Complex magazine has done its best to depict this with their October/November 2015 cover where Justin Bieber is shot under water with chains on his hand and a caption that reads ‘Don’t Panic’.
Complex magazine writes:
At various times in the past three years—when he was arrested and charged with DUI, when he was caught urinating in a mop bucket, when he smirked his way through a legal deposition—it’s felt like Justin Bieber was trying to escape something. He’d rocketed to fame in 2010 as a 16-year-old, but as his teen years gave way to young adulthood, Bieber seemed hemmed up by the squeaky clean image he’d cultivated. Either that or he was just a young man with a few wild oats to sow.
In any case, Bieber is riding a wave right now: two top ten hits, and his first proper album in three years (made with a couple collaborators you may have heard of—Kanye West and Rick Rubin). For all the controversies and changes he’s endured, Bieber has emerged seemingly unscathed and ready to re-assume the mantle of most popular musician in the world.
The editorial spread, shot by David Black, is even more interesting. Complex magazine describes it as capturing Justin Bieber’s escape.