Either this is the craziest album leak EVER, or else TikTok has completely jumped the shark… or both… definitely possibly both! LOLz!
Early Thursday afternoon, a video started making the rounds discussing an apparently brand-new album from Justin Bieber. Wait, WHAT???? New music from the Biebs?! We’d gotten teases from Justin this might be on the way. But not now! Not RIGHT before the moment his most famous ex drops her latest album with the love of her life!
The album, which the video claims was leaked from a website called JB Vault, appeared to have hit the internet at some point on Wednesday night.
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We’ll dive much deeper into the seeming sketchiness of this “JB Vault” website in a minute, but first, here’s more about the alleged album…
For one, it’s called Jack Blues — you know, in honor of Justin and Hailey Bieber‘s infant son. It includes 18 new tracks, some of which have big-time features! Ed Sheeran allegedly makes an appearance on one track, with Miley Cyrus on another, Tame Impala on a third, Ne-Yo on a fourth, and Chris Brown on a fifth. Chris Brown?? CHRIS BROWN?! In 2025?!?! This can’t be real… can it??
Ch-ch-check out the viral TikTok vid for yourself (below) before we dive into our serious skepticism about what the f**k might be going on here:
@sebastiansototea Replying to @Julia #greenscreen Justin Bieber NEW ALBUM LEAKED ONE DAY BEFORE SELENA GOMEZ BENNY BLANCO NEW ALBUM! #haileybieber #justinbieber #selenagomez
So, for one, if this surprise album really is a legit Justin Bieber production, its release (or leak or whatever) comes just hours before his ex Selena Gomez‘s much-anticipated album drop I Said I Love You First, which she made with her beloved beau Benny Blanco. As we’ve been reporting, the world can’t wait to hear Selly G sing about happily ever after alongside her adoring partner!
Thus, when you peruse the comments on that viral TikTok vid, you can’t help but see all the fans and stans going hard for Selena and slamming Justin (and, for some, Hailey) with this supposed spotlight-stealer:
“They can’t let her have anything”
“yall better stream hard for selena. they’re doing this on purpose”
“Oh this BETTER NOT BE REAL BC NOT ON MY BABY GIRL QUEEN SELENAS WEEK”
“Smh the Biebers should focus on being parents. Why they’re so obsessed with Selena??”
“All planned to get more attention!!! They always try to rain on Selena’s parade”
“Is this real? That boychild can never let her live in peace”
“they’re absolutely insufferable”
“I really think Justin is competing with Selena and Hailey is the one instigating the situation. They’re piggybacking on Selena.”
Yeesh!!
Crazy, isn’t it?! Talk about upstaging your ex! WTF, Justin??
Buuuuut… here’s the thing. If you pop over to that JB Vault website where Justin’s alleged Jack Blues album first saw the light of day, you are greeted with this message on the homepage:
“‘Jack Blues’ by Justin Bieber, named after his newborn son, one of the most highly anticipated albums set to drop this year or next. It’s now available for a limited time!”
From there, you have the option to buy either the digital album (for $8.99) or the vinyl version (for $45.00). You can even buy merch in the form of a $120 sweatshirt! Pricey!!
But is it real??? Being our curious selves, we clicked over to the JB Vault website’s contact page. There, it lists something called a “VAT Number.” In the European Union, VAT numbers are basically company registration numbers that identify businesses for tax purposes and blah, blah, blah. Every biz gets a unique one! And indeed, JB Vault has one: CA7690098.
So, we went over to the free VAT checker provided by the International Bank Account Number service (HERE), and we typed in that number. Guess what we got? NOTHING! No, really. We got nothing. When you paste in the VAT code from JB Vault, IBAN spits back out this message:
“Country code not supported.”
Which makes sense because, ya know, Canada ain’t in Europe, and so the “CA” code isn’t legit! Duh!
Besides, our Canadian friends don’t use VAT. They have a slightly different system called the GST/HST Registry, on which you can also look up a business (HERE). Canada hands out nine-digit business codes, though — and JB Vault’s numerical code is only seven digits! So, naturally, it doesn’t show up when searched. JB Vault’s contact page also has an eight-digit “trade number,” but that one also comes back as invalid in Canada’s registry. All this to say…
Sketchy!!!
We certainly wouldn’t send them any money. But wait! There’s more!! Back on the JB Vault contact page, there’s a phone number listed. We googled that number — and guess what came back? Nothing! Like, literally nothing. The phone number has a 587 area code, which is local to Alberta. But googling the JB Vault phone number returns exactly ZERO results on the web. Da f**k??
Related: Why Hailey Bieber REALLY Reignited The Selena Gomez Feud!
And wait! There’s still more! The address listed on the JB Vault site’s contact page links back to a suburban Calgary office space that appears to be available for lease — and currently without a tenant! See that for yourself HERE via a real estate page that claims the office is rentable “now” and can be leased on a term that would begin as early as April 2025. Hmmm…
So, heading back to TikTok, we picked up on one final fan comment that linked up with our growing suspicion:
“Ne-yo and Miley Cyrus? I don’t think this is real friend”
Yeah…
Regardless, what a rabbit hole to fall into! And what a deviously timed album drop this would be… if it was real!
Reactions, Perezcious readers?! Could it be real?? Did JB really just upstage the Wizards of Waverly Place alum?! Or is this all a big ol’ pile of bull s**t?? Sound OFF (below)! And visit the JB Vault site HERE to see it all for yourself — and listen to a 23-second clip of one of the purported new tracks!
[Image via MEGA/WENN]
