Justin Bieber’s ode to the Grunge scene and Kurt Cobain was not a one off in Seattle last week, he has continued to wear flannel, a Kurt Cobain shirt, and do an ‘MTV Unplugged’ style set. At Bieber’s show in Sacramento last night, he performed inside a box with a heart drawn on it while wearing Grunge style flannel. Is Bieber locked inside a heart shaped box? Judge for yourself in the photos and video below, from Andrew Seng and the Sacramento Bee.
Last week Justin Bieber performed in Seattle, and his performance was definitely Grunge inspired, wearing a Kurt Cobain t-shirt at one point and even performing a stripped down set inspired by Nirvana’s 1993 MTV Unplugged performance. Bieber wore the Cobain t-shirt under not just one, but two flannels, with torn up jeans to top it off. After the concert, Will Smith’s son Jaden tweeted that ‘Kurt Cobain is still alive’ and ‘he lives on in the souls of the youth.’
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Courtney Love attended the debut of Saint Laurent’s men’s fall fashion line at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles last month with Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic. The pair met Justin Bieber, as seen below. Love described Bieber as ‘such a gentleman.’ Novoselic also praised the young pop stars, tweeting: ‘Everybody loves Justin.’ Love also hung out with Lady Gaga backstage.
Everybody loves Justin. https://t.co/GUaFR3qcdV
— Krist Novoselić (@KristNovoselic) February 11, 2016
Justin Bieber’s stylist Karla Welch spoke to Esquire in November about Justin Bieber wearing a Nirvana t-shirt to the American Music Awards.
“It’s not the first time he’s worn a Nirvana tee. We just have a nice collection of vintage tees, and then the tee he wore yesterday was actually Jerry Lorenzo’s from Fear of God. Jerry takes vintage tees and re-cuts them.”
Welch continued: “Of course he’s a fan of Nirvana. I think it’s so funny that all these people are up in arms. I’m sure Kurt Cobain would be like – I mean I can’t speak for him, obviously – but I don’t think he was so snotty or that he would diss anyone who appreciated his music. I think he understood that that is like the antithesis of music appreciation.
“It’s so funny. But you know, fans are fans!” she added. “Whatever you want to say about being pop, but I don’t think Kurt Cobain gave two fucks, and I don’t think Justin Bieber does either. You know what I mean?”
Kurt Cobain’s widow Courtney Love had a surprising reaction to Bieber’s shirt: she loved it. Love tweeted, “You’re cool in my book Justin Bieber.”
