Justin Bieber is about to drop a brand new album, The Hollywood Reporter has discovered. Def Jam will launch his long-awaited seventh album on Friday, July 11, sources reveal.
A consultant for Bieber didn’t reply to request for remark. Def Jam declined to remark.
As THR reported, Bieber headed to Iceland in late April to place ending touches on the venture, his first since 2021’s Justice. His Nordic getaway hosted jam periods and allowed the pop famous person to ”vibe out” with numerous musical collaborators, an insider reveals.
As of Thursday, a billboard in Iceland that depicts Bieber with the phrase “Swag” is beginning to go viral on-line. Presumably, that could possibly be the title of the album although it’s unclear at press time. The identical billboard went up in Los Angeles on Thursday.
Bieber posted a number of images and movies of his personal Thursday as effectively that present what appears to be the album’s tracklist.
Latest posts on Instagram, akin to this one from June 30, additionally present what seems to be a ultimate combine in ProTools. Different studio photos recommend that music being performed for Bieber is previous its monitoring part and that the stereo recordsdata seen are a completed mixture of some kind.
As sources shared with THR in April, Bieber had been internet hosting “jam periods” at his Los Angeles home the place attendees have included his longtime DJ Tay James, musical director HARV, SZA collaborator Carter Lang and Australian artist Eddie Benjamin. Options on the album embody Gunna and Sexyy Pink in addition to Money Cobain, every of whom Bieber has shouted out on social media in current months.
Bieber had additionally tapped skills like U.Okay. singer-songwriter Sekou and producer Dylan Wiggins (Kali Uchis’ “I Want You Roses,” The Weeknd’s “Die For You”), amongst different lesser-known music-makers that he found on social media and enlisted through DMs.
Bieber’s lengthy awaited album comes 4 years after his final album, and his life has modified considerably since then. For one, he had a baby with spouse Hailey Bieber final yr. On the music facet, he cut up from his longtime supervisor Scooter Braun in 2023. Braun simply introduced earlier this month that he’s stepping down as CEO of Hybe America.
As THR reported, the 2 lately resolved their remaining monetary points — particularly, a debt triggered by the cancellation of Bieber’s Justice tour in 2022. (A consultant for Bieber declined to touch upon the settlement on the time.) In not fulfilling his contractual obligation to AEG (the tour’s promoter) to finish the live performance dates, for which he obtained a $40 million advance, Bieber was left owing greater than $20 million to AEG. Then-manager Braun, via his firm, lined what was owed via a mortgage. The 2 have been partnered in numerous different companies together with a document label and movie initiatives.
Braun was additionally concerned in a $200 million catalog deal to Hipgnosis Songs (now Recognition Music) for Bieber’s songwriting pursuits, presumably the biggest nest egg in music historical past for an artist beneath 30. (Price noting: Hailey Bieber, who married Justin in 2018, lately bought her Rhode Magnificence skincare model to e.l.f. Magnificence for $1 billion; Braun was a seed investor.)
