Justin Bieber challenges Shawn Mendes against the title of "prince of pop"

Justin Bieber pitched a friendly ice hockey challenge to fellow countryman Shawn Mendes after There's Nothing Holding Me Back was declared the "Prince of Pop".

Mendes covered the cover of the British film The Observer Magazine this weekend, when he received the royal title, title that was previously used to describe Justin's celebrity by the editors at the publication of Vanity Fair .

He shared the picture on Instagram on Sunday and simply subtitled, "Thank you @obsmagazine x".

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This message draws Bieber's attention. He can not resist the urge to tease his compatriot on the title "Prince of Pop". [19659006] "Hmm, I'm going to have to beat a few more records to dethrone my title there bud," he commented under the photo. "But if you want, we can play hockey for that …"

Bieber's remarks led some of his supporters to believe that he was trying to denigrate the exploits of Mendes, while he did not know what he was doing. others thought that the online hit was related to the former close of the 20-year-old man. his friendship with Bieber's future wife, the model Hailey Baldwin, of which he would have been dated a few months before returning to the singer of Baby .

Speculative rumors prompted Bieber to return to Instagram to clear up a dispute over a feud, insisting that it was all pleasing.

people relax (sic), "he wrote." There are no camps where we are all just here to do dope music (sic). I'm just competitive as it is, so that was just a little mischievous jargon. "

And Mendes seemed to agree, while he was taking over Bieber's. Give them an arm friendly iron so that they can fight in person.

"LOL at any time of any day, you let me know !!!!!!"

According to rumors, Mendes would first have created a romance with Hailey in October 2017, before spending time together in his hometown of Toronto, Canada, and participating in the Met Gala in May 2018, what many viewers thought was the confirmation

However, Hailey and Mendes repeatedly rejected the claims, claiming that they were just friends, and the model became engaged with Bieber in July. knot during a ceremony at the New York courthouse in September.