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Justin Bieber sparks new interest in his close friendship with Eddie Benjamin as he shares photos of the 23-year-old Australian singer
Justin Bieber has sparked new interest in his close friendship with young Australian singer Eddie Benjamin.
The Peaches hitmaker, 31, who recently put on a racy display with wife Hailey to celebrate her $1billion Rhode deal, is currently on on a mountain getaway with some male friends and has prominently featured Eddie, 23, in several of his recent posts.
On Monday, Justin shared a carousel of photos which showed him singing into a microphone in a makeshift recording studio and enjoying a few games of golf and basketball with the Sydney musician.
It comes after Justin shared a dozen happy snaps of the duo goofing around together last week, with the Canadian hitmaker grinning and holding up two middle fingers to the camera while Eddie grabbed onto his shirt.
Eddie shared one of the photos to his own account, where he has 359,000 followers to Justin's 249million, and captioned it with a red love heart emoji.
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'This friendship is strange,' one of the Maniac singer's fans commented, while another pointed out how inseparable the pair have become in recent months: 'Eddie must be his new best friend... these [two] are always together.'
Justin's working holiday with the boys comes after the pair collaborated on Eddie's new song MANIAC.
Justin released the song alongside an advert promoting his new SKYLRK fashion brand in April - sending fans into a frenzy.
The video, set to the soundtrack of MANIAC, featured a cartoon version of Justin riding a scooter to an abandoned house, which he sets alight before leaving and locking lips with a cartoon of his wife Hailey.
The pair then walk into a new building with their son Jack Blues in a stroller.
Justin and Eddie reportedly met through mutual friends in 2020 and formed a close bond based on a mutual respect for one another's musical talents.
Eddie has spoken about Justin as a close friend and confidant in several interviews, describing him as a go-to for emotional support in difficult times.
In 2022, Eddie opened the Justice world tour for Bieber and also featured in its documentary.
On Monday, Justin shared a carousel of photos which showed him singing into a microphone in a makeshift recording studio and enjoying a few games of golf and basketball with the Sydney musician
More recently, he opened up about the experience of writing music with Justin on the Zach Sang podcast in May.
'I think birthing ideas with the people you're with is really important,' Eddie said.
'He has such a big heart and his ears are out of this world. Justin is a really loving special human and has a lot of space and patience for people around him, which is huge.
'In this specific instance, it's a very flow state room. Nothing much happens if you're thinking. Often my brain will be doing too much and he... Justin is one of the people that, since I was little, that tells me to stop and take a breath.
'There's a lack of trying [to make music] and it's beautiful. We talk about it all the time. You have to be comfortable enough to not play the right thing, not sing the perfect whatever.
'You don't want to be tense around your loved ones and if we're creating together, all the layers can come down.'
The pop star has sparked concern for his well-being in recent months with a series of seemingly erratic public outings and social media posts, as well as admitting he's been struggling with his mental health amidst rumours about the state of his marriage.
It comes after Justin shared a dozen happy snaps of the duo goofing around together last week, with the Canadian hitmaker grinning and holding up two middle fingers to the camera while Eddie grabbed onto his shirt
He has increasingly been spotted out in public with Eddie, including giving him a cuddle as they left the Golden Globes after-party at Chateau Marmont together in January.
Hailey, his wife, did not attend the event.
As a teenager, Eddie performed at jazz clubs around Bondi, as one third of a Blues trio he formed with two classmates from Rose Bay Secondary.
In 2023, he was named Breakthrough Musician of the Year by GQ Australia and was spotted leaving the awards show arm-in-arm with another A-list collaborator, Willow Smith.
During his acceptance speech at Bondi Surf Pavilion, Eddie spoke about the 'full circle moment' of recording his first-ever song in the building when he was just 13.
'I had a pretty cute time working with him,' Willow said. The pair were then seen publicly displaying affection on Bronte Beach.
Eddie was previously in a relationship with American actress and dancer Maddie Ziegler between 2020 and 2023.
