Justin Bieber insists making his new sixth album was the first time he’s ‘enjoyed the process’

Ahead of the release of his sixth studio album, Justice, Justin Bieber has admitted he’s enjoyed the process of making a record for the first time ever.

Speaking to Billboard ahead of the March 19 release, Justin, 27, said: ‘I think this is the first time in my life where I’ve actually enjoyed the process of releasing an album.

‘And that’s because I’ve created boundaries to be like, “No it’s just not worth it. You’re going to have to push the album back if we can’t make [that deadline] because this dinner with my wife is going to have to happen!”‘

On the different chapters of his career, he added: ”[Beforehand] everything was about success, benchmarks and such, and then I was just still empty, you know?

‘All my relationships were suffering, but I had all this success and all of this money, and it just wasn’t fulfilling for me.’

Speaking about canceling the last leg of his Purpose tour, Justin went on: ‘I just changed my priorities so that I didn’t [become] another statistic of young musicians that ended up, like, not making it.

‘There was a time where I really did have my identity wrapped up in my career, but I really do have an overflow of feeling like my purpose is to use my music to inspire.’ 

Fans got excited on social media on Thursday when Justin shared a sneak peek of his album tracklist.

Posting a series of handwritten index cards on a cork board, he also named some of the artists he’s collaborated with for Justice.

The likes of Dominic Fike, Khalid, The Kid Laroi, Beam, Burna Boy, Giveon, Daniel Caesar, Benny Blanco & Chance The Rapper! feature.

The cork board boasted more than 15 track names, while providing a glimpse at his creative process.

Based on the cards, it appears the album will boast an intro track and an interlude, and the record will kick off with Too Much and finish with Lonely. 

All of the titles seemed to reflect transformative things in his life: his marriage with wife Hailey, his love of God and the demons he’s battled in the past.

He shared the album artwork ahead of its impending release, while also providing insight as to the meaning behind the name, preaching a message of ‘healing and justice for humanity.’ 

‘My goal is to make music that will provide comfort, to make songs that people can relate to and connect to so they feel less alone. Suffering, injustice and pain can leave people feeling helpless. Music is a great way of reminding each other that we aren’t alone,’ he wrote.

While many were touched by his heartfelt message and desire to ‘continue the conversation of what justice looks like,’ others were less thrilled about his album – namely the record label and management of the French electronic duo Justice. 

Justin had posted a doodle of the album title in a notebook, revealing that he had sketched his ideal graphic by hand, the ‘t’ being a cross to reflect his devout faith. 

Upon sharing the image, it was apparent to both the original Justice and their many lifelong fans that the graphic looked to be a straight copy of the band’s logo who has been around since 2003. 

It turns out that Justin had actually been in contact with the duo’s graphic designer, Justice’s management team giving a statement about the matter to Spin. 

‘Bieber’s team emailed us in May of 2020, asking to be looped in with Justice’s graphic designer to discuss a logo. We tried to set up a call between Bieber’s team and our designer, but the call was never completed and the conversation ended there. 

‘No one ever mentioned an album called Justice or a logo that says Justice. The first time we saw anything about it was the announcement.’

Bieber’s team never responded to the claims, but have seemingly not doctored the album art since its debut on February 26.