Justin Bieber's face tattoo may be a loving Ryan Gosling tribute

'Journals' meets 'The Notebook'
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Tricia Gilbride
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Justin Bieber's face tattoo may be a loving Ryan Gosling tribute
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Justin Bieber hasn't Instagrammed an old photo with Selena Gomez in nearly two months or been using the platform to track down hot girls, which seems like personal growth. 

In fact, Biebs has a new, potentially healthier Instagram obsession: your crush from four years ago, Ryan Gosling. Specifically, Ryan Gosling in The Place Beyond the Pines

Bieber shared a couple photos from the 2012 film and, well, it's pretty clear that Gosling's character is a mirror of Bieber's Purpose-era aesthetic. Gosling even has a face tattoo right by his eye, the location of Bieber's latest ink


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"What a beast," Bieber captions all photos of Ryan Gosling. 

In the movie, Gosling plays a motorcycle stuntman who starts robbing banks to provide for his family after realizing that his ex-girlfriend gave birth to his child. 


This is Justin Bieber on the Purpose Tour:

And here's the beast himself, Ryan Gosling, in The Place Beyond the Pines.

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The bleached hair, the metal tees curled up into tank tops and -- this bears repeating -- the face tattoo. 

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You might have shared a few Gosling memes a few years ago, but did you ever get a face tattoo to be more like a fictional character he played? Probably not. Hey girl, Bieber's got you beat.

Bonus: Black Holes colliding remixed to Justin Bieber. Sorry, we had to. 


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Tricia Gilbride

Tricia Gilbride was a Reporter for Mashable Watercooler. Tricia focused on the intersection of celebrity culture and the Internet. Previously, she worked as a fashion writer and a social media manager. She also edits Women-Artists.org, a blog and annual print publication, and looks exactly like her cat.

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