Justin Bieber Takes the Ring in This 'Rocky'-Inspired Music Video
‘Anyone’ released on January 1, following the star’s New Year’s Eve performance of the song.
Justin Bieber has wasted no time so far in 2021. His first single of the year, “Anyone,” dropped New Year’s Day alongside a boxing-inspired music video. The video follows an uncharacteristically tattooless Bieber as he trains in his backyard and takes ring in several Rocky-esque sequences while actress Zoey Deutch stars as the artist’s love interest.
“I can’t think of a better way to close out 2020 and kick off 2021 than celebrating with my fans all over the world and sharing this new music with them,” Bieber said in a statement to Rolling Stone. “Music has gotten us all through so much this year, and for me personally it’s been healing and transformative. ‘Anyone’ is such a special, hopeful, anthemic song. It sets the tone for a brighter new year full of hope and possibility.”
Bieber performed the song at his New Year’s Eve livestream event — his first full concert since 2017. But even without shows on his docket, Bieber has dropped a steady stream of new tracks, projects and visuals over the past few years. In 2020 alone, the artist’s album Changes received three Grammy nominations while a teaser for his infamous Crocs collaboration caused a stock surge for the company of up to 11 percent. A knockout year, indeed.
Bad Bunny, a fellow Crocs collaborator of Bieber’s, has kicked off 2021 with a similar bang. The artist recently dropped his own music video for “Booker T,” an homage to the pro wrestler of the same name.
