Justin Bieber asked Charli D'Amelio to slide into his DMs during an Instagram Live amid his latest efforts to trend on TikTok

• TikTok dance superstar Charli D'Amelio got a special surprise from Justin Bieber when she went live on Instagram on Monday.
• The "Yummy" singer asked D'Amelio to check her direct messages. "THANKS," he added.
• "Please tell me someone screenshotted that," D'Amelio said. In response to Bieber's request, she said, "Okay, I will — thank you!"

Justin Bieber watched Charli D'Amelio's Instagram Live on Monday and became one of the thousands of fans leaving comments, but the singer had a special proposition for the TikTok superstar.

"Please check ur dm when ur done ur live [sic] THANKS," Bieber said. When D'Amelio saw the comment, she smiled and said she thought it was a joke. "Please tell me someone screenshotted that," she said. In response to Bieber's request, D'Amelio said in a professional voice, "Okay, I will — thank you!"

Luckily, someone had screenshotted the comment, and screen recordings of the moment were posted on social media soon after. Fellow TikTok stars Avani Gregg (@avani) and Anthony Reeves (@luvanthony) commented on the video when it was shared to the TikTok gossip page on Instagram @tiktokroom.

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It's not clear why Bieber wanted to chat with D'Amelio — and the TikToker's representatives did not immediately return Insider's query. But the singer has recently been involving himself with the TikTok world. In April, he posted multiple videos of him dancing to his new song "Come Around Me," which he sought to position as a new dance challenge on the short-form video app.

Previously, Bieber launched an aggressive campaign to get his single "Yummy" to chart and trend, collaborating with Chipotle and numerous TikTok stars during the Super Bowl in an effort that the Verge's Julia Alexander called "desperate."

D'Amelio, the most-followed person on TikTok at only 16 years old, has brushed shoulders with many celebrities since she skyrocketed to fame in the last year. She's collaborated with top YouTubers like James Charles and David Dobrik, professional dancers including Derek Hough, and she even danced with her idol Jennifer Lopez backstage at the Super Bowl.

D'Amelio previously told Entertainment Tonight that she cried when meeting Lopez in February. "A couple years ago I decided that it was my dream to dance with J. Lo," she said. "It kind of set in and tears just started rolling down my eyes, 'cause this is all I've ever really, really wanted to experience and it happened."

If Bieber's comment was any indication, D'Amelio may soon be starstruck by the "Yummy" singer.

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