Justin Bieberis getting real about his past as a tween pop star in the new song “Lonely.”
Maybe then you’d know me.
‘Cause I’ve had everything but no one’s listening, and that’s just f—ing lonely.

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I’m so lonely."
Maybe that’s the price you pay for the money and fame at an early age.
And everybody saw me sick, and it felt like no one gave a s—.
They criticized the things I did as an idiot kid."
With a minimalist arrangement, Bieber’s vocals give the powerful song a confessional quality.
Bieber is alsoset to perform “Lonely” onSaturday Night Livethis week.Watch the music video above.