NEW YORK: Most grown men love musical acts like the Black Keys and Kendrick Lamar. Now, you can add Justin Bieber’s name to that list. With his recent batch of hit singles and a semi-grown-up sound — including the electro-pop “Where Are U Now” with DJ-producers Skrillex and Diplo — adult men have begun attending the musical church of Bieber, and while some have issues acknowledging it, others proudly say they’re Beliebers.

“You can’t deny where Justin Bieber is right now musically. You want to not like him, but you kind of just have to respect it,” said Timothy Javier, a 30-year-old nurse from Fort Lee, New Jersey.

Javier said Bieber’s new album, “Purpose,” reminds him of Justin Timberlake’s “Justified,” his 2002 solo debut that helped him transition from ‘N Sync frontman to a leader of pop music.

The singles “Sorry” and “What Do You Mean?” — currently at Nos. 2 and 4 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart — helped Bieber solidify his comeback after years of a broken image that included arrests, public smoking and fainting onstage that led to hospitalization.