<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - Justin Bieber, T.I., Tommy Lee and the Goo Goo Dolls highlight new music"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The <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">Biebs is back</a>! Justin Bieber has released his latest album and it's causing some controversy on Twitter.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">After releasing his 16-track "<a target="_blank" href="/story/entertainment/music/2021/03/19/justin-bieber-new-album-justice-best-songs/4757417001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l="|inline|intext|n/a" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Justice</a>" album Friday, Twitter users criticized the album's title and some of the tracks featuring clips of Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches. However, King's daughter Bernice King co-signed Bieber's new project <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/BerniceKing/status/1372626331972866056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1372626331972866056%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Fryanschocket2%2Fjustin-bieber-mlk-interlude-backlash" rel="noopener" data-t-l="|inline|intext|n/a" class="gnt_ar_b_a">in a tweet Thursday</a> before the album's release.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"Thank you, @justinbieber, for your support, in honor of #Justice, of @TheKingCenter’s work and of our #BeLove campaign," <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/BerniceKing/status/1372626331972866056" rel="noopener" data-t-l="|inline|intext|n/a" class="gnt_ar_b_a">King tweeted. </a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">In the first song on the album, "2 Much," Bieber opens with a clip of King saying "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" before singing about the love he has for his wife Hailey Bieber. The almost two minute long track "MLK Interlude" is made up entirely of a Martin Luther King Jr. speech. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">More:</strong><a target="_blank" href="/story/entertainment/music/2021/03/19/justin-bieber-new-album-justice-best-songs/4757417001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l="|inline|intext|n/a" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Listen now: The 5 best songs on Justin Bieber's 'Justice'</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">More:</strong><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">You know that album Justin Bieber has been working on? We now have a release date</a></p><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em_tw" data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-method="loadTwitter" data-v-id="1372626331972866056" aria-label="Twitter Embed"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"> Twitter users were confused by the King soundbites and criticized Bieber for using them on an album mostly about marriage and love. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"im confused why this justin bieber album is called justice and has a whole mlk skit if it’s just about how in love he is with hailey bieber," <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/iamabriannaa/status/1372767000712286217" rel="noopener" data-t-l="|inline|intext|n/a" class="gnt_ar_b_a">@iamabriannaa wrote</a>. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/cxitIyn/status/1372772162642190341" rel="noopener" data-t-l="|inline|intext|n/a" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Another user tweeted</a>: "justin bieber using mlk speeches about justice... to sing about his white wife ?"</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"justin bieber really wrote another collection of love songs to his wife, threw in a...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/03/20/justin-bieber-justice-album-gets-support-mlk-jr-s-daughter/4783514001/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
