Justin Bieber says track about Maria Yeater is his Billie Jean

Justin Bieber compares a track from his new album, Believe, to the Michael Jackson classic Billie Jean. The song Maria is Biebers response to Mariah Yeater, the woman who falsely accused Bieber of fathering a son with her when he was just 16. Jacksons 1982 hit follows a similar theme.

Thats my Billie Jean, Bieber tells Billboard magazine, out today, about the track. It was something I wanted to get off my chest, and I could just say it in a song and get my point across without having to worry about the words Im using in an interview. The teen heartthrob, who turned 18 in March and is dating Selena Gomez, introduces a more mature sound on Believe, working with Nicki Minaj, Big Sean, Drake and Ludacris, and producers Mike Posner, Diplo, Hit-Boy and Rodney Darkchild Jerkins, who also says of the Maria track, To me it comes off as the 2012 version of Billie Jean.

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