--- title: Justin Bieber Wears Cowboy Hat, Internet Reactions description: After Justin Bieber sported a large cowboy hat, the Internet erupted with plenty of opinionated hot takes about the Western-inspired look. canonical: https://time.com/4799941/justin-bieber-cowboy-hat/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-31T18:48:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:02.728Z og:title: The Internet Is Losing It Over Justin Bieber's Cowboy Hat og:description: Quite the style statement og:url: https://time.com/4799941/justin-bieber-cowboy-hat/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e4ddea50605cbfb/6988cf910b72e3e0516ee0a7/justin-bieber-cowboy-hat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Justin Bieber performs in Rio De Janerio og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Is Losing It Over Justin Bieber's Cowboy Hat twitter:description: Quite the style statement twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e4ddea50605cbfb/6988cf910b72e3e0516ee0a7/justin-bieber-cowboy-hat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Has a Lot of Feelings About Justin Bieber's Cowboy Fashion Statement > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by FABIO TEIXEIRA/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - MARCH 29: - Canadian singer Justin Bieber's performs on stage at Apoteose Sapucai Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on March 29, 2017\. More than 30 thousand people attended the show. (Photo by FABIO TEIXEIRA/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Anadolu Agency—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 31, 2017 6:48 PM UTC [Justin Bieber](http://time.com/4707871/justin-bieber-new-tattoos/?iid=sr-link2) has long been acknowledged as an arbiter of personal style, whether it’s selling [his own ubiquitous tour merchandise](https://purposetourmerch.com/) or displaying [a tiny but prominent face tattoo](http://time.com/4322795/justin-bieber-face-tattoo-reason/). The _Purpose_ singer seems to be taking his fashion in another direction however, after he was photographed in New York City sporting a large cowboy hat with his own athleisure looks, including a goldenrod pullover and a pair of athletic shorts over a pair of Bieber merchandise leggings. The Internet, as to be expected, erupted in hot takes and opinions on Bieber’s new look, ranging from hearty approval to disgust and disbelief. One Twitter user was shocked at Bieber’s decision to pair his athletic shoes with a cowboy hat. > [](https://twitter.com/WilldeFries/status/869930329577971712) Another Internet commentator riffed on Bieber’s aesthetic for summer. > [](https://twitter.com/noahvjohnson/status/869928577109831682) It even appeared that Bieber captured the eye of the [hypebeast](http://www.complex.com/style/2013/04/10-signs-youre-a-hypebeast/) set. > [](https://twitter.com/Four%5FPins/status/869928267792437250) Some however, were truly appreciative of the Bieb’s fashion statement. > [](https://twitter.com/RareBiebz/status/869899491188633600) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4799941/justin-bieber-cowboy-hat/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4799941/justin-bieber-cowboy-hat/"},"headline":"The Internet Has a Lot of Feelings About Justin Bieber's Cowboy Fashion Statement","datePublished":"2017-05-31T18:48:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:44:02.728Z","description":"It's a bold look for the singer","url":"https://time.com/4799941/justin-bieber-cowboy-hat/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","fashion","Justin Bieber"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e4ddea50605cbfb/6988cf910b72e3e0516ee0a7/justin-bieber-cowboy-hat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e4ddea50605cbfb/6988cf910b72e3e0516ee0a7/justin-bieber-cowboy-hat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Justin Bieber performs in Rio De Janerio","caption":"Justin Bieber performs in Rio De Janerio","creditText":"Anadolu Agency—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/4799941/justin-bieber-cowboy-hat/","name":"The Internet Has a Lot of Feelings About Justin Bieber's Cowboy Fashion Statement"}}]}] ```