Justin Bieber Slammed For Using MLK’s Words In Album, Daughter Comes To His Defense

Justin Bieber‘s new album Justice has sparked controversy for sampling Martin Luther King Jr. speeches amid an album of unrelated songs about Bieber’s past and how much he loves his wife.

The album, released on March 19, begins with a clip of the late King saying, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” before heading into the song “2 Much” about the singer’s wife, Hailey Bieber. The seventh track on the album is titled “MLK Interlude,” and is an almost two-minute clip of King’s “But If Not” sermon. That’s followed by the song “Die For You,” also about Bieber’s love for his wife.

Some listeners found the MLK samples odd and out of place, while others thought the clips were more than just confusing. Across social media, people called out Bieber for what they saw as insensitive random inclusions of King’s speeches.

“Bieber has an interlude on his new album called ‘MLK interlude’ and it‘s a clip of a MLK speech and then it moves into a song…. about his love for… hailey?” wrote one Twitter user.