Swag II

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Swag II
Justin Bieber - Swag II.svg
Studio album (reissue)by
ReleasedSeptember 5, 2025 (2025-09-05)
Genre
Length73:19
Label
Producer
Justin Bieber chronology
Swag
(2025)
Swag II
(2025)
Singles from Swag II
  1. "Love Song"
    Released: September 19, 2025
  2. "Speed Demon"
    Released: September 22, 2025
Swag II ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 48/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash 6/10 [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Pitchfork 5.2/10 [8]

Swag II (stylized in all caps) is the eighth studio album [a] by Canadian singer Justin Bieber. [20] It was surprise-released through Def Jam Recordings and ILH Productions on September 5, 2025. [21] Consisting of 23 tracks in addition to the 21 songs from its sister album Swag , therefore constituting a double album, the album features guest appearances from Tems, Bakar, Hurricane Chris, Lil B, and Eddie Benjamin. Production was handled by Dijon, Carter Lang, Mike Will Made It, Buddy Ross, Daniel Chetrit, Mk.gee, and Dylan Wiggins, among others. The album was supported by two singles, "Love Song" and "Speed Demon". The 56-day gap between the releases of Swag and Swag II marks the shortest period between Bieber's releases to date.[ citation needed ]

Contents

Track listing

Swag II track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Speed Demon"
3:31
2."Better Man"
  • Benjamin
  • Lang
  • Wiggins
  • Dijon
  • Ross
  • Chetrit
  • Maejor [v]
2:49
3."Love Song"
  • Bieber
  • Benjamin
  • Lang
  • Wiggins
  • Duenas
  • Mk.gee
  • Jesso
  • Chetrit
  • Benjamin
  • Lang
  • Wiggins
  • Dijon
  • Mk.gee
  • Maejor [v]
2:52
4."I Do"
  • Bieber
  • Benjamin
  • Lang
  • Wiggins
  • Jesso
  • Chetrit
  • Morgan
  • Benjamin
  • Lang
  • Wiggins
  • Maejor [v]
3:43
5."I Think You're Special" (with Tems)
  • Benjamin
  • Lang
  • Wiggins
  • Maejor [v]
2:45
6."Mother in You"
  • Bieber
  • Jesso
  • Benjamin
  • Lang
  • Wiggins
  • Chetrit
  • Morgan
  • Eli Teplin
  • Benjamin
  • Lang
  • Wiggins
  • Chetrit
  • Morgan
  • Teplin
  • Maejor [v]
3:25
7."Witchya"
  • Bieber
  • Benjamin
  • Lang
  • Wiggins
  • Duenas
  • Chetrit
  • Jesso
  • Benjamin
  • Lang
  • Wiggins
  • Dijon
  • Chetrit
  • Maejor [v]
2:43
8."Eye Candy"
  • Bieber
  • Benjamin
  • Lang
  • Wiggins
  • Duenas
  • Chetrit
  • Will Miller
  • Jesso
  • Morgan
  • Benjamin
  • Lang
  • Wiggins
  • Dijon
  • Chetrit
  • Miller
  • Maejor [v]
3:57
9."Don't Wanna" (with Bakar)
2:45
10."Bad Honey"
  • Bieber
  • Benjamin
  • Lang
  • Wiggins
  • Duenas
  • Jesso
  • Chetrit
  • Benjamin
  • Lang
  • Wiggins
  • Dijon
  • Maejor [v]
2:36
11."Need It"
  • Bieber
  • Openiyi
  • Benjamin
  • Lang
  • Wiggins
  • Duenas
  • Chetrit
  • Jesso
  • Morgan
  • Benjamin
  • Lang
  • Wiggins
  • Dijon
  • Chetrit
  • Maejor [v]
3:39
12."Oh Man"
  • Bieber
  • Jesso
  • Lang
  • Wiggins
  • Duenas
  • Chetrit
  • Lang
  • Wiggins
  • Dijon
  • Chetrit
  • Maejor [v]
3:12
13."Poppin' My Shit" (with Hurricane Chris)
  • Hurricane Chris
  • Maejor [p]
  • Lang
  • DubMagic
2:06
14."All the Way"
3:21
15."Petting Zoo"
  • Bieber
  • Benjamin
  • Lang
  • Wiggins
  • Morgan
  • Benjamin
  • Lang
  • Wiggins
  • Maejor [v]
3:16
16."Moving Fast"
  • Bieber
  • Lang
  • Chetrit
  • Jesso
  • Morgan
  • Lang
  • Chetrit
  • Maejor [v]
3:21
17."Safe Space" (with Lil B)
  • Lang
  • Wiggins
  • Teplin
3:14
18."Lyin'"
  • Bieber
  • Benjamin
  • Lang
  • Wiggins
  • Chetrit
  • Morgan
  • Benjamin
  • Lang
  • Wiggins
  • Maejor [v]
3:06
19."Dotted Line"
  • Bieber
  • Lang
  • Morgan
  • Lang
  • Morgan
2:27
20."Open Up Your Heart" (with Eddie Benjamin)
  • Bieber
  • Benjamin
  • Lang
  • Wiggins
  • Miller
  • Teplin
  • Jesso
  • Chetrit
  • Morgan
  • Benjamin
  • Lang
  • Wiggins
  • Miller
  • Teplin
3:34
21."When It's Over"
  • Bieber
  • Benjamin
  • Lang
  • Wiggins
  • Jesso
  • Chetrit
  • Morgan
  • Benjamin
  • Lang
  • Wiggins
2:34
22."Everything Hallelujah"
  • Bieber
  • Benjamin
  • Lang
  • Wiggins
  • Teplin
  • Jesso
  • Chetrit
  • Morgan
  • Benjamin
  • Lang
  • Wiggins
  • Teplin
4:08
23."Story of God"
  • Bieber
  • Lang
  • Teplin
  • Judah Smith
  • Wes Halliburton
  • Lang
  • Teplin
7:46
Total length:73:19

Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [22]

Charts

Chart performance for Swag II
Chart (2025)Peak
position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [23] 1
French Albums (SNEP) [24] 24
Icelandic Albums (Tónlistinn) [25] 20
Italian Albums (FIMI) [26] 30
Japanese Digital Albums (Oricon) [27] 29
Japanese Hot Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [28] 19
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [29] 6
Nigerian Albums (TurnTable) [30] 73
Norwegian Albums (IFPI Norge) [31] 7
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [32] 55

Notes

  1. Swag II is technically a reissued album, as it combines new material with the original Swag album. [9] However, multiple publications have referred to Swag II as Bieber’s eighth studio album or as a double album. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]

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  24. "Top Albums (Semaine du 17 Septembre 2025)". SNEP . Retrieved September 17, 2025.
  25. "Tónlistinn – Plötur: Streymi, spilun og sala viku 37. Birt 13. september 2025 – Næst uppfært 20. september 2025" (in Icelandic). Plötutíðindi. Archived from the original on September 12, 2025. Retrieved September 13, 2025.
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  29. "Official Top 40 Albums". Recorded Music NZ. September 12, 2025. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
  30. "Official Top 100 Albums: September 5th, 2025 - September 11th, 2025". TurnTable . Archived from the original on September 19, 2025. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
  31. "Album topp 100 − Uke 37, 2025" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norge . Retrieved September 13, 2025.
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