Never Say Never as a result of Justin Bieber has shocked followers — once more — by releasing his eighth studio album, Swag II, on Friday.
It’s a follow-up to his July launch, when the Canadian musician launched his seventh studio album, Swag, after he teased it on billboards and in social media posts. Bieber did the identical rollout for Swag II.
The 31-year-old pop star started teasing the paintings Thursday for his new album on Instagram and all throughout the globe with a child pink background and the textual content “Swag II.”
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Bieber additionally shared a picture of himself, his spouse Hailey Bieber, and their toddler son, Jack Blues Bieber.
The new album options two discs. Disc 1 is the brand new launch, with 23 new songs, together with Speed Demon, Better Man and I Think You’re Special, and visitor appearances from Tems, Hurricane Chris, Lil B, Eddie Benjamin and Bakar.
The two-time Grammy Award-winning singer produced Swag II alongside Dijon, Carter Lang, Mike Will Made It, Buddy Ross, Daniel Chetrit, Mk.gee and Dylan Wiggins, amongst others.
Disc 2 is his beforehand launched album Swag, which explored themes of affection, life and fatherhood throughout 21 tracks. Some of the strongest songs embody Daisies, Bieber’s slow-burn alt-R&B carried out atop lo-fi guitar; Go Baby, a celebration of his spouse; and Devotion, which options rising R&B voice Dijon.
Bieber’s Swag options 21 songs and visitor appearances from artists together with Gunna, Sexxy Red, Cash Cobain, Druski, Dijon, Lil B, Eddie Benjamin and Marvin Winans.
Before Swag II and Swag, Bieber hadn’t launched a brand new album since 2021’s Justice.
Bieber is greatest identified for his R&B pop lyric tenor, demonstrated on the diamond-selling Baby, Sorry, and Stay with the Kid Laroi. At the start of his profession and as a tween, Bieber started working with Usher and music supervisor Scooter Braun.
In 2023, Bieber bought the rights to his music — all six of his albums, together with hits like Sorry and Baby — to Hipgnosis, a U.Ok.-based music funding firm. The deal’s monetary particulars weren’t disclosed, however Billboard Magazine reported that the sale was price an estimated US$200 million.
— with recordsdata from The Associated Press
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