--- title: Justin Bieber and Usain Bolt Friendship, Party PHOTOS description: The pop juggernaut and track star partied together in London to celebrate the launch of Bolt's new documentary, 'I Am Bolt.' canonical: https://time.com/4585095/justin-bieber-usain-bolt-friends/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-29T18:45:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:00.790Z og:title: New Bromance Alert: Justin Bieber and Usain Bolt Are Buds og:description: The pop juggernaut and the track star partied together in London. og:url: https://time.com/4585095/justin-bieber-usain-bolt-friends/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: New Bromance Alert: Justin Bieber and Usain Bolt Are Buds twitter:description: The pop juggernaut and the track star partied together in London. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Justin Bieber and Usain Bolt Have a Budding Bromance > Sponsored content. 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Bieber has been on his worldwide, [eventful](http://time.com/4326097/justin-bieber-no-fan-photos/?iid=sr-link4) _Purpose_ concert tour since March, and concludes his European leg on Tuesday night. Bolt posted a picture to Instagram of the duo and Bieber returned the love, tweeting back at Bolt and calling him a “great guy.” (Not on Instagram, though; Bieber’s account on that [platform remains dark.](http://time.com/4453683/justin-bieber-selena-gomez-insta/?iid=sr-link2)) > [](https://twitter.com/justinbieber/status/803556816768512000) Both of the super-celebrities are known for enjoying a party or two, so this could be the beginning of a natural bromance. But Bieber wasn’t the only pop juggernaut hanging with Bolt during the evening: former One Direction singer Liam Payne—[now preparing for a solo career](http://time.com/4417442/one-direction-liam-payne-solo/?iid=sr-link1)—also appeared in snaps with the track legend, although luckily it seems the One Direction vs. Bieber album competition [is ancient history.](http://time.com/4108276/justin-bieber-one-direction-album-purpose-made-am/?iid=sr-link3) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4585095/justin-bieber-usain-bolt-friends/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4585095/justin-bieber-usain-bolt-friends/"},"headline":"Justin Bieber and Usain Bolt Have a Budding Bromance","datePublished":"2016-11-29T18:45:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:00.790Z","description":"\"Great guy right here\"","url":"https://time.com/4585095/justin-bieber-usain-bolt-friends/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4585095/justin-bieber-usain-bolt-friends/","name":"Justin Bieber and Usain Bolt Have a Budding Bromance"}}]}] ```