Justin Bieber's ‘Therapy Session' Lyrics Address Concerns About His Recent Social Media Behaviour
Justin Bieber is finally addressing the public's concerns about his recent social media behavior on his new album, Swag.
In a song titled 'Therapy Session' featuring Druski as his 'counsellor,' which functions more like a skit, Bieber opens up about the struggles of being a public figure on the internet.
Druski kicks off the interlude. 'Even sometimes where I know you're trollin' / And they don't even understand it, like, 'Oh my God, he's fuckin' losin' his mind' / And it's like, 'Nah, I think he's just being a human being / He's enjoying social media like the fuckin' rest of us / He's just doing it his own way.'
'That's been a tough thing for me recently,' Bieber responds. 'It's feeling like, you know, I 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'm okay / And that starts to really weigh on mе.'
He later adds, 'It starts to make me feel like I'm the one with issues and everyone else is perfect.'
You can check out the full lyrics to the track below, courtesy of Genius:
Juliana Ukiomogbe is the former Assistant Editor at ELLE. Her work has previously appeared in Interview, i-D, Teen Vogue, Nylon, and more.
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