"I've had a few gigs where things have got out of hand and there has been a huge crush with my fans. They are important and I don't want them being hurt. They are a mad crowd"
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“Crush” does double duty. It’s the literal threat of crowd compression, but it also nods to the teenage “crush” economy that made Bieber a phenomenon in the first place. He’s naming the dark side of a business model that sells access, closeness, and the idea that the star might notice you. If your career is powered by fans who feel personally claimed by you, you can’t act surprised when they behave like a stampede toward a single point of meaning.
Calling them “a mad crowd” is a careful balancing act: affectionate and slightly alarmed, a way to validate their intensity while distancing himself from accountability for their actions. In the early 2010s context of Bieber-fever, viral mobs, and headlines about unruly arrivals, this reads like crisis management with a pulse: he wants to keep the thrill of hysteria without inheriting its consequences.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Bieber, Justin. (2026, January 15). I've had a few gigs where things have got out of hand and there has been a huge crush with my fans. They are important and I don't want them being hurt. They are a mad crowd. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ive-had-a-few-gigs-where-things-have-got-out-of-158790/
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Bieber, Justin. "I've had a few gigs where things have got out of hand and there has been a huge crush with my fans. They are important and I don't want them being hurt. They are a mad crowd." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ive-had-a-few-gigs-where-things-have-got-out-of-158790/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I've had a few gigs where things have got out of hand and there has been a huge crush with my fans. They are important and I don't want them being hurt. They are a mad crowd." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ive-had-a-few-gigs-where-things-have-got-out-of-158790/. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.


