Justin Bieber performs in boxers in stripped-down Grammys set

A shirtless Justin Bieber, lone successful his underwear and socks, strolled onto the Grammys signifier Sunday with a purple guitar strapped astir his neck.

The assemblage erupted successful cheers the 2nd Bieber’s soulful vocals filled Crypto.com Arena. The popular prima took the Grammys signifier for the archetypal clip successful 4 years.

Bieber gave an aboriginal show during the 68th Grammy Awards with a stripped-down rendition of his Grammy-nominated opus “Yukon.” The 31-year-old vocalist was up for 4 awards, including medium of the twelvemonth and popular vocal medium for his R&B medium “Swag.”

“Yukon” was up for R&B show but mislaid to “Folded” by Kehlani earlier successful the day. He’s besides nominated for popular solo show for “Daisies.”

Bieber’s intimate show stood retired from the much elaborate sets of the night. He sang softly into the microphone, his arms crossed crossed his thorax and eyes closed during astir of it.

When the opus came to an end, the popular vocalist strolled close disconnected the stage, leaving a stunned assemblage behind.

Bieber’s Grammys show marked a comeback for the singer, who has scarcely performed unrecorded since helium canceled his Justice satellite circuit successful 2022, citing wellness concerns. He is acceptable to header the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival successful April, which volition people his archetypal U.S. performance since then.

“Swag,” the singer’s seventh workplace album, dropped successful July — a astonishment merchandise for fans and Bieber’s archetypal medium since “Justice” successful 2021. The medium strays distant from the popular genre that archetypal enactment him connected the charts and alternatively leans into a much soulful, R&B-infused sound.

Sunday’s show comes aft a comparatively quiescent fewer years for the “Peaches” hitmaker, who welcomed his archetypal son, Jack Blues Bieber, with woman Hailey Bieber successful 2024.

Bieber past took the Grammys signifier successful 2022, erstwhile helium performed “Peaches” from the medium “Justice,” which received 8 nominations, including medium of the year.

Bieber’s hiatus from the stage, however, did not halt the accordant nationalist scrutiny regarding his idiosyncratic beingness and marriage. The vocalist and Hailey Bieber person been nether a microscope since the mates wed successful 2018.

Discourse surrounding their narration lone heightened erstwhile Selena Gomez, Bieber’s ex-girlfriend, announced her engagement and yet tied the knot with euphony shaper Benny Blanco past year.

The camera panned to Hailey Bieber, who flashed a grin arsenic she watched Bieber perform.