Swag<\/em>. The singer announced the surprise album less than 12 hours before its release, with billboards and a flurry of Instagram posts signaling its arrival.<\/p>\n\n\tWith how fraught the last few years of Bieber\u2019s life and career have been, many were curious about what the sound and themes of his new album would be. Since 2021\u2019s Justice<\/em>, Bieber\u2019s been relatively quiet on the career front. He canceled most of his Justice<\/em> tour dates, needing to prioritize his physical health after battling Lyme disease and Ramsay Hunt syndrome. Then, in 2023, he sold his entire music catalog for $200 million. As the deal was announced, it seemed that the following two years evolved into the dissolution of his friendship and working partnership with manager Scooter Braun, who retired entirely from artist management.<\/p>\n\n\tMeanwhile, Bieber\u2019s personal life has remained a point of tabloid fascination. He and his wife Hailey welcomed son Jack Blues last August. In the months following the birth of their son, fans and gossip magazines worried about Bieber\u2019s mental health due to an uptick in erratic Instagram posts, mostly of him smoking blunts. After an especially strange comment about Hailey\u2019s\u00a0Vogue\u00a0cover, where he indicated that during a fight, he once told her she would never be on the cover of\u00a0Vogue, rumors swirled that their marriage was on the rocks.<\/p>\n
\n\tWith Swag<\/em>, Bieber squashes all concerns about the health of his marriage. He previewed the album with a new photoshoot that heavily featured Hailey and their son. The album itself is similar to Changes in its intimate examination of Bieber\u2019s married life, but much more musically complex and interesting. On \u201cWalking Away,\u201d he offers a glimpse into the types of natural ups and downs of being in a relationship with someone. \u201cAnd girl we better stop before we say some shit\/We\u2019ve been testing our patience,\u201d he sings on the pre-chorus. \u201cI think we better off if we just take a break\/And remember what grace is.\u201d As the song goes on, he confirms that in spite of these \u201cgrowing pains,\u201d he wouldn\u2019t be giving up on this relationship any time soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
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\n\tOn \u201cGo Baby,\u201d he celebrates his wife\u2019s accomplishments, specifically the successful lip gloss phone case for her beauty brand Rhode: \u201cThat\u2019s my baby\/She\u2019s iconic\/iPhone case\/lip gloss on it,\u201d he says in the opening lines. He proceeds to offer to be a shoulder for her to cry on when things get tough.<\/p>\n
\n\tIn between some more lusty lyrics for his wife, Swag<\/em> includes some choice samples from a recent viral video of him confronting a swath of paparazzi who were stalking him. The video turned into a meme, specifically the line \u201cIt\u2019s not clocking to you that I\u2019m standing on business.\u201d He already had a great sense of humor about the moment, reposting edits of it on his Instagram, but also sampled the video on the song \u201cButterflies\u201d as well as the Druski-featuring skit \u201cStanding on Business.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
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\n\tOn a different skit with Druski titled \u201cTherapy Session,\u201d Bieber addresses concerns about his mental health, revealing how much it has started to bug him when people ask him how he\u2019s doing. \u201cI have had to go through a lot of my struggles as a human, as all of us do, really publicly, and so people are always asking if I\u2019m okay and that starts to really weigh on me,\u201d he says. \u201cIt starts to make me feel like I\u2019m the one with issues and everyone else is perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tBesides Druski, Bieber\u2019s latest features guest appearances from Mk.gee, Dijon, Gunna, Lil B, Sexyy Red, Cash Cobain, Eddie Benjamin, and Marvin Winans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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