Lonely (with benny blanco)

Verse 1
Everybody knows my name now
But something 'bout it still feels strange
Like looking in the mirror
Tryna steady yourself and seeing somebody else
And everything is not the same now
It feels like all our lives have changed
Maybe when I'm older, it'll all calm down
But it's killing me now

Pre-Chorus
What if you had it all but nobody to call?
Maybe then you'd know me
'Cause I've had everything
But no one's listening
And that's just fucking lonely

Chorus
I'm so lo-o-o-onely
Lo-o-o-onely

Verse 2
Everybody knows my past now
Like my house was always made of glass
And 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 shit
They criticized the things I did
As an idiot kid

Pre-Chorus
What if you had it all but nobody to call?
Maybe then you'd know me
'Cause I've had everything
But no one's listening
And that's just fucking lonely

Chorus
I'm so lo-o-o-onely
Lo-o-o-onely
I'm so lo-o-o-onely
Lo-o-o-onely

“Lonely” is Justin Bieber’s second single (the first one being “Holy”) following the release of his 2020 studio album Changes.

On the song, Justin teams up with celebrated producers benny blanco and FINNEAS and describes how becoming an international superstar at such a young age affected him (he was discovered by Scooter Braun when he was only thirteen), reflecting on how he sacrificed his privacy and adolescence for fame and wealth, without always having a positive pay-off.