How #JustinBieber Turned His Bad-Boy Reputation Around in Time for His 22nd Birthday

When Justin Bieber decides enough is enough, he doesn't mess around.
The Grammy-winning pop star celebrates his 22nd birthday today, the milestone seemingly coinciding with the recent culmination of a long-running apology tour intended to liberate him from a reputation tarnished by messy legal woes and a tumultuous personal life played out in the public eye. Bieber's late teens and early (or earlier) twenties put him in danger of becoming that infamous Hollywood cliché, as the bright-eyed child star with genuine talent weathered a year-and-a-half-long spiral that included a DUI arrest, vandalism allegations and an open-ended breakup with Selena Gomez.

But not long after the "Baby" singer turned 21, he was well on his way to cementing a comeback.
Just two weeks after an expertly orchestrated birthday celebration in Las Vegas, Bieber looked to lay his bad-boy reputation to rest with a star-studded Comedy Central roast that poked merciless fun at his various mistakes.
"I look forward to being someone you're proud of... You have my word—I will not end up broken, pathetic, bitter or sitting on someone else's roast. I'm at a moment of change. This is a new day," he told the audience. Since then, Justin has (for the most part) honored his promise. The rest of 2015 and start of 2016 brought a number of triumphs for team Bieber, both on the music charts and in the tabloids.

First of all, to leave Justin's name off the list of 2015 musical triumphs would be a mistake. "Where Are Ü Now" was one of summer's biggest jams, laying the groundwork for the historic straight-to-No. 1 debut of "What Do You Mean?" and a subsequent critically acclaimed album.
Aptly titled Purpose, his platinum-selling fourth studio album reflected Justin's maturation, and his fans—only mildly discouraged by an idol that let them down—ate it right up. Bieber asked, "Is it too late now to say, 'Sorry?'" and Beliebers answered with a resounding, "No."
Moreover, his tearful breakdown at the end of his 2015 MTV Video Music Awards performance, was an "authentic" reaction to the audience's "overwhelming" response, he later told Jimmy Fallon.

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