Justin Bieber was joined by longtime pal, model Hailey Baldwin, and videographer Alfredo Flores, at a Los Angeles recording studio on Thursday night.
The trio’s hangout comes after Hailey recently shut down romance rumors involving Justin, which sparked after the pair were seen spending more time together than usual.
Inevitably, this led to speculation in some quarters that the heartthrob was trying to make his former girlfriend, Selena Gomez jealous.
“I’ve known him since I was so young — since I was like 13 — and we’ve just been good friends over the years,” 18-year-old Hailey told E! News . “We have just stayed close and there’s nothing more to it than that.”
However, after a brief return to New York City last week, the pretty daughter of Hollywood actor Stephen Baldwin made a beeline for Justin at the studio after arriving in Los Angeles last night.
Thanks @AlfredoFlores ! You were seriously the coolest pic.twitter.com/GpIYXhIis1
— Michelle Phan (@_sheeell) December 12, 2014
Justin and Hailey left the late night session together in the same chauffeur-driven car.
Justin and Hailey leaving the studio tonight https://t.co/SeNDok0n86
— Michelle Phan (@_sheeell) December 12, 2014
Well finally saw @haileybaldwin and @justinbieber together at least pic.twitter.com/63HYufauOK
— Michelle Phan (@_sheeell) December 12, 2014
Hailey & J tonight pic.twitter.com/wtQAEw1ZcT
— Amanda (@ItsMandizzle) December 12, 2014
Justin was looking young pic.twitter.com/qBtobrGG9X
— Lord (@HenryMclovin) December 12, 2014
In addition to fans spotting and filming comings and goings at the studio, the Canadian singer and Alfredo posted photos from their session to their social media accounts.
Flores shared a pic of colorful toy creatures, alongside which he posted, wrote , “Studio Vibes #AhhRealMonsters.”
While over on his Shots and Twitter accounts, Justin shared a typically humorous snap showing him making a ‘face,’ with Hailey sitting next to him.
The newly-platinum blonde star’s cryptic caption read, “Bounce bounce bounce.”
Just two days ago Hailey, tweeted , “I can’t wait to get back to LA tomorrow.”
And, rather sweetly, it seems spending time with a pal she has known since childhood was part of her excitement.
This is despite the Top Shop model socializing with some starry company recently, when she was spotted hanging out at a New York City bar with “It girl” models, Kendall Jenner , Cara Delevingne and Gigi Hadid earlier this week.
Hey twinnie @AlfredoFlores pic.twitter.com/vMt9DDIsk5
— Hailey Baldwin (@haileybaldwin) December 12, 2014
Since last month, Justin and Hailey were spotted enjoying each other’s company at an ice-rink in Central Park, New York, the day after Thanksgiving.
Then the duo were seen having lunch at Spago in Beverly Hills and sitting courtside at an L.A. Clippers game, along with other pals. The two were also snapped shopping at Target in L.A. before going on to spend over an hour playing arcade games at Family Amusement Corporation.
A day later, Hailey was allegedly seen wrapping her legs around Justin at a Los Angeles studio on December 2.
However, the model’s firm denial of Bieber-dating rumors came days later when E! caught up with her at the Exodus premiere in New York last week.
Meanwhile, during a radio interview with Norway’s NRJ radio while promoting her breakup anthem,”The Heart Wants What It Wants,” Selena had only good things to say about her ex-beau when the host asked if the single had helped her to move on.
“I definitely have so much respect and love for him,” the 22-year-old said of Justin. “And going in the studio is just very therapeutic like any other artist … It was my way of having it be a message more to people in general.”
Selena continued, “People everywhere feel this feeling and they should understand when anybody goes through that… they just can’t help what they want and what they love.”
With the Sony email hacks, Angelina Jolie’s shut out at the Golden Globes and continuing interest in the status of Jelena and their pals, it’s an embarrassment of riches for the rumor mill.
[Images via Shots, Instagram/ WENN]