On Christmas Eve, Bieber sent out three tweets to his nearly 48 million followers: the first announced his intent to retire, while the second and third contradicted the initial missive.
**My beloved beliebers I'm officially retiring
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) December 25, 2013
***The media talks a lot about me.They make a up a lot of lies and want me to fail but I'm never leaving you, being a belieber is a lifestyle.
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) December 25, 2013
***Be kind loving to each other, forgive each other as god forgave us through Christ Merry Christmas IM HERE FOREVER
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) December 25, 2013
This isn't the first time Bieber has discussed plans to take an indefinite break. During a Dec. 17 interview with Power 106 in Los Angeles, the 19-year-old singer told host Big Boy that he was "actually retiring, man."
Bieber's comments were quickly shot down by both Gossip Cop and E! Online. "Of course it's not true," a source told E! about Bieber's retirement plans.
Despite those pronouncements, Scooter Braun, Bieber's manager, told Ryan Seacrest on Dec. 18 that a hiatus was in the pop star's future, at least following the Christmas Day release of "Justin Bieber's Believe," a new documentary about Bieber.
"I'm telling him after this movie, I want him to take next year off and just take a break and he can still live in the studio and work on the next album, which is what he wants to do, but I just want him to take some time to himself, so he can have that time alone because he's been working since he was 12 years old," Braun said.
