Ah, Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez. Sometimes they’re on, sometimes they’re off.
For the past couple years they’ve been decidedly off, but every once in a while Bieber will make a grand gesture that gets the Internet buzzing again. Like the other week when he serenaded Gomez with “My Girl” in a Beverly Hills hotel and a bystander uploaded the video to Instagram.
Did the gesture work in winning back Gomez’s heart? Probably not. But did it launch 10-billion blog posts and clog Gomez’s Twitter mentions with fans who identify as Team Jelena? You betcha.
The latest installment in this will-they-won’t-they saga comes in the form of a throwback Instagram Bieber posted Tuesday night:
Initially, the photo went up captionless, and fans started freaking out that the two must be back together. The best part? Among them was none other than Drake.
😔🇨🇦 #Jelena pic.twitter.com/GJXktznGAb
— Word On Road (@WordOnRd) December 2, 2015
Bieber quickly updated to let everyone know it was a throwback, but now the world knows once and for all where Champagne Papi stands on the Gomez/Bieber breakup—he’s team #Jelena.
H/T Vulture | Illustration by Max Fleishman