Justin Bieber had wanted to split from former manager Scooter Braun 'for so long,' a source told 'Rolling Stone' in a story p. The source also said Bieber was able to be 'his true, authentic self' on his new album,

According to so-called insiders, Bieber agreed to repay Braun $26 million from a $40 million advance the singer had received from AEG back in 2022. That advance was part of a global tour deal that ultimately never took place due to Bieber’s health issues.

Justin Bieber has been a chart-topping pop star for most of his life, signing with Scooter Braun at just 13 years old after captivating the web with his covers on YouTube. At 27, the baby-faced, swoop-haired Canadian singer became the youngest solo artist in history to notch 100 songs on the Billboard Hot 100,