Justin Bieber's ex-manager Scooter Braun breaks silence on new Swag album after settling years-long money feud
Braun and Bieber officially parted ways in 2023—a split that sent shockwaves through the music industry.
Now, the former music manager—who stepped away from the role in 2024—has shared his thoughts on Bieber's latest release.
Braun took to Instagram to shares his thoughts on Saturday, writing, 'Been having a beautiful start to the weekend and been getting a lot of texts about how I feel about Justin's new album.. so I will just leave this here..
'This is without a doubt, the most authentically Justin Bieber album to date. It's beautiful, raw, and truly him. And that matters.'
He continued, 'I've had the privilege of witnessing his growth for almost two decades.'
'Along every journey, there comes a time when an artist fully steps into their own — and that's what he's done here.
'He's poured his soul into this project, and you can feel it in every single run.'
Braun said that Daisies is his favorite track on the record, and that Bieber's tone is the 'best in the world.'
Braun continued to gush over Bieber and the album before concluding by saying he was taking his kids to see Superman.
Braun discovered Bieber, 31, via his YouTube videos in 2008 when he was 13-years-old.
They worked together for 15 years and parted ways due in part to the financial fallout from Justin's cancelled Justice World Tour in 2022.
After Bieber cancelled his Justice tour Braun's company HYBE America helped the singer pay back $26million of the original $40million advance he received from AEG.
Bieber had allegedly agreed to pay back the money over a 10-year period but allegedly stopped making payments to HYBE after the first installment.
Braun and Bieber parted ways in 2023, a move that rocked the music world when it was revealed. Seen here June 4, 2017
Braun took to Instagram to shares his thoughts on Saturday, writing, 'Been having a beautiful start to the weekend and been getting a lot of texts about how I feel about Justin's new album.. so I will just leave this here..' Seen here December 18, 2013
Braun also previously claimed that Bieber — who announced a new album on Thursday — owed him several million dollars in unpaid commissions.
In a win for Bieber, the Grammy-winner will only have to pay Braun half of the $11million in unpaid commissions he allegedly owes him.
DailyMail.com has reached out to representatives for both Bieber and Braun for comment.
The settlement news comes less than a month after TMZ claimed that Bieber was in the midst of negotiating the terms of a settlement with Braun and that the details would likely be fully hashed out within a matter of weeks.
Back in May, the outlet revealed the alleged results of an independent audit performed by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) that was commissioned by Braun's entertainment company, Hybe America.
The investigation, which lasted for six months, culminated in April with the determination that Bieber allegedly owed Braun $8,806,000.
Although Bieber's team didn't publicly dispute the results of the PwC audit, they announced that they had conducted their own audit of his business dealings with Braun.
However, they didn't share how its results compared to the independent audit.
Despite the determination of Bieber's alleged debts from a third party, Braun was reportedly willing to forgive the $8 million entirely.
However, TMZ's sources claimed there were still two major stumbling blocks in the way of an agreement between the two.
The tour commenced in February 2022, after it was twice postponed — from 2020, and then 2021 — due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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