Justin Bieber Returns With ‘Swag' on Surprise New Album: Stream It Now
Released at midnight Friday (July 11) — just a few hours after the pop star announced its existence — Bieber's seventh studio album features 21 new songs. The singer first unveiled the tracklist in a video of a black-and-white billboard shared on his Instagram without explanation, revealing the titles 'All I Can Take,' 'Daisies,' 'Yukon,' 'Go Baby,' 'Things You Do,' 'Butterflies,' 'Way It Is,' 'First Place,' 'Soulful,' 'Walking Away,' 'Glory Voice Memo,' 'Devotion,' 'Dadz Love,' 'Therapy Session,' 'Sweet Spot,' '405,' 'Swag,' 'Zuma House,' 'Too Long' and 'Forgiveness.'
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When the album arrived, it featured an additional track: 'Standing on Business,' featuring an audio sample of Bieber's own meme-fueling viral exchange with paparazzi in June.
The project marks Bieber's first full-length since 2021's Justice, which spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 — one of eight No. 1 entries he's scored on the chart over the course of his career. He's also become a father since he last dropped an album, welcoming baby boy Jack Blues with wife Hailey Bieber last August.
Both the 11-month-old and the Rhode founder were featured heavily in promotional photos that circulated in the hours leading up to Swag, with the whole family appearing on the billboard shared by Justin on Instagram. In the artwork, Hailey holds little Jack in the background while the two-time Grammy winner stares down the camera in front.
For years, it was unclear whether Bieber would ever release another album as the star took a large step back from performing. In 2022, he announced that he'd been diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt Syndrome, a condition that caused half of his face to be temporarily paralyzed.
In the months leading up to Swag, however, he repeatedly teased that he was back to making music by sharing photos of himself in the studio.
Listen to Bieber's Swag below.
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