Luis Fonsi

"Every time I'm up here, I know what I'm going to say next," announces Justin Bieber to a room full of journalists gathered in London to listen to his latest album, changes. "That's the fun. "

fun? Maybe . It is certainly unusual.

Here is one of the planets to the biggest pop-stars, play new music from a laptop with a large, unscripted monologue in front of each Song . Well, almost every Song .

"Maybe we should skip this?" he says, as his DJ cues to intentions, a bouncy duet with Quavo, which came in last week.

"Everyone's heard it already. You can Go Home and freakin' Google it. "

is not It so, that Bieber likes The Song . In fact, he seems quite satisfied with his fifth album as a whole. It's just that the set-up is very cumbersome for all parties involved.

Bieber is in a DJ booth in the middle of a small club in the centre of London. Fans, influencers, evaluators, and label employees who surrounded him on every side; and he has not yet quite figured out what to do with himself while the songs play.

he Should close the eyes and sing along? Should he dance? He should study, critics' faces in order to measure their reactions? He should be closing his eyes with people and serenade you? He should imitate Borat?

The Answer is apparently "Yes, all of the above".

It is no less strange in between songs.

Bieber, who is in a playful mood, describes the problems with the fertility of a senior executive at Island Records , calls on The Audience to "step in faith", offers a prayer for all the single, and is trying to FaceTime to his wife.

Unfortunately, though, Hailey Baldwin did not pick up.

"she's in bed and she's not answering," he sighs. "And you'd probably be pretty annoyed to, The Spot that way... But I miss you. "

who Bieber watched the recent documentary series, the seasons of the year, will know that Baldwin is The Heart and soul of his new album.

The couple married in September 2018, according to a 12-week-relationship - is based on More Than 10 years of friendship - and Bieber-credits Baldwin with him to help her balance to find, after a "dark period", during which he in anxiety and depression.

"I think she is the only one of me, for real," says the 25-year-old in the seasons. "This girl will forgive me, on the left and the right. I'm a fucking nightmare. "

His friend Ryan to call Baldwin "an inspirational force in [Bieber's] life".

"There's a little more depth in his performances when in the studio," he says. "Why do they work so well? I think she has a lot of patience. "

On Changes, Bieber spends the 17 tracks, an expression of his Unconditional Love , even if it sounded exhausting To Live with.

"I'm frustrated, when you are busy," he sings available. "The feeling less than a priority. "

On the ETA, he was staring "out The Window " waiting for Baldwin ' s car to drive up the road. Come to Me, he asks, to welcome him, "how you missed me, even though you are already with me. "

"The idea, when I with my wife always gives me chills," he tells The Audience in London. "This album is obviously for her and my love for her. "(It is no coincidence that the entry is published on Valentine's day).

Granted, there is something sweet about the puppy-dog authenticity of his texts. When he sings, on the confessions, Baldwin in his low self-esteem and "lift it right through the ceiling," it's really emotional.

for you, in a Song called Take It Out On Me.

"There are times that we're all frustrated and upset," he says, as The Song leads. "I am not my wife let you know that no matter what happens, you can take it out on me. in the bag. "

OK, so he is not The Best salesman for his own work, but Bieber has the Midas touch when It Comes to music. His last album, the purpose, has sold More Than five million copies, and contributed pop in a New Direction , the rhythms with their no-frills arrangements and dancehall.

Although he deletion went on a gap year in 2017, -, -, his world tour for his "soul and well-being", his remixes of Luis Fonsi Despacito and Billie Eilish s Bad Guy sent both songs to Number One in the United States; and he scored the United Kingdom it is the third best-selling single up to the year 2019 with the Ed-Sheeran-duet I Don't Care.

it is not surprising, then, the Changes are not too far from The Formula he established on the target: There is drunk, under-water synths, and disembodied vocal samples; spliced with a sleepy hip-hop beats, and Bieber, the fluttering vocals.

But much of the new music, a dynamic progression, the pop is missing the main ingredients. Everything is Built to a mood or a feeling and there is a worrying lack of memorable hooks.

It all seems to have been written to appeal to that Spotify playlist algorithms, or the 15-second loops of Tik Tok. Sometimes, Bieber sounds barely interested in what he sings (which is strange, since The Documentary series made it clear how much time he invested in the recording process).

things to improve, to develop in the second half of The Album , where club beats are replaced, the get of Acoustic Guitars , and his singing finally got the chance to look.

The title-track and a Tracy Chapman-called inspired ballad, at Least For Now both address Bieber's Mental Health . His honesty in these moments is powerful and affecting; and you start to realize, it is a miracle that The Album exists at all.

In The Documentary , Bieber explained how four years ago, his drug use was so felt bad, "I, as I lay dying".

"My safety came in The Room in the night, my pulse check," he said. "It was crazy, scary. "

Always sober and working on The Album gave The Star a new focus: the support of the fans, who had to fight as he is.

"I don't want to say that you are not alone," "life is worth living and if you don't give up, the only thing to do is to push you to the front. "

The new album may not be a connection in the way he (and the peculiar circumstances of the play hopes may have an effect on its potency), but easy-to-see, Bieber's comfortable in his own skin, doting on his wife, goofing was with The Press and revel in The Music he made just inspiring in itself.

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