About

Justin Bieber Falling Off a Unicycle is an image macro used in a series of edits, altering a photograph of Canadian singer Justin Bieber falling from a unicycle.

Origin

On October 11th, 2019, The Daily Mail^[1] published photographs of Justin Bieber falling off a unicycle. The photograph shows Bieber in mid-fall and attempting to catch himself.

Spread

Two days later, on October 13th, Redditor ^[2] Redditallbefore123 shared the image in the /r/photoshopbattles subreddit. The post received more than 52,000 points (93% upvoted) and 750 comments (examples of edits below).

On January 6th, 2020, Justin Bieber shared the original photograph on Instagram. ^[3] The post received more than 2.1 million likes in less than 24 hours.

That day, Bieber's producer Scooter Braun posted a series of examples from /r/photoshopbattles on Instagram.^[4] The post received more than 100,000 likes in less than 24 hours (shown below, left).

Additionally, Bieber began posting edits, beginning with one showing Bieber being abducted by aliens. The post^[5] received more than 1 million views in less than 24 hours (shown below).

Several media outlets reported on the meme, including People,^[6] BuzzFeed, ^[7] Highsnobiety,^[8] Elite Daily^[9] and more.

Various Examples

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