Friends

Justin Bieber

I was wonderin’ ’bout your mama

Did she get that job she wanted?

Sold that car that gave her problems?

I’m just curious ’bout her, honest

Girl, you wonderin’ why I’ve been callin’

Like I’ve got ulterior motives

No, we didn’t end this so good

But you know we had something so good

So I’m wondering, can we still be friends? (oh-oh)

Can we still be friends? (oh-oh)

Doesn’t have to end

And if it ends, can we be friends?

Can we be friends?

Can we be friends?

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Wonderin’ if you got a body

To hold you tight since I left

Wonderin’ if you think about me

Actually, don’t answer that

Girl you wonderin’ why I’ve been callin’

Like I’ve got ulterior motives

No, we didn’t end this so good

But you know we had something so good

So I’m wondering, can we still be friends? (oh-oh)

Can we still be friends? (oh-oh)

Doesn’t have to end

And if it ends, can we be friends?

Can we be friends?

And if it ends, can we be friends?

Now you wonderin’ why I’ve been callin’

Like I’ve got ulterior motives

No, we didn’t end this so good

But you know we had something so good

I’m wondering, can we still be friends? (oh-oh)

Can we still be friends? (oh-oh)

Doesn’t have to end

And if it ends, can we be friends?

Review

After making headlines for canceling the remainder of his Purpose world tour and subsequently driving into paparazzi, the Canadian singer has reunited with “Sorry” producer BloodPop for this new single entitled “Friends.” Co-written with fellow “Sorry” collaborator Julia Michaels and Justin Tranter, the electropop song is similar to Bieber’s recent appearance on David Guetta’s “2U.” This one shifts away from dancehall-adjacent tropical-house in favor of the taught, chugging rhythms of the ‘80s, which are well-worn within contemporary pop in their own right by now.