JUSTIN Bieber and his team flew 4,300 miles to hunker down and record a comeback album at a famous remote studio in Iceland as he channels his pain through music.
Bieber, 31, spent time at Floki Studios at Deplar Farm with a group of collaborators as he missed the Met Gala with his wife, Hailey.
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The superstar, whose last album Justice was released in 2021, has been open about his struggles in recent months as fans worried about his frail appearance.
But a source close to the star insists he’s doing what he can to push through and has been throwing himself into work.
“Bieber is doing what he does best right now, turning his pain into art,” they told The U.S. Sun.
“Despite reports, he does have good people around him, including friends he’s had for years.”
Floki Studios has since welcomed artists such as Calvin Harris and Pharrell Williams over the years and is situated in the remote Fljót Valley on the Troll Peninsula in northern Iceland.
According to an online profile, the studio features “world-class recording equipment, control, isolation, live and lounge areas in an off-the-grid setting designed to eliminate distractions so artists can focus on their music.”
Although Bieber did not tag the studios on Instagram, they have now shared a video of the trip, captioned, “We’re so grateful that @justinbieber and his creative community chose to spend the week with us in Iceland, and huge thank you to @rorykramer for documenting their visit so beautifully.“
Bieber has shared images from Kramer’s shoot, while he has also posted his own series of photographs.
MISSING THE MET
The snapper wrote: “What a trip…Iceland never ceases to inspire me and fill up my soul. Had the best time with @justinbieber and the rest of the amazingly talented group. So many moments, adventures, laughs, late nights, cold plunges, and ice lattes.“
Bieber has been spending a lot of time with a close-knit group of guy friends in recent months as he also navigates life as a new father to baby Jack, who was born in August 2024.
Despite missing the Met Gala, he still posted his love for his wife, sharing a series of photographs of her from the event in New York on May 5, writing, “
Justin set the post to the tune of Charlie Wilson’s ‘There Goes My Baby’, he captioned it: “Tell em uncle Charlie.”
The Hollywood Reporter was the first to reveal he was “looking to vibe out in a Nordic country” with his music collaborators as he is close to finishing his latest project.
The outlet also claimed he’s been hosting “jam sessions” at his Los Angeles house in recent months as he gets back to business.
Despite his recent trip to Iceland being productive, fans have still been left worried about Bieber’s alleged drug use after his worrying Instagram snaps in recent months.
One snap on social media features the star’s close friend, Australian singer Eddie Benjamin, playing guitar.
Bieber is visible through an open door as he sits on the patio smoking a bong wearing a red sweatshirt and grey bottoms.
The star has also shared his own photographs appearing to smoke blunts and bongs, while in many he appears high.
Justin and Hailey’s Relationship Timeline
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Justin and Hailey go way back as she met him when she was just 12 years old during a 2009 Today show appearance.
In 2011, the two were pictured together along with Hailey’s father at Justin’s Never Say Never documentary premiere where she called him “cute.”
November 2014
- Dating rumors began after they were spotted together at a Hillsong Church service.
- During an interview with E! News, Hailey denied they were together.
- They also rung in 2015 together.
December 2015
- Dating rumors surfaced again after Hailey was spotted on vacation with Justin and his family in Tulum, Mexico.
- Later that month, they rang in the New Year again, but this time, they were spotted kissing at Leonardo DiCaprio’s New Year’s Eve party in St. Barts, according to People.
February 2016
- Justin and Hailey acknowledged that they were in a relationship, but made it clear they were not exclusive.
- During another interview with E! News, Hailey said that the pair were “not an exclusive couple,” adding, “relationships at this age are already complicated, but I don’t really like to talk about it because it’s between me and him.”
- As for Justin, he spoke with GQ saying that Hailey was “someone I really love” but starting a serious relationship was not a good idea because there was already “a lot that [he had] to commit to,” including a tour.
- Later that year, the pair split in a “very dramatic excommunication,” according to People.
June 2018
- After Hailey and Justin called it quits, he got back together with Selena Gomez, but in May 2018, the pair called it quits for good.
- A few weeks later, Justin got back together with Hailey.
- “The common denominator, I promise you, is always church,” Hailey told Vogue, via People.
- “By then we were past the drama. I just gave him a hug. By the end of the conference, he was like, ‘We’re not going to be friends.’ I was like, ‘We’re not?’ “
- The pair went on to have a number of PDA-filled public appearances, confirming their relationship was back on.
July 2018
- Justin and Hailey announced their engagement.
- He popped the question during a romantic dinner in the Bahamas while they were on vacation, according to People.
- “Hailey I am soooo in love with everything about you! So committed to spending my life getting to know every single part of you loving you patiently and kindly,” Justin said in an Instagram post.
September 2018
- On September 13, 2018, Hailey and Justin tied the knot during a courthouse wedding in New York City.
November 2018
- Hailey changed her last name on social media from Hailey Rhode Baldwin to Hailey Rhode Baldwin Bieber.
September 2019
- Hailey and Justin had a wedding ceremony in front of their friends and family at the Montage Palmetto Bluff in Bluffton, South Carolina.
One fan wrote Instagram that they hated to see Bieber “smoking weed all the time,” while another called his recent behavior on social media “unhinged.”
Bieber captioned on photo in March: “I got anger issues too, but I wanna grow and not react so much smh.”
Later that same day, he shared: “I think I hate myself sometimes when I feel myself start to become inauthentic. Then I remember we’re all being made to think we’re not enough but I still hate when I change myself to please people.”
At the time, his rep insisted that he has never been better.
“The recurring narrative that Justin is using hard drugs is absolutely not true,” his rep told TMZ earlier this year.
They added how the rumors about how Bieber is doing is “exhausting and pitiful”.
The rep then noted how it “shows that despite the obvious truth, people are committed to keeping negative, salacious, harmful narratives alive”.
They added that the singer is “in one of the best places in his life”.
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