“Swag’s” sequel is upon us.

Justin Bieber released the pink-jacketed “Swag II” early Friday morning, less than two months after he dropped its black-jacketed predecessor in mid-July. (On X, the singer posted that meme of the goth and Barbie houses sitting side by side in Santa Monica.)

Like the first “ Swag ,” the 23-track “Swag II” arrived with only about a day’s notice; like the earlier collection, the new one — Bieber’s eighth studio LP if you don’t count it as merely a deluxe edition of “Swag” — is sure to rack up millions of streams over the weekend.

Here are five things to know about “Swag II”:

1. New album, (mostly) same swag

Bieber’s in more or less the same sound world he was in last time, laying his cooing vocals over squeaky, scratchy arrangements that pull from indie roc

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