On his first album in four years, the singer processes his adult reality and makes some of the most creative and wide-ranging music of his life

Justin Bieber fans, Beliebers as some say, have been wondering if he's been doing ok. His mental status is hard to judge sometimes, considering his frequent cryptic social media posts and their captions,

“Swag,” his seventh studio album, doesn’t sound like the singer’s usual swing-for-the-fences pop production. Instead, Bieber embraces reverent R&B and tranquil soft rock, an unexpected turn that has drawn applause around the music industry.