Are we to presume the sheep are a metaphor for flock-mentlaity? Or did Bieber just google “gloomy castle with sheep” and pick this one? (We tried it and yep, it came up on the third image for us.)

I don’t know about these award shows.. No disrespect to anybody at any of the shows or the people running it. Nothing but love for you guys and your support. But I don’t feel good when I’m there nor after. I try to think of it as a celebration but can’t help feeling like people are rating and grading my performance. A lot of people in the audience there to be seem worried about how much camera time they will get or who they can network with. When I’m doing a regular show I feel they are there for the right reasons and to strictly have a good time! But these award shows seem so hollow. I get the premise is to award people for their accomplishments, but is it really? Because when I look in the audience I see a bunch of fake smiles so that when the camera hits them they look happy. Sure there are people truly proud of others so I don’t want to knock them I’m just looking at the vast majority. I just think to myself if I’m living my purpose I want the reward to be fulfillment. I’m getting awarded for the things that I’m doing and not for who I am which is understandable I know it would probably be hard to calculate and award someone’s spirit lol. But When I do get these awards the temptation of putting my worth in what I do is so hard to fight!!!I am privileged and honored to be recognized by my peers in but in these settings I can’t feel the recognition. There’s an authenticity missing that I crave! And I wonder does anybody else.. Sorry not sorry about grammar it’s not my strong point

A photo posted by Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) on May 23, 2016 at 8:42am PDT

In a Snapchat story, Bieber asked fans to give him some respect and stop asking for photos, instead focusing more on the moment.

He followed that up with a post on his Instagram, and the whole “zoo” animal thing seriously got us feeling for him. He’s still super loaded though, so it’s a bit if a “win some, lose some” situation.

A photo posted by Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) on May 10, 2016 at 3:15pm PDT

This one is pretty understandable. We all know that Bieber fans can be some of the most, uh, intense people at times.

Love u guys.. I’m going to be canceling my meet and greets. I enjoy meeting such incredible people but I end up feeling so drained and filled with so much of other people’s spiritual energy that I end up so drained and unhappy.. Want to make people smile and happy but not at my expense and I always leave feeling mentally and emotionally exhausted to the point of depression .. The pressure of meeting people’s expectations of what I’m supposed to be is so much for me to handle and a lot on my shoulders. Never want to disappoint but I feel I would rather give you guys the show and my albums as promised. Can’t tell you how sorry I am, and wish it wasn’t so hard on me.. And I want to stay in the healthy mindset I’m in to give you the best show you have ever seen ;)

A photo posted by Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) on Mar 22, 2016 at 4:54pm PDT

Following the rash decision to get dreads, Bieber did basically the only thing that could possibly have been a good result following that decision: he shaved his head.

A photo posted by Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) on May 20, 2016 at 3:53pm PDT