{"id":1997528,"date":"2025-09-04T20:22:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T20:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1997528"},"modified":"2025-09-04T20:22:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T20:22:30","slug":"justin-bieber-to-drop-surprise-album-swag-ii-at-midnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/justin-bieber-to-drop-surprise-album-swag-ii-at-midnight\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Bieber to drop surprise album Swag II at midnight"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Justin Bieber fans didn’t have to wait long for a followup to his surprise summer album Swag <\/em>\u2014 he’s dropping Swag II<\/em> tonight.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Canadian music superstar revealed\u00a0in a series of posts on his Instagram account<\/a>\u00a0that\u00a0the album will be released at midnight.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The images in his posts showed buildings and billboards lit in pink with “SWAG II” emblazoned on them, while others showed a photo of the 31-year-old\u00a0holding his one-year-old\u00a0son Jack alongside wife Hailey Bieber.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This will be the London, Ont.-born singer’s eighth studio album. A tracklist of songs was not public at the time of publication.<\/p>\n

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Bieber’s Instagram account has been updated throughout the day with images of the Swag II album cover appearing to be projected on monuments, buildings and billboards. (Justin Bieber\/Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

He released the first volume of Swag <\/em>on July 11, with only hours notice.<\/p>\n

The 21-track R&B album debuted<\/a> at the top of Billboard’s Top Streaming Albums and Top Streaming Songs charts,\u00a0while entering the\u00a0the Billboard 200 at No. 2 and hitting number No. 1 on the Top R&B albums’ chart.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to Billboard, the single\u00a0Daisies<\/em>\u00a0tied Bieber with Kendrick Lamar for the third most No. 1 songs on the Streaming Songs chat, with each holding seven. They follow Taylor Swift, who has nine, and Canadian rapper Drake with 21.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Swag II<\/em> is rumoured to veer away from R&B and be more pop-music focused,\u00a0Billboard\u00a0reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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