{"id":803425,"date":"2020-01-24T10:24:35","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=942149"},"modified":"2020-01-24T10:24:35","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:24:35","slug":"justin-bieber-celebrates-marriage-survival-at-los-angeles-album-playback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/justin-bieber-celebrates-marriage-survival-at-los-angeles-album-playback\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Bieber Celebrates Marriage, Survival at Los Angeles Album Playback"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s Grammy week in Los Angeles and Justin Bieber<\/a> is choking back tears in front of 100 people while he thanks manager Scooter Braun for standing by him through his darkest moments. The private event found journalists, record label employees and other industry members gathered at Village Studios to hear Bieber\u2019s upcoming album, surrendering their phones to Yondr pouches and eating mini-burgers and fish tacos in a giant room upstairs. Before the playback properly began, a parade of Bieber\u2019s past hits like \u201cBoyfriend,\u201d \u201cDespacito (Remix)\u201d and \u201cWhere Are \u00dc Now\u201d poured out of the speakers.<\/p>\n

Bieber entered after speeches from Braun and Def Jam CEO Paul Rosenberg, who waxed poetic about the 25-year-old\u2019s personal and musical growth. The singer entered the room with a camera crew, hockey stick and worn-out baseball. He joined a small crew amongst an excessive number of white couches at the front of the room, including wife Hailey, Drew House co-founder FKA Bieber\u2019s \u201cswag coach\u201d Ryan Good and Shawn Mendes<\/a> (for reasons that were never entirely made clear.)<\/p>\n

Since the end of his Purpose <\/em>era, Bieber has not spent much time talking to crowds in person (save for a brief cameo during Ariana Grande\u2019s headlining set at Coachella last year.) He has spoken to his fans primarily through Instagram and was clearly a bit nervous to be so exposed in his Drew House basketball shorts for a room of mostly strangers. Clutching his hockey stick, he spoke at length about his headspace while recording the album: unnamed struggles that should\u2019ve killed him, untrustworthy friends and how he had felt \u201churt by the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As he began to thank his friends and team, Bieber began to cry profusely. He choked out Braun\u2019s name between heaving sobs and tearfully looked at his wife. He ended the touching moment with a joke about \u201cshooting himself\u201d because he was either so happy or so emotional about the people in his life.<\/p>\n

The album also serves as a representation of Bieber\u2019s \u201cgrowth from a boy to a man,\u201d as he put it. A few years ago, he had a very public breakdown, canceling tour dates and hiding from the world. Now, his priorities have changed. He\u2019s settled down and he seems to be pretty tight with God. The lyrics establish his new life as a grown and loving husband, celebrating his wife and the very concept of love repeatedly.<\/p>\n

During the opening ballad, he invited his wife to join him. He held her in his arms while continuing to cry into her neck. As the rest of the heavily R&Bieber album played, the singer talked in between songs about the impact of writer Poo Bear and engineer Josh Gudwin on his career. He loosened up as the album wore on, perfectly singing one of the tracks a cappella, doing an \u201cold man voice\u201d to introduce one track and making fun of himself for crying so much. The mood wasn\u2019t all heavy: During some songs, he started a game of catch with friends and front-row attendees and balanced the ball on the hockey stick. He encouraged the rather still crowd to \u201cboogie\u201d if they\u2019d like.<\/p>\n

Bieber seemed relieved once the playback ended, ready to pursue more non-musical activities with his wife. \u201cYou know what that means,\u201d he said with a literal wink towards the crowd as Hailey covered her face while laughing at his statement. \u201cThings are about to get pretty freaky.\u201d Quickly, they both slipped out.<\/p>\n

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