Justin Bieber confirms dropping new material

JUSTIN Bieber (right) has confirmed he will release “new music” this week.

The 23-year-old singer has taken to social media to announce he has teamed up with 26-year-old musician to record a track, which is believed to be titled ‘Friends’, and the pair will be dropping the new material on Thursday (Aug 17).

Alongside a picture of the artistry, which captures two birds fighting over one worm whilst perched on a branch with the word “Friends” emblazoned in yellow above the image, has been shared on both Justin’s Instagram and Twitter accounts.

He captioned the posts: “New music. Thursday noon (sic).”

This news comes shortly after the ‘Sorry’ hitmaker tweeted a cryptic message, which is believed to be the lyrics in the forthcoming single, on his micro-blogging site.

He tweeted: “Can we still be friends (sic).”

To which Bloodpop replied: “Yes (sic).”

And the ‘Barcode’ artist has continued to tease the exciting news of the upcoming release on his social media platforms.

The electropop musician – whose real name is Michael Tucker – also retweeted Justin’s second post with the details of the forthcoming song to confirm the release date. He simply wrote: “8.18 (sic).” And alongside a screenshot of the Canadian star’s tweet with Thursday’s date included on top of the image was posted on Bloodpop’s Instagram account, which was captioned with two eye emoji’s and one tongue emoticon.

Bloodpop has also uploaded the same collage on his Instagram Story, which lasts on the photosharing site for 24 hours.