{"id":41459,"date":"2025-07-21T01:14:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T01:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/21\/justin-bieber-grows-up-on-swag\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T01:14:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T01:14:14","slug":"justin-bieber-grows-up-on-swag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/21\/justin-bieber-grows-up-on-swag\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Bieber Grows Up on &#8216;Swag&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn between standing on business in paparazzi clashes and dodging endless rumors about his personal life, it turns out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/justin-bieber\/\" id=\"auto-tag_justin-bieber\" data-tag=\"justin-bieber\">Justin Bieber<\/a> was busy in the studio, making a genuinely interesting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/justin-bieber-swag-review-1235384154\/\">album<\/a>. <em>Swag <\/em>is full of well-chosen collaborators \u2014\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/gunna\/\" id=\"auto-tag_gunna\" data-tag=\"gunna\">Gunna<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/sexyy-red-2\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sexyy-red-2\" data-tag=\"sexyy-red-2\">Sexyy\u202fRed<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/cash-cobain-2\/\" id=\"auto-tag_cash-cobain-2\" data-tag=\"cash-cobain-2\">Cash\u202fCobain<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/lil-b-2\/\" id=\"auto-tag_lil-b-2\" data-tag=\"lil-b-2\">Lil\u202fB<\/a>,  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/dijon\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dijon\" data-tag=\"dijon\">Dijon<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0confessional lyrics, and even surprisingly self-aware skits recorded with Druski. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.megaphone.fm\/IMP3461579274\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn the new episode of our <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/rolling-stone-music-now\/\" id=\"auto-tag_rolling-stone-music-now\" data-tag=\"rolling-stone-music-now\">Rolling Stone Music Now<\/a> <\/em>podcast, we break down the last few years of Bieber\u2019s life and career, with Jeff Ihaza (who wrote a smart <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/justin-bieber-hip-hop-fashion-1235318945\/\">piece <\/a>on Bieber\u2019s cultural savvy) and Brittany Spanos joining host Brian Hiatt. (To hear the whole episode, go <a href=\"https:\/\/link.chtbl.com\/iw8-QbwN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">here<\/a> for the podcast provider of your choice, listen on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/rolling-stone-music-now\/id1078431985\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0jCfnXfdYhwIM2I4x7SxZx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Spotify<\/a>, or just press play above.)\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe discussion notes that Bieber stepped off the pop treadmill after the endless work of his younger years \u2014\u00a0<em>Swag<\/em> is only his third album of the past 10 years. It\u2019s also a welcome throwback to an era where male pop stars drew from R&amp;B instead of, say, soft rock. The panel goes on to dig into Bieber\u2019s enduring influence \u2014 stars like Billie Eilish worship him, and he still carries weight as \u201ca cool white boy,\u201d as Ihaza puts it, in hip-hop and R&amp;B.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tDownload and subscribe to <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2018s weekly podcast, <em>Rolling Stone Music Now,<\/em> hosted by Brian Hiatt, on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/rolling-stone-music-now\/id1078431985\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> or<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0jCfnXfdYhwIM2I4x7SxZx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> Spotify<\/a> (or wherever you get your podcasts). Check out eight years\u2019 worth of episodes in the archive, including in-depth interviews with Mariah Carey, Bruce Springsteen, SZA, Questlove, Halsey, Neil Young, Snoop Dogg, Brandi Carlile, Phoebe Bridgers, Rick Ross, Alicia Keys, the National, Ice Cube, Taylor Hawkins, Willow, Keith Richards, Robert Plant, Dua Lipa, Killer Mike, Julian Casablancas, Sheryl Crow, Johnny Marr, Scott Weiland, Kirk Hammett, Coco Jones, Liam Gallagher, Alice Cooper, Fleetwood Mac, Elvis Costello, John Legend, Donald Fagen, Charlie Puth, Phil Collins, Justin Townes Earle, Stephen Malkmus, Sebastian Bach, Tom Petty, Eddie Van Halen, Kelly Clarkson, Pete Townshend, Bob Seger, the Zombies, and Gary Clark Jr. And look for dozens of episodes featuring genre-spanning discussions, debates, and explainers with <em>Rolling Stone\u2019<\/em>s critics and reporters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/justin-bieber-swag-grown-up-podcast-1235389707\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In between standing on business in paparazzi clashes and dodging endless rumors about his personal life, it turns out Justin Bieber was busy in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":40787,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}