COPENHAGEN—Pop singer Justin Bieber lashed out at H&M over clothes featuring the Canadian artist’s image and lyrics, saying the Swedish fashion retailer had not obtained his approval.
“The H&M merch they made of me is trash and I didn’t approve it,” Bieber wrote in an Instagram story on Monday, encouraging his 270 million followers not to buy it.
H&M said separately that it had removed the Bieber-related products from sale and they no longer appeared available in its online stores.
The logo of H&M outside a store on the day it closes in Moscow on Nov. 30, 2022. (Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)
“We have followed all approval stages, but while we are still checking this with all concerned parties, items have been removed from selling,” an H&M spokesperson said in a written comment to Reuters….