- Justin Bieber just spent a week recording music at Eleven Deplar Farm in Iceland.
- The 13-room lodge is located in the scenic Fljót Valley, with mountains, rivers, and the ocean nearby.
- The recording studio is also on site, where the singer recorded a few new songs.
A remote 15th century sheep farm in north Iceland has a new purpose. It’s now the home of Justin Biebers’ next hit song.
In his four world tours, the 31-year old has performed in front of hundreds of thousands of people from Mexico City to Cape Town and Taipei. When it was time to record the next album, Bieber decided on a different location, staying in Eleven Deplar Farm for a week and working on new music at the onsite recording space, Flóki Studios. The singer called the experience the “best trip of my life”—and he’s shared no less than 20 Instagram posts so far, documenting his musical retreat.
The 13-room adventure lodge sits in the dramatic Fljót Valley in the island nation’s Tröllaskagi peninsula near the Arctic Circle, in a region “isolated by rugged mountains, untouched rivers, and pounding surf,” the property says on its website. Guests can enjoy a variety of activities, including horseback riding and fat biking.
During the week-long stay, Bieber shared photos on Instagram He is pictured riding a helicopter, and sitting around a campfire. playing ping pongAnd walking along the coast without a single human being in sight. Iceland’s natural beauty and architecture were often used as the backdrop to his portraits. He even included some photos of Iceland’s animals, and all of the photo credit of his time there goes to Rory KramerWildlife photographer
While enjoying the idyllic setting, he appeared to be working with his team on new songs. There were photos of him singing while holding his phone and playing the piano, guitar and drums.
Eleven Deplar Farm and Flóki Studios also shared videos and images of Bieber’s stay, including one titled “peaceful moments from Justin Bieber’s trip to Flóki Studios,” and another Documenting his visit with photos of him enjoying snow-capped mountains, rolling fields and other landscapes.
The artist’s recent Instagram posts have caused some concern, but “the Iceland location seemed like the perfect getaway,” insider told People magazine.
Eleven Deplar Farm’s stays are situated in “off-grid stylish cabins” with living roofs, floor-to-ceiling windows, and cozy decor accents like driftwood, Icelandic wood, and Fljótaá River stones. There are 10 bedrooms with king beds, of which five have sleeping lofts. Two queen rooms and a bunk bed room complete the list. A gym is also available with Peloton bicycles, rowing machine, free weights and a yoga and Pilates studio equipped with a reformer. There’s also a 5,000 square foot spa with three treatment areas, a geothermal swimming pool, floating tanks and a cold plunge.
“Thank you, @justinbieber, for bringing all your talent and energy into Deplar Farm and Floki Studios,” said the hotel and studio posted on Instagram. It was an unforgettable experience. Between the heli-laps and cold plunges as well as time spent in the studio. Your sound, in this setting, was pure magic—grateful to have shared it with you and your crew.”
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The lodge is a part of Adventure Hospitality, a brand that offers adventure-based hospitality. Eleven ExperiencesThe company has also hosted guided adventures in the world, including those themed around fly-fishing, skiing, hiking and biking, mountaineering, climbing, water sports, music and the French Alps. The company offers guided adventures in many countries, with themes such as fly fishing, biking, hiking, skiing, mountaineering and water sports.
Bieber, who has been a big fan of Iceland for years, even filmed a portion of his 2015 “I’ll Show You” music video—which has been viewed 534 million times on YouTube—on the nation’s southern coast, and featured popular locations like Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon, Seljalandsfoss waterfall, Reynisfjara black sand beach, and Sólheimasandur’s abandoned plane. He also filmed at Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon, which also made an apperance in Game of Thrones—the exposure made it so popular that it had to be temporarily closed to travelers in 2019.