<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - New Music Friday: Bieber's 'new era' begins 'Holy'"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">A year after grab-bag album <a target="_blank" href="/story/entertainment/music/2020/02/14/justin-bieber-changes-reviews-critics-torn-grown-up-biebs/4759122002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l="|inline|intext|n/a" class="gnt_ar_b_a">“Changes,”</a> Justin Bieber has delivered a definitive new era on<a target="_blank" href="/story/entertainment/music/2021/02/26/justin-bieber-announces-album-justice-release-date-march/6837692002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l="|inline|intext|n/a" class="gnt_ar_b_a"> “Justice.”</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">On the 16-track album, out Friday, Bieber has found his voice as an adult, husband and man of faith. After <a target="_blank" href="/story/entertainment/music/2020/02/12/justin-bieber-changes-album-musical-personal-evolution/4723512002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l="|inline|intext|n/a" class="gnt_ar_b_a">half a lifetime in the spotlight</a>, he’s comfortable in his skin and it shows in a fully realized pop album.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">With “Justice,” Bieber joins contemporaries including Taylor Swift and Harry Styles, who’ve managed to reinvent their sound in interesting and unexpected ways that appeal to both critics and fans.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong>Listen to</strong> <a target="_blank" href="https://justinbieber.lnk.to/Justice" rel="noopener" data-t-l="|inline|intext|n/a" class="gnt_ar_b_a">"Justice" by Justin Bieber</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Here are our five favorite songs from the 27-year-old pop star's most exciting release in years:</p><h2 class="gnt_ar_b_h2">5. ‘Loved by You’ featuring Burna Boy</h2><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">“I hate the way I need to be loved by you”: On the surface, this is a song about longing to feel desired, then despising yourself for needing to be needed. But it’s hard not to remember Bieber’s <a target="_blank" href="/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/02/04/justin-bieber-drug-addiction-detailed-waking-up-popping-pills-getting-sober/4653541002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l="|inline|intext|n/a" class="gnt_ar_b_a">long history of tabloid headlines,</a> struggles with depression and "Purpose" tour cancellation and wonder if he’s really talking about the trappings of fame.</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><h2 class="gnt_ar_b_h2">4. ‘Holy’ featuring Chance the Rapper</h2><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Bieber “can't wait another second” to get to the altar in this ode to the epiphanic nature of love. Piano keys and a gospel tinge raise the song up, but it really soars when Chance the Rapper drops cheeky lines like “Life is short with a temper like Joe Pesci” and pious rhymes “I know I ain't leavin' you like I know He ain't leavin' us / I know we believe in God and I know God...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/03/19/justin-bieber-new-album-justice-best-songs/4757417001/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
