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Justin Bieber isn't "worried" about when his album gets finished.
The 'Baby' hitmaker - who released his last studio album in 2012 - has insisted he is in no rush to get a new LP out and just wants it to be "perfect".
When asked when his new album would be out, he said: "I actually don't know. I'm really not worried about when it's finished, I just want it to be perfect, so we're taking our time with it.
"I've been working with Kanye West and Rick Rubin. We've gone in with a bunch of different people. I'm just trying to get the best sound and have it be consistent and make sense with what I'm going through in my life right now."
And Justin has revealed the new music will be "very personal".
He added: "It's just very personal. People will be able to really get in to where my heart is. It's about my journey in life - stuff that I've been through.
"Maybe I can teach a lesson, certain things that are inspiring."
And the 21-year-old singer is looking forward to have his guitar and drum tracks included in the new album.
Speaking to Martha Stewart in Interview magazine, he said: I play drums and guitar. My best instrument is definitely drums, so I'm featured a lot on the album drumming. It's pretty futuristic as well.
"Skrillex is on a really new wave and has found a way to take my vocals and mix them and play with them and pitch it up to make it higher with these cool effects that sound really futuristic. We have a really good chemistry."

Snoop Dogg has riled the residents of an English town where he is set to headline Mutiny festival.
The 43-year-old rapper will perform at Fontwell Park Racecourse at the sold-out event this weekend but locals have staged an emergency meeting because they are unhappy with the chaos and 'expletives' that Snoop will cause and it was agreed that "this isn't Glastonbury".
Keith Hood, 57, said: "Parents with young children don't want to hear expletives being belted around the village. Snoop Dogg is probably as violent as my cat - he's very vicious.
"There's only 2,500 people camping at the venue, so that means there's going to be 12,000 pouring out of the venue and onto our streets at 11.30 at night.
"It's going to be chaos. Nobody wants a festival in their back garden and the rap racket will keep us up all night."
Meanwhile, the gangster rapper - who is known for his love of marijuana and girls - will be more welcome at Lovebox this Saturday (18.07.15), where he is set to headline at the Victoria Park festival in London.
Tia Maria Milk Float and dance floor will feature at this year's Lovebox festival and serve Tia Espresso Ice to thirsty festival-goers. By day, a chill out zone treating fans to ice cool cocktails, tunes and free face art. By night, a dance floor to boogie under the glowing neon sign.

Meghan Trainor has been cleared to sing again following a haemorrhage on her vocal chords.
The 'Dear Future Husband' hitmaker had been forced to cancel a number of shows in an attempt to recover and has revealed on Instagram that she is all better now.
She wrote: "Great news!!! DOCTOR SAYS IM OK TO SING!! so happy!!
"Riding around the house on my new #Mohawk thanks to @onpointworld #goodday snapchat is Mtrainor22 (sic)".
Meanwhile, Meghan previously revealed the painful issue was "killing her" as she'd never missed a tour date before.
She said: "I don't want anyone worrying but I have had a haemorrage on my vocal cords. Right now the doctors want me on complete vocal rest until they are healed so I have to postpone my first two shows in Atlantic City and Connecticut. I promise that I will make it up to my Megatronz.
"I have never missed a tour date before so this is killing me. I love you all very much and want to get healed quickly so I can show you this amazing tour we've been working on. I am truly sorry to everyone who has bought tickets and made travel plans. I hate this. (sic)"

Little Mix think looking "horrendous" on the 'X Factor' helped them win the show.
The 'Black Magic' hitmakers were champions of the talent show's eighth series but believe they wouldn't have got so far if they were better looking.
Jade Thirlwall said: "Do you know what I hate? Timehop on Facebook. People keep tagging us in photos from five years ago and I don't appreciate that, because I looked horrific."
Whilst bandmate Leigh-Anne Pinnock added: "That's part of the reason why I think we're here now - girls weren't threatened by us. We looked horrendous, but we don't regret it. It probably helped us in the long run."
The girl band - which also includes Perrie Edwards and Jesy Nelson - also revealed details about their upcoming album.
Leigh-Anne said: "An interesting fact for you. There's actually a sister to 'DNA' on the album."
Jesy added: "We listened to the track and were like, 'Ooh, this sounds a little bit like it could be the second part of 'DNA', and then it pretty much is."
Leigh-Anne continued to Digital Spy: "We've always wanted to do [a follow up]. We love the sound of 'DNA' and we love being that weird character that's strong and powerful ... so we knew we had to have something like that on this album."

Diplo thinks Justin Bieber is a "jerk".
The pair recently collaborated on hit single 'Where Are Ü Now' and while they got on well in the studio he admitted he doesn't think the 21-year-old star is always the nicest of characters.
He explained: "Bieber's personal life is whatever it is -- he's a rich kid and he's pretty much gonna have to be a jerk. But he's respectful to me, and he has that weird gene where he's good at everything: better at basketball than me, better at drums. For us it's more like an art project where you utilize his voice."
Although the 36-year-old producer and DJ made a mainstream song with the 'Boyfriend' hitmaker, he went on to reveal he has been working on a more rockier sound recently with Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig and has been "harassing Haim" because he's so keen to collaborate with them.
He told Rolling Stone magazine: "I've done a lot of songs with Ezra Koenig, some really cool stuff that I hope people get to hear. We wrote a couple of things for another artist that might be huge records for the end of summer -- one of them started with a Vampire Weekend idea. But he's not traditional rock -- he's like me, a hodgepodge of styles and influences. And I have a studio with [producer] Ariel Rechtshaid, so every day I'm harassing Haim to listen to my beats. But I don't make anything that they ever like [laughs]!"

Naughty Boy wants to search Britain's prisons for new singers.
The 30-year-old producer - whose real name is Shahid Khan - has revealed he is on the lookout for fresh talent and said he wants to recruit prisoners because "everyone deserves a second chance".
He told The Sun newspaper: "Coming out of there is sometimes the hardest thing in life.
"You can imagine that there are people in there who are writing songs and can sing and they feel like they have to give up because of where they are.
"Whatever offence they've committed, everyone deserves a second chance. I want to make this year more about giving back and helping people."
His latest initiative comes just days after former One Direction singer Zayn Malik publicly slammed him on Twitter, despite the fact they used to be friends and had made music together.
In the outburst, Zayn wrote: "you fat joke stop pretending we're friends no one knows you . (sic)"
And sources suggest the 22-year-old musician's decision to lash out was because he blamed the producer for his solo music leaking.
A source said: "Zayn was very close to Naughty Boy when he left One Direction.
"Zayn is angry about the music that got leaked and blamed Naughty Boy.
"Zayn didn't like not being in control. This has been the sparking point."

Lana Del Rey's new album is inspired by Miles Davis.
The 30-year-old singer has revealed she has taken inspiration from the late jazz musician on her eclectic 14-track album 'Honeymoon' - due to be released in September - which she teased will also feature "muddy trap energy".
Premièring the record's title track, she wrote on Instagram: "Here it is, the first and title track off my record - Honeymoon. In some ways I feel it's where the record begins and ends... there are so many other tracks on the record, 13 others to be exact- Some with a muddy trap energy and some inspired by late-night Miles Davis drives... But I love this song because it encapsulates all of the things that come naturally to me. (sic)"
The 'Summertime Sadness' hitmaker's fourth studio album - which will be the follow-up to last year's 'Ultraviolence' - has seen her work with producer Rick Nowels again, who has previously produced for Madonna, Sia and Stevie Nicks, and the star recently explained how he makes the studio feel like "home".
Alongside a photo of the musician, she wrote on Instagram: "Meet my dear friend and producer, Rick Nowels. Every day in the studio with him and Kieron [Menzies, producer] is a good day. It's truly my peaceful place and in a way, my home. I'm so grateful for all of the beautiful ways he dances around my melodies, and all of the new melodies that spring from the muse that dances between us. (sic)"

Nancy Sinatra has hailed Morrissey as her "best mentor".
The 75-year-old singer worked with the former Smiths frontman and her ex-neighbour on 2004 track 'Let Me Kiss You', which was penned by the eccentric star, and she learned a lot from him.
She said: "He was my best mentor in a way because he didn't have the self-serving thing that Lee [Hazlewood] had."
Though Nancy likes Morrissey's version of 'Let Me Kiss You', she thinks she did it better.
She said: "I like mine better. So does he!"
However, the 'These Boots Are Made For Walkin'' hitmaker has lost touch with her pal in recent years and is desperate to reconnect with the singer.
She said: "I miss him. I can't find him. Maybe you should write that for me: where are you? Get in touch!"
Nancy's earlier career success was partly guided by Lee Hazlewood, and her famous father, late singing legend Frank Sinatra, was delighted with her soul-influenced pop sound.
She admitted to The Times newspaper: "He was thrilled. He owned the label [Reprise] -- he wanted the records to sell."
Though she still enjoys performing, Nancy expects her tour next year to be her last.
She said: "I think it's my last chance. I can't imagine doing 'These Boots Were Made for Walkin'' on a walker!"

George Ezra took the crowd on a romantic tour of Europe as he sang hits at his Somerset House gig last night (13.07.15).
The 22-year-old singer performed tracks from his debut album 'Wanted on Voyage' - written after he travelled solo across the continent - at the annual Summer Series of concerts held at the London landmark.
Speaking to fans during the set, he said: "I saw and took a note of everybody I met. And then when I got home I wrote songs from all the nonsense I had written down. Now one of the places I visited was Barcelona. So this song's about that..."
Under the threat of a torrential downpour that thankfully never came, the crowd were swept away in warm nostalgia by the talented storyteller who crooned his popular hits - including 'Cassy O'', 'Benjamin Twine and 'Blind Man in Amsterdam'.
George melted the hearts of fans old and new as he told of getting drunk and missing his train to Budapest - which led to the writing of one of his biggest hits - and revealed that he travelled along out of choice.
He said: "The reason I went by myself is because my whole life I've been somebody that needs somebody next to me for me to annoy, or for me to be annoyed by. I'm not very good at entertaining myself. So I wanted to see if I could exist for a month by myself, but I also thought it would be nice to have a few faces along the way for me to see.
The star chose an atmospheric close with the darker 'Did You Hear The Rain?'
The Somerset House Summer Series gigs, which are sponsored by American Express, continue this week with performances from artists including James Bay, Kwabs, Belle and Sebastian, and Jessie J.
Summer Series gig tickets are available on early release for American Express customers. For more information, visit amex.co.uk/potential.