--- title: Fan Throws Water Bottle at Justin Bieber VIDEO description: Justin Bieber incurred the wrath of fans after admitting that he didn't know the words to a song he's featured on, 'Despacito.' canonical: https://time.com/4816510/justin-bieber-water-bottle-despacito/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-13T17:46:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:27.951Z og:title: Justin Bieber Hit By Bottle After Saying He Doesn't Know 'Despacito' og:description: Hell hath no fury like a Belieber scorned og:url: https://time.com/4816510/justin-bieber-water-bottle-despacito/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec4013046ddb7c58/6988d1680b72e3860d6ee35a/justin-bieber-water-bottle-despacito.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: One Love Manchester Benefit Concert og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Justin Bieber Hit By Bottle After Saying He Doesn't Know 'Despacito' twitter:description: Hell hath no fury like a Belieber scorned twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec4013046ddb7c58/6988d1680b72e3860d6ee35a/justin-bieber-water-bottle-despacito.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Fan Throws Water Bottle at Justin Bieber After He Says He Doesn't Know the Song 'Despacito' > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Kevin Mazur/One Love Manchester/Getty Images for One Love Manchester) Kevin Mazur/One Love Manchester—Getty Images for One Love Manche  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 13, 2017 5:46 PM UTC Justin Bieber’s [complicated dynamic with his fans](http://time.com/4452301/selena-gomez-justin-bieber-instagram-sofia-richie/) continues. The [face tattoo enthusiast](http://time.com/4322795/justin-bieber-face-tattoo-reason/) and enfant terrible of the music world, who disappointed Beliebers when [he announced last year that he would no longer be taking pictures with fans](http://time.com/4326097/justin-bieber-no-fan-photos/), has frustrated his followers again after admitting that he doesn’t know the lyrics to the wildly popular, [song of the summer contender “Despacito,”](http://time.com/4794885/song-of-the-summer-2017/) the remix of which features him prominently. During a performance at the Summerburst Festival in Stockholm, Bieber told a fan who requested the song that he couldn’t perform the song because he didn’t even know the song. “I can’t do ‘Despacito,'” he said. “I don’t even know it.” This explanation didn’t seem to satisfy some of Bieber’s fans, one of whom threw a water bottle at him to show their disapproval. 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