![]() It’s a shame that the ambition here is akin to that of sending an Edible Arrangement on Valentine’s Day. The easy comparison to draw is to the other Justin, whose own Wife Guy record The 20/20 Experience pilfered newlywed joys for twitchy, dynamic epics. ![]() It makes you wonder if their honeymoon phase is over, and crucially, where the giddy romantics of his past, best music went.īieber’s most delightful love songs- Purpose bonus cut “Get Used To It,” “Confident,” his collab with fellow Wife Guy Chance the Rapper “Confident” and even “Somebody to Love” from a decade ago-were all eminently infectious, the delirium of budding, steady romance splayed out in song and dance. Posty got the memo and adds a frantic tension to the cut, but for a song ostensibly drawing its promise of eternity from a groundswell of passion, Bieber sounds drained. “Forever” finds Bieber outclassed by his friend and ostensible protégé Post Malone. “You made me laugh with personality,” he mutters on “Running Over.” What kind of personality does Hailey’s sense of humor have, you’re left to wonder. The moments of marital romance throughout Changes are washed out by this strange concatenation of thirst and codependency, coupled with a strange dispassion in Bieber’s tone and words. (The Weeknd, to his credit, wouldn’t dare try a couplet as corny as that.) “Do me like you miss me / Even though you been with me,” he moans on “Come Around Me,” its unsubtle suggestion sounding a little too close to a Weeknd track left on the cutting room floor. ![]() Within the first 20 minutes, he dedicates three songs (“Come Around Me,” “Yummy” and “Available”) to how good sex with his hot wife is, how often they do it and how frustrated he gets when he’s not her number one priority. It’s a record in total lust and fealty to Hailey you’ll probably want to duck out to use the bathroom halfway through. Overlong and drab, listening to Changes is what it must feel like to third-wheel the Biebers on date night. That said, Changes-Bieber’s fifth official album-and his first as an official Wife Guy to Hailey Bieber (née Baldwin), is his most limp and loveless. They’re all honorable ventures, and given his tumultuous personal life, a pleasant change of pace for arguably the world’s biggest male pop star. He’s happily in love, holding service at his dubious place of prosperity gospel worship and taking care of his health after a new Lyme disease diagnosis.
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