunday.
Ice rink: The singer originally had an ice skating rink with hockey players hired to skate during the performance, though the entire rink idea was canceled due to the injury
First: The show was even more disappointing for fans since it was his first live performance in six years
