⁠"High as a kite" - Justin Bieber vibing shirtless at Coachella sparks mixed reactions online

Justin Bieber is sparking concern among his fans online following his behavior during the second week of this year's Coachella.

In footage circulating online, the Peaches singer can be seen taking a drag of what is seemingly a joint. Page Six has reported that the clip was shot at a private party near the music festival in Indio, Calif. A shirtless Bieber can also be seen hunching over and vibing to his own 2015 track, What Do You Mean?

TMZ has reported that the singer was attending the Friday Nights in the Desert party, which is invite-only. At another point, the singer, 31, can be seen vibing to Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us amid a crowd.

Fans have since begun reacting to the video with concern, with many suggesting that the father-of-one was highly inebriated. Here's how one fan reacted, for instance:

"high as a kite"

The comments didn't end there:

"Oh Justin 😞 I still love you 🫂," one fan noted.

"He’s definitely depressed 😢 I pray Hailey not keeping him from that baby because he looked happy during her pregnancy and when the baby was born," someone else chimed in.

"I wouldn’t call this vibing. He looks like he needs help before it’s too late. I hope his family is seeing this - so disturbing 🙏🏻," another opined.

Here's how the rest of Instagram is reacting:

"He not vibing he lost and high lets me honest it looks like he is not having fun and being hype to," one user noted.

"😢 He look like he’s being held hostage," another chimed in.

"He needs help, don’t want anything to get worse," someone else echoed.

Even more chimed in to echo the sentiments:

"Looks to me like he’s just trying to connect with the music and the performance and just vibe to it. He has issues with the lack of boundaries that fame and real life have esp in this country. I don’t know him personally but he has had struggles and could be struggling now or the paparazzi just keeps catching him at moments we should not be privy to," yet another noted.

Scores online were visibly worried for the former child star.

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Justin Bieber slams rumors of substance abuse: Read more

Justin Bieber has been fighting rumors of substance abuse from earlier this year, such as when, this February, he was spotted swaying and enjoying himself at a pop party in LA, smiling ear to ear.

At the time, his representative told TMZ in a statement that the singer is far from using drugs, and that the rumors were "exhausting and pitiful and shows that despite the obvious truth, people are committed to keeping negative, salacious, harmful narratives alive."

However, Bieber's former crew members are also concerned for him, with one former employee telling the Hollywood Reporter:

“Seeing him disintegrate like this … it’s watching the embodiment of someone not living their purpose. He’s lost. There’s no one protecting him because there’s no one there willing to say no to him. You say no, you get blown out.”

In response, Bieber's representative told Page Six:

“This is just clickbait stupidity based on unnamed — and clearly ill-informed — ‘sources,’ disappointed that they no longer work with Justin.”

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At the time of writing, Bieber has yet to address the rumors surrounding his alleged substance abuse.