NEW YORK (AP) — By no means say by no means! Justin Bieber shocked followers Friday by releasing “Swag,” his seventh studio album, hours after he teased it on billboards and social media posts.
It’s his first album since 2021’s “Justice” and his first since turning into a father final 12 months.
“Impressed by his devotion as a husband and father, this new period of music has fueled a deeper perspective and extra reflective sound, leading to a few of his most private music but,” Def Jam Recordings stated of the 21-track album.
Billboards depicting Bieber have been discovered by followers Thursday in Reykjavik, Iceland, and Los Angeles. The singer additionally shared pictures of billboards on his official Instagram account together with a tracklist that included track names like “All I Can Take,” “Strolling Away,” “Dadz Love” and “Forgiveness.”
Bieber, the two-time Grammy Award successful singer and Canadian pop idol who revolutionized teen pop and social media fame, is greatest identified for his silky R&B pop lyric tenor, demonstrated on the diamond-selling “Child,” “Sorry,” and “Keep” with the Child Laroi. At first of his profession, and as a tween, Bieber started working with Usher and the influential music supervisor Scooter Braun.
In 2023, Bieber bought the rights to his music — all six of his albums, together with hits like “Sorry” and “Child” — to Hipgnosis, a U.Ok-based music funding firm. The deal’s monetary particulars weren’t disclosed, however Billboard Journal reports that the sale was price an estimated $200 million.
In August 2024, Bieber and his spouse, the mannequin Hailey Bieber (nee Baldwin), introduced the beginning of their first baby, Jack Blues Bieber.