Judah Smith
Bieber’s mother introduced him to the pastor’s sermons at age 7. “He would check in on me and say he loved me. I always knew he was a really good guy,” says Bieber.
Skrillex
?”They have complete trust in each other,” says Braun of Bieber’s new go-to producer. “Skrillex is so honest. And he doesn’t believe in genres.”
Poo Bear
Bieber’s main co-writer quit smoking weed when the singer did. “Me being around him,” says Poo Bear, “allowed him to be comfortable with himself.”
Scooter Braun
“I’m not really capable of being the yes-man,” says Bieber’s longtime manager. “I learned about allowing someone to make mistakes … the tough-love element.”
Hailey Baldwin
“She’s one of my best friends in the world,” says Bieber of the model, who is Stephen Baldwin’s daughter. “She’s fricking awesome. She’s got the sweetest soul.”
Big Sean
“I think he looks at me like a big brother,” says the rapper, who met Bieber in 2011 and encourages him to do “whatever makes you happy, no matter what people think.”