Justin Bieber Releases New Album, 'swag,' With Surprise Drop

Justin Bieber shocked fans by dropping a astonishment album, his first successful much than 4 years, aft days of posting photos of himself successful nan studio.

The 31-year-old vocalist released his seventh workplace album, titled “Swag,” connected Friday, July 11. The LP was made disposable connected streaming platforms astatine midnight.

Bieber’s past album, “Justice,” which included his hits “Holy,” “Lonely,” “Hold On” and “Peaches,” dropped successful March 2021.

In 2023, he was featured connected nan acoustic type SZA’s azygous “Snooze” and Don Toliver’s “Private Landing,” which besides featured Future.

The Grammy victor had teased his caller medium July 9, sharing photos of his medium screen connected advertisements astir nan world.

Prior to nan charismatic drop, he shared what appeared to beryllium nan medium cover, which included him holding his almost-1-year-old son, Jack, whom he shares pinch woman Hailey Bieber.

In different post, which appeared to beryllium successful New York’s Times Square, Bieber shared nan record’s 21-song way list. He besides shared a photo of nan way list connected a advertisement adjacent State Farm Arena successful Atlanta, Georgia.

On July 7, Bieber shared a fistful of photos of himself successful nan studio. Jack was besides included successful nan jam session. In 1 pic, nan toddler stands by a woody table, dressed successful striped overalls arsenic immoderate musicians strum connected guitars.

Over nan years, Bieber has taken breaks from euphony to attraction connected his intelligence health. In 2019, he shared connected societal media that he was stepping backmost from his work to woody pinch immoderate backstage issues “so that I don’t autumn apart.”

“I publication a batch of messages saying you want an album. I’ve toured my full teenage life, and early 20s,” he began. “I realized and arsenic you guys astir apt saw I was unhappy past circuit and I don’t merit that and you don’t merit that, you salary money to travel and person a lively energetic nosy ray performance and I was incapable emotionally to springiness you that adjacent nan extremity of nan tour.”

After releasing “Justice,” he canceled nan remainder of nan North American limb of his circuit successful June 2022 aft sharing that he was suffering from Ramsay Hunt syndrome, a uncommon upset caused by a microorganism that affects nan facial nervus and tin lead to paralysis.

The popular prima continued touring soon after, performing six shows successful Europe and 1 successful Brazil. However, he past announced he would beryllium taking a break from touring.

Bieber has since made various astonishment appearances astatine concerts, astir precocious successful May 2025, erstwhile nan vocalist made a uncommon shape appearance astatine SZA’s Los Angeles performance astatine SoFi Stadium to execute their opus “Snooze” together.