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Justice
Target and Walmart exclusive editions' cover art includes a red or blue tint
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 19, 2021 (2021-03-19)
Recorded2019–2021
StudioHenson Recording Studio
Genre[1]
Length45:25
Label
Producer
Justin Bieber chronology
Changes
(2020)
Justice
(2021)
Singles from Justice
  1. "Holy"
    Released: September 18, 2020
  2. "Lonely"
    Released: October 16, 2020
  3. "Anyone"
    Released: January 1, 2021
  4. "Hold On"
    Released: March 5, 2021
  5. "Peaches"
    Released: March 19, 2021

Justice is the sixth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Justin Bieber. It was released through Def Jam Recordings on March 19, 2021. It serves as the follow-up to his previous album, Changes (2020). The album features guest appearances from Khalid, Chance the Rapper, the Kid Laroi, Dominic Fike, Daniel Caesar, Giveon, Beam, Burna Boy, Benny Blanco and TroyBoi. Production is handled by Andrew Watt, Skrillex, Finneas, Jon Bellion, Benny Blanco, the Monsters & Strangerz, Bieber and more.

Background

On February 15, 2020, the day after the release of Bieber's fifth studio album Changes, Bieber was interviewed by Apple Music DJ Zane Lowe.[2] During the interview, Bieber revealed that he was looking forward to making music that would reflect the things that he had learned about commitment and building trust.[3] Bieber has also stated: "There's so much [sic] deeper levels I'm excited to go to, which is fun. It gives me something to look forward to".

In a time when there’s so much wrong with this broken planet, we all crave healing and justice for humanity. In creating this album 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. Music can be a way to relate to one another and connect with one another. I know that I cannot simply solve injustice by making music but I do know that if we all do our part by using our gifts to serve this planet and each other that we are that much closer to being united. This is me doing a small part. My part. I want to continue the conversation of what justice looks like so we can continue to heal.

— Bieber describing the inspiration for his album Justice, Rolling Stone[4]

Before the release of lead single "Holy", on September 18, 2020, Bieber and Chance the Rapper discussed Bieber's follow-up to Changes on a YouTube livestream. Chance talked about how it reminded him of when Michael Jackson made his classic album Off the Wall and said that the album is "some of the best music I've ever heard" and that it is "groundbreaking music".[5]

Recording

Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, when he was in quarantine at his house in Toronto, Bieber was sent a plethora of demos submitted to his management team by songwriters, managers, publishers and producers. Bieber recorded the songs he liked in his home studio and sent them back to his inner circle.[6] Bieber revealed on April 10, 2020 during an Instagram Live that he had recorded a song called "Anyone", which would later be released as the album's third single.[7][8][9] On April 18, 2020, on Instagram Stories, Bieber remarked his new album was sounding "crazy-good" in his opinion.[10]

The recording of Justice intensified once Bieber got back to Los Angeles a couple of months later. While his latest record Changes was R&B oriented, for this record nothing was off limits.[6]

Initially, Bieber's team was not planning on releasing an album so soon and Bieber realised that they had an album's worth of material in December 2020.[11] On January 22, 2021, Bieber shared an update on the new album on Instagram Stories. He wrote: ''Finishing this album. Stay tuned.'' He also shared a picture of him singing in the studio.[12]

On January 26, 2021, Bieber wrote on Twitter that he was going over the track listing for the album.[13]

Songs

After Bieber's dabbling in the R&B genre for 2020's Changes, Justice sees the artist return to pop.[14] The eighth track, "Die for You" featuring Dominic Fike, is an "MTV-friendly" new wave, funk[15], and dance-pop song.[16][17] "Hold On" is a synth-pop song that was compared to Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes".[18] "Holy" is described as a "gospel-brunch rave-up".[19] "Unstable" is "a beguiling combination of a piano ballad and a ‘00s country track".[20] The sound of Skrillex-produced "Somebody" was described as "a hyper-pop experiment" that is "anchored by a snappy baseline".[20] "Ghost", the eleventh track, is a pop-rock song with "shimmering EDM synths" and grime elements.[19][15][16] The twelfth track, "Peaches" featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon, is a pop-R&B song that has been compared to that of Bruno Mars.[16] "Love You Different" featuring Beam, the thirteenth track, is influenced by tropical house and Afrobeat and hasbeen compared to Bieber's 2015 single, "Sorry".[16][14]

Promotion

Singles

For Justice, Bieber's management team tried out a new multi-single release strategy. The idea was to release multiple singles which would later lead into a new album. Scooter Braun, Bieber's manager, came up with this idea in June 2020.[21]

"Holy", featuring Chance the Rapper, was released as the lead single from Justice on September 18, 2020. It debuted at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 making it Bieber's 20th top 10 in the United States. Its music video was released on the same day and features Bieber as a laid-off oil worker and his partner being helped by a charitable soldier.[22] It was directed by American music video director Collin Tilley and stars Wilmer Valderrama and Ryan Destiny.[23]

The second single, "Lonely", a collaboration with Benny Blanco, was released on October 16, 2020. The track debuted at number 14 and peaked at number 12 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Its music video premiered alongside the single.[24] It was directed by American music video director Jake Schreier and stars Canadian actor Jacob Tremblay, who plays a younger version of Bieber.[25] Bieber praised Jacob Tremblay for his talent, adding that he became emotional when he saw Tremblay play himself, while he acts as a spectator "from the outside looking in".[26] In a livestream on Bieber's YouTube channel after the song's release, both Bieber and Blanco called Tremblay one of the best child actors they have ever seen. "The first time I watched him go through the segment... I legitimately lost it," Bieber said of witnessing Tremblay on set. "I was tearing up, like completely."[27]

The third single, "Anyone", released on January 1, 2021, debuted and peaked at number six on the US Billboard Hot 100.[28] The music video premiered alongside the single.[29] It was directed by American music video director and film maker Colin Tilley and stars American actress Zoey Deutch who plays Bieber's love interest in the video. Bieber portrays a 1960s boxer whose powerful love for his other half inspires him to train, fight, and eventually overcome a potential K.O. on his journey to becoming a champion.[30] For the music video, Bieber covered up all of his tattoos.[31]

The fourth single, "Hold On", was released on March 5, 2021 and debuted at number 26 on the Hot 100 chart.[32] Its music video was released alongside the single and was directed by Colin Tilley. It stars Taiwanese actress Christine Ko who plays Bieber's love interest in the video. The video opens with Bieber on the run from the police, before suffering a gunshot wound. However, as the video flashes back, we learn why Bieber is running from the police in the first place.[33]

The fifth single, ''Peaches'', was released on March 19, 2021. Its music video premiered alongside the single.[34] It was directed by Collin Tilley and sees Bieber, Daniel Caesar and Giveon cruising the Las Vegas Strip.[35]

Live performances

On October 17, 2020, Bieber performed "Holy" and "Lonely" for the first time during his appearance as a musical guest on the third episode of the 46th season of Saturday Night Live.[36] He also performed them on November 15, 2020, at the 46th People's Choice Awards.[37] On November 22, 2020, Bieber gave his third performance of the songs at the 2020 American Music Awards.[38] Bieber performed "Anyone" for the first time during his New Year's Eve concert on December 31, 2020.[39] On February 22, 2021, Bieber performed "Holy", "Lonely" and "Anyone" during a surprise performance at the Spotify On launch event.[40] On March 13, 2021, Bieber performed "Hold On" for the first time and "Anyone" at the 2021 Kids' Choice Awards.[41] On March 17, 2021, Bieber performed "Peaches" for the first time during his first Tiny Desk concert. He also performed "Holy", "Anyone" and "Hold On".[42]

Bieber will perform two tracks from the album on March 22 and 24 on Good Morning America.[43]

Justin Bieber: Next Chapter

The documentary Next Chapter, directed by Michael D. Ratner, premiered on YouTube on October 30, 2020. It provided an intimate look at Bieber's life in quarantine and while recording Justice.[44][45] While talking about the documentary, Bieber said: "I'm excited to catch up with [the fans] and to share the progress I'm making, the new music I'm working on, and what I'm excited about for the future."[46]

Artwork

On January 14, 2021, Rory Kramer snapped 3,500 photos of Bieber across three Los Angeles locations.[47] The cover was taken within the night’s final 100 frames. In the definitive photo, Bieber is crouched in Downtown L.A.’s 2nd Street Tunnel.[48] His hand covers his left eye, while his right eye is introspectively closed. Bieber chose the picture to be the album cover in mid-January at his home in Los Angeles. “You saw how certain he was, he saw that vision. It was cool to witness, someone so excited about his project. It’s cool to have the artist be super passionate about your photo. It’s the ultimate compliment'' said Kramer in an interview with The Indianapolis Star.[49]

Release

Bieber announced the release of the album on February 26, 2021.[50][51] Along with the announcement, an EP titled JB6 was released for digital download and streaming. The EP includes the original versions of three of the already-released singles "Holy" (featuring Chance the Rapper), "Lonely" (with Benny Blanco) and "Anyone", as well as acoustic versions of the former two.[52]

Target and Walmart-exclusive CD versions of Justice were released alongside the original on March 19, 2021, and both include one additional song.[53][54]

Bieber revealed the track listing of the album on March 10, 2021.[55] On March 16, 2021, Good Morning America announced that Bieber would debut a new music video on March 19.[43]

On March 19, 2021, Justice was released alongside a music video for the fifth single "Peaches" which was directed by Colin Tilley. The video sees Bieber, Daniel Caesar and Giveon cruising the Las Vegas Strip.[35]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.6/10[56]
Metacritic64/100[57]
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash7/10[58]
The Daily Telegraph[59]
Entertainment WeeklyB[19]
Evening Standard[15]
Varietyfavorable[1]
The Guardian[16]
The Independent[60]
The Irish Times[61]
NME[14]
Rolling Stone[62]

Justice received generally favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 64, based on nine reviews, indicating "generally favourable reviews".[57]

Louise Bruton from The Irish Times described Justice as "undeniably good" and Bieber's "poppiest yet".[61] Roisin O'Connor, writing for The Independent, dubbed Justice the best album of Bieber's career, and praised the evolution from his fifth studio album, Changes.[60] In agreement, Will Lavin of NME felt that the album is an improvement from Changes. He asserted Justice is not a protest album, but contains "messages of hope, morality and standing for truth" nevertheless.[14] Billboard writer Jason Lipshutz felt that Bieber "gains more artistic clarity" on Justice, as he attempts to "express a complex emotional state over the course of an album instead of jamming it into three minutes," ending his review by calling it "his strongest front-to-back listen to date."[63] Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly awarded the album a B, feeling that none of the tracks "have touched the heady heights" of Purpose singles like "Sorry" and "Where Are Ü Now," but opining that Justice is full of "Husband Bops" and "respectable numbers".[19]

Other reviews were more mixed. Evening Standard's David Smyth complimented the musical direction of the album, but noted that Bieber "still doesn't have a great deal to say" lyrically.[15] Reviewing for Clash, Robin Murray stated that Justice explores "hip-hop to slick Billboard pop and beyond", however, its 16 tracks "can become a repetitive experience".[58] A few critics pinpointed the placement of speeches by Martin Luther King Jr. in the album, and deemed them irrelevant in context. Writing for Variety, Chris Willman appreciated the album's production and Bieber's vocal performance, and called it an "unabashed, good pop album" but wondered "why anyone thought it was a good idea to conflate civil-right martyrdom with the thought of succumbing to a hot woman [...] doesn't make a lick of sense".[1] The Guardian critic Alexis Petridis described the album as a set of love songs about Bieber's wife, contradicting the singer's description of the album—"justice for humanity".[16] Questioning the lack of correlation between the album's songs and King's speeches, Ali Shutler of The Daily Telegraph opined that the "loved-up" lyricism "almost exclusively" focuses on Bieber himself. Shutler dismissed the guest appearances from Khalid and Chance the Rapper as unexciting.[59]

Controversies

According to Pedro Winter, founder and owner of French record label Ed Banger Records, the logo of the album, conceived by Bieber himself, is similar to the logo of the French group Justice, who is signed to the label. On March 1, 2021, he reacted on Instagram by taking a screenshot of the logo drawn by Bieber and saying, ironically; "Ed Banger records appoints Mr Justin Drew Bieber as Art Director. We would like to thank Mr So Me [the current artistic director of Ed Banger] for all his work since 2003".[64][65][66]

On March 18, Rolling Stone reported that the French band Justice sent a cease and desist letter to Bieber over the album, citing willful trademark infringement over the Cross logo.[67]

Track listing

Justice standard edition track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."2 Much"Skrillex2:32
2."Deserve You"3:07
3."As I Am" (featuring Khalid)
2:54
4."Off My Face"
2:36
5."Holy" (featuring Chance the Rapper)
3:32
6."Unstable" (featuring the Kid Laroi)
  • Jimmie Gutch
  • Aldae[b]
2:38
7."MLK Interlude"King Jr. 1:44
8."Die for You" (featuring Dominic Fike)
  • Watt
  • Bell
3:18
9."Hold On"
  • Watt
  • Bell
2:50
10."Somebody"
2:59
11."Ghost"
  • Bieber
  • Pollack
  • S. Johnson
  • J. Johnson
  • Bellion
  • The Monsters & Strangerz
  • Bellion
2:33
12."Peaches" (featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon)
3:18
13."Love You Different" (featuring Beam)
  • The Monsters & Strangerz
  • German
  • Gudwin
3:06
14."Loved by You" (featuring Burna Boy)
2:39
15."Anyone"
  • Bieber
  • Pollack
  • Raúl Cubina
  • Wotman
  • Bellion
  • Izquierdo
  • S. Johnson
  • J. Johnson
  • Watt
  • Bellion
  • The Monsters & Strangerz
3:10
16."Lonely" (with Benny Blanco)2:29
Total length:45:25
Justice – alternate cover CD[68] and European web store alternate cover CD I
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
17."Redeye" (featuring TroyBoi)
3:07
Total length:48:32
Justice – Walmart exclusive edition[69] and European web store alternate cover CD II
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
17."Hailey"
  • Watt
  • Bell
3:13
Total length:48:38
Justice – Target exclusive edition[70] and European web store alternate cover CD III
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
17."Angels Speak" (featuring Poo Bear)
3:51
Total length:49:26
Justice – Japanese edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
17."Hailey"
  • Watt
  • Bell
3:13
18."Angels Speak" (featuring Poo Bear)
  • Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd
  • Gudwin
3:51
Total length:52:36
Justice – Japanese deluxe edition bonus DVD
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."Interview"  
2."Anyone" (Music video)Colin Tilley4:24
3."Anyone" (Behind the Scenes)  
4."Holy" (Music video; with Chance the Rapper)Tilley5:29
5."Holy" (Behind the Scenes; with Chance the Rapper)  

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies a co-producer
  • ^[b] signifies an additional producer

The songs "Lifetime" and "Someone" were confirmed by Billboard, but are not on any tracklist yet.[71]

"There She Go" featuring Lil Uzi Vert was confirmed by Vogue to be on the deluxe version of Justice.[72]

Personnel

Adapted from Tidal.[73]

Musicians

Technical

Release history

Release history for Justice
Region Date Format Version Label Ref.
Various March 19, 2021 Standard Def Jam [74]
United States CD Target exclusive [53]
Walmart exclusive [54]
Japan Japanese edition Def Jam [75]
Deluxe edition [76]

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