Justin Bieber drops surprise new album, ‘SWAG’

CNN Justin Bieber has sprung a surprise on fans releasing his first new studio album in four years SWAG the Canadian singer s seventh studio album features tracks including collaborations with rap artist Gunna gospel singer Dijon rapper Lil B comedian Druski rapper Sexyy Red musician Cash Cobain and singer-songwriter Eddie Benjamin The album s final song Forgiveness is performed not by Bieber but by pastor and gospel singer Marvin Winans Congratulations lilbieber for making a wild and deeply inspiring record Dijon wrote in a post on Instagram Friday in which he shared the album along with images of what appear to be recording sessions Grateful to have been able to witness and be a tiny part of a beautiful thing Humbled he added The album from Bieber who in March shared a social media post about feeling unworthy and in June posted on Instagram about being broken is infused with a tone of vulnerability In the th track Therapy Session Bieber tells Druski I think that s been a tough thing for me just now is feeling like you know I have had to go through a lot of my struggles as a human as all of us do really publicly And so people are reliably asking if I m okay and that starts to really weigh on me It starts to make me feel like I m the one with issues and everyone else is perfect the -year-old who welcomed his first child Jack in August last year went on to say Another track with Druski Standing on Business makes light of a video of the singer that went viral in June in which he goes on a rant at paparazzi whom he disclosed were trying to provoke him while he was at the beach In the track Druski mocks the way Bieber maintains his flawless pronunciation of the word business while haranguing the paparazzi