Justin Bieber is chained up underwater on the cover of the new issue of Complex -- in case you were wondering how he feels right now.
The 21-year-old singer doesn't hold back in the accompanying interview, discussing God, Selena Gomez, pissing in a bucket and everything in between. Bieber 2.0 is self aware.
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.@justinbieber covers our OCT/NOV 2015 issue. Read his most revealing interview yet: http://t.co/K4TeNbqyG2 pic.twitter.com/D9zu2iAiIy— Complex (@ComplexMag) September 28, 2015
Bieber is ready to move on from the bratty image he cultivated during his teen years. But the singer says he isn't living with regrets -- just trying to learn from his mistakes.
"I wouldn’t do anything over again. I would do it all the same way," Bieber told Complex. "I’m not going to say I’m sorry for the things that I’ve done because I think that it allows me to tell a story."
Now, though, he's focused on his music, and seems to have found his speed collaborating with Diplo, Skrillex and Kanye. Bieber believes that shedding his over-the-top lifestyle will help him become a better artist. "I’ve made myself so unrelatable the past year with all the stuff that I was doing," says Bieber. "Not even bad stuff sometimes, just outrageous stuff. Like, you got a monkey, what are you doing?"
And while Bieber, yes, did have a pet monkey, he's always had one universally relatable subject matter on his side -- heartbreak. The star says he's currently dating someone new, but still recovering from his intense relationship with Selena Gomez -- admitting that he was not ready to move in with his girlfriend at 18.
Bieber also opens up about how Christianity has given him the guidance he needs -- and often didn't get growing up from his parents and other adults who were looking out for themselves first. He doesn't attend church, but considers his faith a vital grounding force in his life.
"I think that’s where we need to be. Like I said, you don’t need to go to church to be a Christian," Bieber said. "If you go to Taco Bell, that doesn’t make you a taco."
Millions of non-Taco humans can attest that Bieber has a good point.
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