Every half-decade or so, Justin Bieber sloughs off the callused skin of the pop superstar he became at age 15 to reveal the tender and quirky R&B singer he’s always been at heart. He did it in 2013 with his album “Journals,” then in 2020 with “Changes.”

Justin Bieber has released his first album in four years and is at the top of Spotify as well as Apple Music’s daily charts in its opening week.Although Swag was a surprise release with