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NEW YORK \u2014 Justin Bieber is following up his confessional album \u201cSwag\u201d with a second installment set to be released much sooner than fans expected.<\/p>\n
The 31-year-old Grammy winner on Thursday shared another account\u2019s post announcing the news that the sequel would arrive by midnight on Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n Roughly two hours later, he shared a carousel of images featuring close-ups of \u201cSwag II\u201d merchandise, captioning the post: \u201cSwag II tonighttttttttt.\u201d<\/p>\n Within minutes, he shared another snap of a \u201cSwag II\u201d billboard in Paris<\/a>, overlooking the Eiffel Tower. The billboard shows the album title set against a light pink backdrop, the same color used for the merch, which the \u201cSorry\u201d singer identified as Pantone 14-28080 TPG<\/a>.<\/p>\n Bieber dropped the freshman \u201cSwag\u201d on July 11 \u2014 his first studio album since 2021\u2019s \u201cJustice.\u201d In multiple tracks, he addresses the marital issues<\/a> his wife, Hailey, denied in the May cover interview for Vogue\u2019s Summer Issue<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThrowin\u2019 petals like, \u2018Do you love me or not?\u2019 \u2026 You said \u2018Forever,\u2019 babe, did you meant it or not?<\/a>\u201d he sings in \u201cDaisies.\u201d<\/p>\n Bieber even seemed to nod to the way the Rhode founder, 28 has shaken off the longstanding split speculation, dismissing most stories about her as \u201cnot real.\u201d<\/p>\n When \u201cit gets hard to face \u2026 Nothing needs to work out and nothing needs to break\/ Don\u2019t need to pretend that you\u2019re OK,\u201d Bieber croons in \u201cGo Baby.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWalking Away\u201d features a lyric in which Bieber seems to accept the upheaval \u2014 \u201cI think we better off if we just take a break\/ And remember what grace is\u201d \u2014 before promising he \u201cain\u2019t walking away\/ You were my diamond\/ Gave you a ring.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n