The world’s most famous teenager only has a couple of years left before that 标题 gets passed on to someone else. With his third album Believe, Justin Bieber wants to portray maturity. After the reviews came in, it seems critics are comparing Believe on Beiber’s career graph to another pop 星, 星级 namesake, Justin Timberlake.

In an 电子邮箱 interview, Bieber repeats that his new album is not just for his dedicated 粉丝 base of ‘beliebers.’ “I just wanted to portray a little bit 更多 maturity in my music. I think that in addition to my young fans, the 音乐 in this album is something that a 更多 mature audience can appreciate as well.”

Just as his 粉丝 are “beliebers”, one can’t help but speculate there’s 更多 to it than Beiber says was the thought behind his album title. “Belief has always been a central theme in my life 你 know. Whether 你 believe in God, in your dreams, in yourself – it is good to believe. It gives people hope that they can attain their dreams.”“I really wanted my 粉丝 to get something new and I’ve really tried that in this album. I’ve experimented with different genres and I hope my 粉丝 appreciate it,” he says. Judging 由 Bieber’s mission statement with this album, it’s evident that the album tries to push 前锋, 期待 to take an evolutionary step. His single ‘As Long as 你 爱情 me’ was released on June 11, and has since faired moderately well on 音乐 charts across the globe. Bieber is excited about the track, although he seems to run out of things to say about it: “Oh I really 爱情 the song – it’s one of my favourites from the album just because it’s such a nice song. We also have Big Sean 唱歌 in it because he’s new and fresh and it just adds to the song.”

Pop 音乐 relies heavily on collaborations, and the 星, 星级 quotient on this album is not just limited to Bieber and Big Sean. His crew includes Drake, Nicki Minaj, Ludacris and lists mentor 亚瑟小子 as the executive producer. “I 爱情 all these artists and their music, so it was an amazing experience for me to record with each of them. 亚瑟小子 is someone that I really look up to and I’ve learnt a lot from him over the years.”

As for his wishlist for guest spots on his album, he says, “The one wish that will never be fulfilled is that I’ve always wanted to collaborate with Michael Jackson.”

But Bieber can follow in the King of Pop’s footsteps in at least one way, 由 playing a 显示 in India at the height of his career, just as Michael Jackson did in 1996. This decade’s (arguably) most 流行的 singer makes no promises though: “I don’t have a visit scheduled yet but I really do want to visit India soon. I’ve heard so much about it, I really would 爱情 to meet all my 粉丝 from India.”