by Ben Butler Contributor | Photos by WENN

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Is Justin Bieber trying to turn into Ryan Gosling?

There's definitely worse stars he could be imitating

 

Justin Bieber's face tattoo might show he's turning into Ryan Gosling Photo: WENN

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It turns out that all of us, even Justin Bieber, are obsessed by the Drive and Notebook star Ryan Gosling.

Justin Bieber's increasingly Gosling-like behaviour - his face tattoo, and dress-style appears to show he might be trying to turn into the actor. Or, at least, his The Place Beyond The Pines character.

Yesterday, the 22-year-old 'Love Yourself' singer took to Instagram to post two back-to-back photos of a platinum-haired, tattooed Gosling and captioned both images, "What a beast".

Both can be seen here:

 

What a beast

A photo posted by Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) on

 

 

What a beast

A photo posted by Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) on

Gosling is first pictures as the epitome of a bad boy as he leans against a motorbike, holding a cigarette in one hand on set of the 2013 film The Place Beyond the Pines. Conversely, in the second photo the actor sits on a step as he feeds his onscreen son.

From the face tattoo to the bleached hair to the oversized, ripped metal t-shirt, it's hard to deny that Justin's recent style choices look very similar to this Gosling character. And, it certainly begs the question, is Bieber trying to completely imitate Ryan Gosling?

Here's a photograph from Bieber on his Purpose tour and Gosling from The Place Beyond The Pines. See if you can tell the difference.

 

A photo posted by Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) on

  

 

#placebeyondthepines this movie is unbelievable

A photo posted by Greg Hein (@greghein) on

This certainly adds to the increasing signs that Bieber may be going slightly mental - he was recently photographed acting very oddly, feeding squirrels barefooted.

Funnily enough in 2012, Ancestry.com revealed that Gosling and Bieber are 11th cousins once removed, with their connection dating back to French couples who moved to Quebec in the 1600s.

See Justin Bieber's UK tour dates below. For tickets, and more information click here.

Tue October 11 2016 - LONDON O2 Arena
Wed October 12 2016 - LONDON O2 Arena
Fri October 14 2016 - LONDON O2 Arena
Sat October 15 2016 - LONDON O2 Arena
Mon October 17 2016 - BIRMINGHAM Barclaycard Arena
Tue October 18 2016 - BIRMINGHAM Barclaycard Arena
Thu October 20 2016 - MANCHESTER Arena
Fri October 21 2016 - MANCHESTER Arena
Sun October 23 2016 - MANCHESTER Arena
Mon October 24 2016 - BIRMINGHAM Genting Arena
Wed October 26 2016 - SHEFFIELD Arena
Thu October 27 2016 - GLASGOW SSE Hydro
Sat October 29 2016 - GLASGOW SSE Hydro
Sun October 30 2016 - GLASGOW SSE Hydro 
Tue November 01 2016 - DUBLIN 3Arena
Wed November 02 2016 - DUBLIN 3Arena
Mon November 28 2016 - LONDON O2 Arena

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Ben Butler

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An unapologetic lover of everything from UKG to garage rock, to anything indie or emo-orientated; Ben has been making up for lost time by going to just about any festival or gig he can sneak into since graduating from University. Having cut his teeth writing for forward-thinking publications like 1883 Magazine, The 405, Gigwise, Public Pressure, and Haptic World he has relished writing on music culture's most ridiculous, asinine qualities to its stratospheric heights. He can be found @Benjaminabutler where he'll be spouting nonsense on anything from the state of modern house music, to the UK festival scene and pop-punk bands or how bar tokens are the worst thing that has happened to live events, ever.

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