🌀 Eyewitnesses backstage described him as “disconnected,” “like a ghost,” and “mumbling to himself.”

🍷 Reports say he’d been drinking and smoking before the performance, and it showed his mic often wasn’t even at his mouth.

💔 SZA seemed to recognize something was off and lovingly lifted his chin mid performance. That single act both tender and tragic has gone viral.

👀 Fans are calling it a cry for help.

🧠 Others are speculating about mental health struggles, relapse, or the long term effects of Ramsay Hunt syndrome (which he’s publicly battled).

💍 All this is happening while rumors swirl about marriage issues with Hailey Bieber though she was there, supporting from the crowd.

✓Is Justin Bieber in crisis again? ✓Why do so many child stars seem to spiral as adults? ✓Should artists be protected from performing when they’re clearly not well? ✓Does the industry (or the public) exploit celebrity breakdowns for views?