Justin Bieber Hotline Bling remix: Bieber covers Drake over the phone.

Justin Bieber Wants to Sing “Hotline Bling” to You Over the Phone

Justin Bieber Wants to Sing “Hotline Bling” to You Over the Phone

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Oct. 31 2015 10:02 AM

Justin Bieber Wants to Sing “Hotline Bling” to You Over the Phone

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Justin Bieber at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City.

Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images

 “Hotline Bling,” Drake’s highly GIF-able, nearly-No. 1 summer hit, is also one of the year’s most covered tunes: Everyone from Erykah Badu to Sam Smith to Kehlani has put their own spin on the track. Still, only Justin Bieber’s version takes the song’s premise so literally that one needs to call an actual hotline to hear it.

To listen to Bieber’s remix of “Hotline Bling,” you can dial (231) 377-1113 and hear him croon his heart out through some warm static. The cover itself is decent—a bit repetitive, and more concerned with vocal runs than following the groove—but the gimmick is admittedly endearing. You can also stream the track below.

Sharan Shetty is on the editorial staff of the New Yorker. You can follow him on Twitter