Justin Bieber Cryptic Posts Reference Ketamine and Psychological Well being
Justin Bieber referenced ketamine in a sequence of Instagram Tales the place he expressed frustration about being instructed he must “work onerous” on enhancing himself.
“That is how I really feel after individuals preserve telling me there’s extra work to do after I’ve given every little thing I’ve to present. I don’t suppose any of us can deal with listening to, ‘You simply gotta strive a bit tougher and you can be like me.’ It’s not true,’” Bieber, 31, wrote over an excessive closeup picture of his face by way of Instagram on Saturday, June 7. “I listened to fools who instructed me to work tougher. And there’s no finish to making an attempt to earn ur spot on this life as a result of I attempted.”
He added on a extra optimistic observe, “U have every little thing U want proper now.”
The “Peaches” singer later shared extra ideas about the way in which some individuals “wanna make [their] life about work so unhealthy.”
“This life is about God loving us so we will love one another,” he insisted. “Stop making ur life about work smh [shaking my head]. God will all the time encourage U to wish to work onerous.”
Bieber then argued, “U suppose for those who don’t inform individuals to work onerous, they gained’t. Cease enjoying God please.”
One other slide included screenshot of an AI response to Bieber asking if “ketamine has been used to regulate individuals’s feelings.” The AI response claimed that “there’s clear proof ketamine has been misused in sure regulation enforcement situations” with “proportionate results on Black people.” (Ketamine is a prescription drug that can be utilized as a dissociative anesthetic to deal with despair and ache administration underneath a physician’s care.)
In a subsequent Instagram Story, Bieber advised that “conditioning” will “make u really feel like u didn’t know what the f*** you knew.”

Justin Bieber in January 2025. XNY/Star Max/GC Photos
“I f***ing all the time knew in my intestine that Jesus was the reply to the ache we’re all going through,” he continued. “Individuals nonetheless preserve making me suppose if I work onerous on myself, I’ll [be] higher like them. However the tougher I work on myself, the extra I take into consideration myself. I assumed the purpose was to consider each other? The one factor that helps me to consider others [is] to let go, not strive tougher.”
Bieber concluded by encouraging his followers to “be a part of [him] in letting go of not making an attempt tougher.”
His newest poignant posts come on the heels of one other contemplative Instagram message on June 3, the place he argued that “’loyalty’ is manipulative language.”
“Loyalty is an obligation, it’s an obligation,” he wrote. “That’s not free will. Love isn’t an obligation. Love is a delight. Please cease utilizing loyalty to maintain individuals round you out of your individual worry … it’s hurting us.”
He then claimed, “Mafia members use loyalty to maintain individuals of their gangs. Let’s not perpetuate this manipulative language. Love over loyalty without end.”
Bieber has been posting cryptic messages continuously by way of his social media over the previous couple of months, together with telling his followers that “God decides what we deserve” on June 3.
Elsewhere, Justin celebrated spouse Hailey Bieber changing into a billionaire after e.l.f. Magnificence acquired her skincare model Rhode on Could 28. He launched images exhibiting him kissing Hailey, 28, on the cheek whereas they shared a hug.
On Could 29, Justin even provided a uncommon glimpse at his 9-month-old son Jack Blues, together with one cute shot of Jack perched on his shoulders whereas they posed in entrance of a golf cart.
Justin and Hailey welcomed Jack in August 2024. The couple tied the knot in a New York Metropolis courthouse ceremony in September 2018, earlier than internet hosting a marriage reception for family and friends in South Carolina in September 2019.