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.

Jacob Tremblay as Justin Bieber

Credit: Sacks & Co

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.