Justin Bieber’s New Album: Change Needed, But No Plans to Leave Hailey Amid Issues

Justin Bieber has revealed he’s ‘got to change’ before insisting he ‘will not leave his wife Hailey’ in his shock new album lyrics, despite their problems.

The singer’s new album Swag, which dropped last night, seemingly alludes to a dark time between the couple in lyrics about them ‘taking a break’ and ‘testing patience’, in the song Walking Away.

After months of rumours about the state of the A-list couple’s marriage, amid concern for Justin’s well-being due to his erratic behavior, Justin has vowed to ‘change’ for his wife following a rocky period.

‘Days go by so fast, don’t wanna spend them with you / So tell me why you’re throwing stones at my back / You know I’m defenseless,’ he sings in the first verse.

‘Girl, we better stop before we say some s*** / We’ve been testing our patience / I think we better off if we just take a break,’ he continues.

But the chorus and subsequent verses paint a picture of their enduring love despite strife.

Justin Bieber has revealed he’s ‘got to change’ before insisting he ‘will not leave his wife Hailey’ in his shock new album lyrics, despite their problems

The singer’s new album Swag, which dropped last night, seemingly alludes to a dark time between the couple in lyrics about them ‘taking a break’ and ‘testing patience’, in the song Walking Away

‘Baby, I ain’t walking away / You were my diamond / Gave you a ring / I made you a promise / I told you, I’d change / It’s just human nature / These growing pains / And baby, I ain’t walking away,’ he sings in the chorus.

As Justin commented on their marriage strife, Hailey also had some choice words for their fans as she took to social media to promote the singer’s album.

Hailey took aim at the ‘losers’ who’ve speculated about their relationship as she re-posted a photo of Justin’s massive Swag billboard in NYC’s Times Square. 

The Rhode founder captioned the post: ‘Is it finally clocking to you f***ing losers?’

She appeared to suggest that Justin’s recent bizarre behavior wasn’t the result of any marriage troubles but due to him being hard at work on his long-awaited music, which he partially recorded in Iceland back in April.

The hitmaker left fans plenty to chew on with newly released songs.

One fan wrote on X, ‘I want everyone who said Justin and Hailey gonna divorce to listen right here cause he ain’t walking away.’ 

‘Justin Love Hailely… liKe that’s his TRUE LOVE!!!’ another fan gushed in response to the album. 

The cover featured a stark black background with ‘SWAG’ written in the center in capital letters

After months of rumours about the state of the A-list couple’s marriage , amid concern for Justin’s well-being due to his erratic behavior, Justin has vowed to ‘change’ for his wife following a rocky period 

‘Days go by so fast, don’t wanna spend them with you / So tell me why you’re throwing stones at my back / You know I’m defenseless,’ he sings in the first verse 

‘Girl, we better stop before we say some s*** / We’ve been testing our patience / I think we better off if we just take a break,’ he continues 

One fan was particularly moved by Walking Away and said Hailey was ‘Justin Bieber’s muse.’ 

Other early listeners singled out the love song Devotion, with one fan saying it ‘might be one of Justin’s best love songs ever. 

‘Miss Hailey idk what you doing but keep doing it PLEASE,’ they added. 

One track, Therapy Session, was nothing but a skit between Justin and the actor and comedian Druski in which they appeared to defend his mental health and recent bizarre social media meltdowns against fans claiming that ‘he’s f***in’ losin’ his mind.’

Justin released the album, which features 21 songs, four years after his previous album Justice dropped to mixed reviews but solid sales.

Swag features guest vocals from Gunna and Cash Cobain, as well as a particularly raunchy verse from the rapper Sexyy Red that left fans blushing and begging for a sweeter version without her.

As Justin quickly publicized the album, he and his wife Hailey shared numerous moody photographs of the two and their 10-month-old son Jack Blues that appeared to have been shot for the album. 

The singer launched multiple billboards around the globe on Thursday that appeared to promote the album, with images spotted in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Reykjavík, Iceland.

But the chorus and subsequent verses paint a picture of their enduring love despite strife 

‘Baby, I ain’t walking away / You were my diamond / Gave you a ring / I made you a promise / I told you, I’d change / It’s just human nature / These growing pains / And baby, I ain’t walking away,’ he sings in the chorus 

As Justin commented on their marriage strife, Hailey also had some choice words for their fans as she took to social media to promote the singer’s album

Hailey appeared to take aim at the ‘losers’ who have speculated about their marriage as she re-posted a photo of Justin’s massive Swag billboard in NYC ‘s Times Square

Some of the promotional images included what looked like a track listing for the LP, though it wasn’t certain if they reflected the final track order. 

The apparent song titles for Swag include 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. 

One song title that was notably missing from the billboard track listings was number 16, Standing On Business. 

It’s not a full-fledged song, but rather another skit between Justin and Druski that features audio from a confrontation the singer had with paparazzi last month in which he uttered the viral phrase, ‘It’s not clocking to you that I’m standing on business, is it?’

But some fans didn’t buy the more romantic tunes, with one suggesting that his songs that appeared to be inspired by Hailey felt ‘so forced’ compared to earlier pop songs that fans believed were inspired by his ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez.

Some of the songs had potentially autobiographical titles, like Dadz Love, which could refer to Justin becoming a first-time father last year.

The song was also a clue to how long Bieber had been sitting on the material, as one fan clocked it as the tune that soundtracked their social media post announcing Hailey’s pregnancy with Jack.

Others, like Therapy Session and Forgiveness, seemed to allude to reports of marital strife between him and Hailey in recent months, as well as to his bizarre public displays.

One fan wrote on X, ‘I want everyone who said Justin and Hailey gonna divorce to listen right here cause he ain’t walking away’

‘Justin Love Hailely… liKe that’s his TRUE LOVE!!!’ another fan gushed in response to the album

One fan was particularly moved by Walking Away and said Hailey was ‘Justin Bieber’s muse’

Other early listeners singled out Devotion, with one fan saying it ‘might be one of Justin’s best love songs ever. Miss Hailey idk what you doing but keep doing it PLEASE’

But some fans didn’t buy the more romantic tunes, with one suggesting that his songs that appeared to be inspired by Hailey felt ‘so forced’ compared to earlier pop songs that fans believed were inspired by his ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez

But other titles seemed primed for love songs, such as Devotion, Soulful and Sweet Spot.

The latter tune came in for criticism from some early listeners for an unexpectedly X-rated guest verse from Sexxy Red that conflicted with the more romantic tone Justin set with his lyrics.

Several posters urged the pop star to put out a new ‘solo’ version of the song without Sexxy Red’s verse, or to do a remix with a different performer in her place. 

One fan suggested that Justin couldn’t pull off the steamy tone that the song called for. 

‘Sweet Spot should’ve been a Chris Brown or Usher song,’ they wrote, adding that, ‘Justin needs to quit the act like fr.’ 

Another user joked, ‘OG Justin fans gon hear sexy redd on sweet spot and ain’t gon know what to do 😂😂 [sic].’ 

Although Bieber didn’t clarify which — if any — of the images he shared are intended as Swag’s album cover, one prominent black-and-white photo showed him shirtless from behind while Hailey stood in front of them and held Jack in her arms.

They appeared to be standing at the entrance to a barn bathed in darkness aside from a small rectangular door open on the other side that let in a sliver of light. 

To the left, Swag was written in capital letters over a completely black background.

Other images featuring the Swag graphic showed a the titled in a minimalist black box, while next to it was a black-and-white photo of a shirtless Justin holding Jack in front of a sofa placed just inside of the the makeshift barn.