Pop star Justin Bieber found finding yourself in love for the 1st time “magical”.

The What Do You Mean? singer’s first serious relationship was with fellow musician Selena Gomez. The couple initially got together really but left each other two years later. They have spent the final couple of years inside an on-again, off-again cycle. Though they may be currently apart, it hasn’t stopped Justin from reflecting on his feelings for your 23 yr old.

“I put a great deal of myself at stake with her, because I was so distant with all the others…So when I found that love I was similar to, ‘Woah, I want to keep this,’” he told i-D magazine, before explaining what first love felt like. “It’s like, magical. There’s nothing like it. So I felt might I just didn’t need to let it go.”

Unfortunately the 21 yr old wasn’t capable to hang on to his first love but recently told Ellen DeGeneres that she hasn’t completely ruled out rekindling his romance with Selena again at some time. In the meantime the star is emphasizing his go back to music with new album Purpose, and contains credited his pals Kendall Jenner, Hailey Baldwin and Gigi Hadid, to be there for him during life’s many pros and cons.

“They are the sweetest girls,” he smiled. “They possess the best hearts. They worry about me just like that I worry about them. When people say mean aspects of them, I get defensive so when it happens to me they get defensive.”

The girls happen to be a great support to Justin, in particular when he found himself in danger with the law a year ago (14). But the singer has invest that behind him which is thrilled his songs has been so well accepted by his fans.

“I think it’s more relatable now,” he continued. “When I had that young voice that it was hard for folks to connect. Dudes can participate in it now and say, ‘Yeah, I like that new Bieber song.’”