Overview

• The sequel arrived roughly three hours after the promised midnight release, landing first on YouTube Music before reaching Spotify and Apple Music.
• Swag II spans 23 songs and features Tems, Lil B, Bakar, Hurricane Chris and Eddie Benjamin.
• The release marks Bieber’s eighth studio album and, paired with July’s 21-track Swag, brings the two-part set to 44 songs.
• Bieber announced the drop with a global wave of pink billboards and projections that included family imagery shared across his social accounts.
• Early coverage notes strong fan engagement and a reported shift toward pop, while some reviews criticize the combined tracklist as overlong.