Justin Bieber Opens Up About Being Constantly Asked If He’s Okay on Surprise Album ‘Swag’: “It Starts to Really Weigh on Me”

Justin Bieber is getting honest about the emotional weight of living life in the public eye.

The 31-year-old singer surprised fans by dropping his new album Swag on Friday, July 11. The 21-track release dives into personal struggles, with Bieber reflecting on the toll fame has taken on his mental health — especially being repeatedly asked if he’s okay.

On the track Therapy Session, Bieber has a candid conversation with comedian Druski, where they touch on how fans often assume he’s “losing it” when he’s just being himself online. “He’s like, ‘No, I think he’s just being a human being. He’s enjoying social media like everyone else — just doing it his own way,’” Druski, 30, says on the track.

Bieber responds: “That’s been tough for me recently. I’ve had to go through a lot of personal struggles — just like anyone — but it’s been very public. And so people are always asking if I’m okay. That really starts to weigh on me.”

Druski relates, comparing it to being asked why you’re crying — and that question making you cry in the first place. Bieber adds, “It starts to make me feel like I’m the one with problems, while everyone else seems perfect.”

Elsewhere in the album, the track All I Can Take touches on his sensitive side and online vulnerability. He sings, “These symptoms of my sensitivity / Feels worse knowin’ no one’s listening / This is it, I can’t change, Lord knows I try.”

In Too Long, Bieber admits, “Yeah, sometimes I get insecure, I be tryin’ — you know I do.”

Leading up to the album’s release, Bieber had already begun opening up more on social media. Back in March, he shared a post about feeling like a “fraud,” writing, “People told me my whole life ‘wow Justin you deserve that,’ and I personally have always felt unworthy. Like I was a fraud… Like if people knew my real thoughts, they’d see through me.”

A few weeks later, he expressed his desire to work on his anger. “I got anger issues too, but I wanna grow and not react so much,” he wrote.

Just days before the release of Swag, he shared a heartwarming photo of himself in the studio holding his 10-month-old son, Jack Blues, whom he shares with wife Hailey Baldwin Bieber.

According to sources close to Bieber, the new music reflects a noticeable shift in tone and sound. “It’s darker, more vulnerable, and less polished,” one insider shared. “It’s not depressing, but it definitely goes deeper. Fans can expect a genre shift and something much more personal.”

The album also features collaborations with Gunna, Sexyy Red, Cash Cobain, Lil B, and Eddie Benjamin — adding depth and diversity to Bieber’s most raw and honest project to date.

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