Over the past few months, several news stories have rocked the nation. The war-plans group chat, Donald Trump’s tariffs, and Elon Musk gutting the federal government have all dominated the front page, but you do have to wonder, What’s slipping through the cracks? What smaller, but no less important, news are we missing out on when every day presents a constitutional crisis? Well, for one, Justin Bieber has become obsessed with wearing his hats in the goofiest way possible.
On Wednesday, People published a standard roundup of celebrity photos, the first of which featured Bieber smiling broadly while in Palm Springs. It is a completely normal paparazzi shot except for the fact that his hat looks ridiculous. It appears to be a green bucket hat, and Bieber is wearing it askew on his head with the brim rolled up. It looks like a cross between a 1940s sailor cap and Peter Pan’s little hat.
Now, you might be thinking, What an odd way to wear a hat one time. Well, Bieber has actually been rolling up his hats to an absurd degree since at least late January. It started kind of normally with Bieber looking like a flirty barista:
He was, however, already enamored with this look. The very same day he stepped out in that pink number, he also wore a blue one. This time, the roll was more haphazard.
During this stint in New York, Bieber kept wearing his hats like this. Here he is in early February:
As you can see, the roll has gotten quite dramatic. It sort of looks as though he’s going for something that says, “How can I make it look like I’m wearing a durag but also make sure people know it’s just a hat?”
At one point, it seemed as if he was experimenting with turning the hat inside out and using the rolled brim to create a funky angle.
Months after first rocking this look, Bieber is still finding new ways to trot it out. On Instagram, he has posted several photos of himself wearing his rolled-up hats. Sometimes it looks sillier than others, but he doesn’t seem to care. Nor does he seem to care that since he wears such big clothes, the tight beanies with their odd shapes are making his head look so small in comparison. Maybe that’s part of the look.
Now that Bieber has moved on past simple skullcaps and beanies into the world of non-knit hats, who knows what his next innovation will be. Will he find a way to roll up a fitted baseball cap? What can he do with a cowboy hat? Can he push a fedora to its limits? I look forward to finding out.
