It has been greater than 1,000 days since Justin Bieber launched his final full-length studio album. However on Wednesday (Jan. 31) the singer gave his followers one thing to be hopeful about when he posted a sequence of images suggesting that their lengthy musical drought is perhaps over. Within the snaps, Bieber was captured, mic in hand, in a recording studio with a dwell band, together with pictures through which he’s sitting on a glowing dice singing with enthusiasm whereas a close-by Teleprompter shows what seem like lyrics.
In one other snap, Bieber sits on a mixing console with a harmonica in his proper hand and his left hand prolonged to his facet, together with a pic of him strolling by what appears to be like like a rehearsal studio, one other of him strolling outdoors, singing close to a drum package and crooning in shut up, his eyes shut tight.
The remainder of the reel — accompanied by a shushing emoji — consists of images of Bieber on the golf hyperlinks swinging a membership and having fun with a day trip with a buddy. Photographer Rory Kramer additionally posted a few of the similar footage in addition to different extra colourful, artsy studio pictures on his Instagram, displaying the closely tattooed Bieber singing within the studio, each shirted and shirtless, writing, “Grateful for the liberty to do my factor. Thanks for that reward @justinbieber.”
Beliebers misplaced their collective minds over the pictures, posting feedback together with, “The prince of pop is BACK!!!,” “we miss u,” “THIS IS WHAT WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR!!!,” “THE SCREAM I JUST LET OUT!!!” and “Pls drop an album.”
Whereas a spokesperson for Bieber had not returned Billboard‘s request for remark at press time about whether or not the photographs marked a return to music for the singer, the snaps have been vital as a result of they recommend that Bieber might be engaged on his first new music since his 2021 Justice album.
After launching a world tour in help of that assortment and his 2020 Modifications album in Feb. 2022 — following an almost two-year delay as a result of COVID-19 pandemic — Bieber revealed in June 2022 that he’d been recognized with Ramsay Hunt syndrome, which had resulted in “full paralysis” on one facet of his face, resulting in the postponement of some dates.
Although he hit the highway once more after a break, Bieber was pressured to come back off the highway once more after a Sept. 6, 2022 gig on the Rock in Rio competition as a consequence of ongoing well being points. On the time, Bieber stated that he wanted to “make my well being the precedence now,” asserting that he would take a break from touring for an indeterminate period of time to relaxation and recuperate. Every week later, Bieber postponed the subsequent month of dates, then shortly after he cancelled all of the remaining reveals initially scheduled by March 25, 2023.
Bieber stored a low profile for a lot of the next yr, returning in Sept. 2023 for a shock cameo on the acoustic model of SZA’s “Snooze.” He started his current gradual emergence two weeks in the past when the NHL and Adidas introduced a collab with Bieber’s Drew Home trend line for a 2024 all-star jersey assortment; a couple of days later Bieber was introduced as one of many celeb captains of Saturday’s (Feb. 3) 2024 NHL all-star recreation in Toronto.
Simply earlier than posting his studio pics, Bieber posted a trio of cute snaps with spouse Hailey Bieber.
