A track-by-track #Jelena investigation.

After months of questionably sincere apologies and unquestionably great bangers, the resurrection of Justin Bieber is officially complete.

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Thanks to an unexpected EDM makeover, teen pop's most noxious bad boy is back and he sounds better than ever. While his long-awaited fourth album, Purpose, doesn't quite reach the euphoric heights of his pre-release singles, it's a sure-footed release that suggests the Biebs might just make the transition to adult stardom after all. A remarkable feat considering, well, everything that has happened in the three years since his last album, Believe.

While Bieber is clearly trying to transcend his tabloid persona on Purpose, he's only marginally successful — you'll probably forget about that time he pissed in a mob bucket, but you definitely won't forget about his relationship with Selena Gomez.

While Bieber is clearly trying to transcend his tabloid persona on Purpose, he's only marginally successful — you'll probably forget about that time he pissed in a mob bucket, but you definitely won't forget about his relationship with Selena Gomez.

In fact, you'll probably be more interested in #Jelena by the end of the album's standard edition.

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The singer will only admit that three songs on Purpose are about his on-again-off-again relationship with Gomez, but that number seems ~suspiciously low~ for an album filled with reconciliation pleas and songs about love gone awry.

The singer will only admit that three songs on Purpose are about his on-again-off-again relationship with Gomez, but that number seems ~suspiciously low~ for an album filled with reconciliation pleas and songs about love gone awry.