Justin Bieber Looks Back at His Rock Bottom

Justin Bieber is recalling what it was like when he hit rock bottom.

In his new GQ cover story, the 27-year-old star opened up and looked back at when he hit his lowest.

“I just lost control of my vision for my career,” he told the mag. “There’s all these opinions. And in this industry, you’ve got people that unfortunately prey on people’s insecurities and use that to their benefit. And so when that happens, obviously that makes you angry.”

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“And then you’re this young angry person who had these big dreams, and then the world just jades you and makes you into this person that you don’t want to be,” Justin continued. “And then you wake up one day and your relationships are fucked up and you’re unhappy and you have all this success in the world, but you’re just like: Well, what is this worth if I’m still feeling empty inside?”

“There was a sense of still yearning for more,” he added. “It was like I had all this success and it was still like: I’m still sad, and I’m still in pain. And I still have these unresolved issues. And I thought all the success was going to make everything good. And so for me, the drugs were a numbing agent to just continue to get through.”

Also in the interview, Justin admits what his first year of marriage was like with Hailey Bieber.