--- title: Justin Bieber Doesn't Feel Good at Awards Shows description: Justin Bieber took to Instagram after the Billboard Music Awards to tell followers that he doesn't like award shows. canonical: https://time.com/4345201/justin-bieber-award-shows/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-23T19:04:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:32:38.275Z og:title: Justin Bieber: "I Don't Feel Good" at Awards Shows og:description: "There's an authenticity missing that I crave" og:url: https://time.com/4345201/justin-bieber-award-shows/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Justin Bieber: "I Don't Feel Good" at Awards Shows twitter:description: "There's an authenticity missing that I crave" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Justin Bieber: 'I Don't Feel Good' at Awards Shows  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 23, 2016 7:04 PM CUT  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 23, 2016 7:04 PM CUT [Justin Bieber](http://time.com/4084131/justin-bieber-sorry/?iid=sr-link7 "undefined") is not about that awards shows life, despite winning Top Male Artist and receiving a glowing response to [his “Sorry” performance at the Billboard Music Awards](http://time.com/4344366/billboard-music-awards-2016-best-and-worst/ "undefined") Sunday night. The pop sensation took to Instagram on Monday to share a lengthy post about why he thinks that awards shows are “hollow.” In the photo caption, Bieber detailed how he really feels about attending awards shows, holding nothing back: “No disrespect to anybody at any of the shows or the people running it. Nothing but love for you guys and your support. But I don’t feel good when I’m there nor after,” he said. “I try to think of it as a celebration but can’t help feeling like people are rating and grading my performance.” Instagram has been a outlet of late for transparent asides for the 22-year-old singer, who has been using the social media platform for everything from [revealing a face tattoo](http://time.com/4322795/justin-bieber-face-tattoo-reason/ "undefined") to telling fans that [he will no longer be taking pictures with them](http://time.com/4326097/justin-bieber-no-fan-photos/ "undefined"). Read his full caption below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4345201/justin-bieber-award-shows/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4345201/justin-bieber-award-shows/"},"headline":"Justin Bieber: 'I Don't Feel Good' at Awards Shows","datePublished":"2016-05-23T19:04:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:38.275Z","description":"\"There's an authenticity missing that I crave\"","url":"https://time.com/4345201/justin-bieber-award-shows/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","Justin Bieber"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4345201/justin-bieber-award-shows/","name":"Justin Bieber: 'I Don't Feel Good' at Awards Shows"}}]}] ```