It’s official: Justin Bieber has added a new design to his extensive tattoo collection. The “Ghost” singer popped into Instagram Live on Tuesday, April 1, and showed off a new tat on his wrist that reads “H 22.”
Naturally, longtime Beliebers speculated that it was a sweet tribute to his wife, Hailey Bieber. Some Reddit users pointed out that the design’s script makes it look like an H and J combined, as an homage to the Rhode founder and their son, Jack Blues Bieber. As for the number’s significance, Hailey and Jack were born on November 22 and August 22, respectively.
He debuted the ink amid rumors regarding his relationship status with Hailey, as the couple made headlines last week for seemingly unfollowing each other on social media.
ICYMI, Justin allegedly deactivated his Instagram account and reactivated it shortly after. According to a TikTok comment from Hailey, a technical issue made it look like she had unfollowed her husband in the process. “It’s a glitch. Didn’t unfollow him. Hope this helps!” she wrote.
Per People, that all went down two months after he seemingly unfollowed his wife amid rumored reports about their marriage. He later confirmed, however, that “someone went on my account and unfollowed my wife. Shit is getting suss out here.”
This isn’t the first time the Biebers have taken their love story to the tattoo parlor. In 2019, Hailey got the word “lover” on the side of her neck ahead of their second wedding ceremony in South Carolina. She also has a “B” tattoo on the back of her hand below her third knuckle, which fans believe is a nod to her maiden name, Baldwin, along with her married name, Bieber.
In 2020, the beauty mogul also debuted a dainty “J” tattoo on her finger and the following year, they got matching peach tattoos by Dr. Woo.
