Geese didn’t waste time getting their Coachella moment, either. Hours before Justin Bieber headlined, the band covered Bieber’s hit “Baby” during their set Saturday.
They made it even more of a spectacle by doing it early, too—Cameron Winter and company performed on the Gobi Stage five hours before Bieber’s main stage gig. They started with a snippet of the 2010 single, then twisted it into something else: “Baby” got woven into Geese’s own 3D Country song “2122.” It’s the kind of move that makes you look up from your phone, like wait—are they really doing that?
And it wasn’t their first brush with “Baby.” Misryoum newsroom reported that Geese recorded a studio rendition of the My World 2.0 track in 2024. They uploaded that version onto their official YouTube page but never officially released it—so this live cover felt both fresh and… not exactly new.
Meanwhile, Bieber was doing his own thing later on, and it was still “Baby,” just in his own way. Misryoum editorial desk noted that Bieber revisited the song during his Coachella headlining set, singing along with the track while he played the music video (his version, not Geese’s) off YouTube.
There’s also the question of how the crowd experience landed in real time, because Bieber’s set didn’t move like a clean story. According to Misryoum analysis, his performance included a sit-in from the Kid Laroi on “Stay,” then Bieber brought in a couple of guitarists to share the stage, leaning into deep-cut acoustic tracks that led to a mid-set exodus. Actually, it’s the kind of shift that can feel great to some people and… not to others.
Misryoum newsroom reported that Rolling Stone described Bieber’s set as a “trial of patience” for many fans, especially when—after all that—he pulled up old videos and sang along to earlier-stage bangers like “Baby” and “I’m the One.” The description also pointed out that the low-fi video was shot nearly 20 years ago, right at the beginning of Bieber’s career. Even with all that, the vibe in the room seemed like it could go either way. One second you’re hearing “Baby” and thinking nostalgia; the next, you’re hearing about paparazzi fails and viral clips and wondering what the night’s actually becoming.
Near the time Bieber started that older-material stretch, you could almost feel the crowd doing that collective inhale—like folks were bracing. The sound mix bounced just a little from stage to audience, and you could smell that dusty festival heat settling in, before the next song kicked. And then, of course, the “Baby” connection kept looping back—Geese already planted the seed earlier, and Bieber basically harvested it later. What happens after that is anyone’s guess, honestly—sets like this can end up smoother than you expect, or they don’t. In this case, the night had enough turns that it barely had time to pick a lane.
