“Around this time last year, Justin Bieber put out his fifth album, ‘Changes’. It was meant to pick up where the hugely successful ‘Purpose’ had left off five years earlier, while also ushering in a new era for the Canadian pop star. But it failed to live up to expectations, lacking the passion, direction and individualism that his previous effort had thrived upon. Bieber’s sense of self had been l”
“Underneath the ill-advised MLK quotes, you’ll find an earnest pop album that unearths the charisma and agility that helped make Bieber a star.”
“The singer's latest comes with tons of abject affection and a little misguided depth.”
“To Justice's credit, none of its songs are quite as bad as "Yummy."”
“There’s seizing a cultural moment, then there’s putting one of the greatest orators who ever lived on your album as a tone-deaf wheeze. Justin Bieber’s sixth studio album, Justice, opens with Martin Luther King Jr urging a firm stand against injustice; a later MLK interlude exhorts people to meet society’s challenges with moral courage. Somehow, Bieber’s takeaway here is a solipsistic, God-bother”
