We love bad boys, but when they have a soft side? Swoon!

Justin Bieber recently chatted with radio host Elvis Duran to promote his new single "What Do You Mean?" and he opened up about trying to be a better person. The interview doesn't air until Friday, but Us Weekly got their hands on the transcript, and the Biebs dishes all sorts of dirt about his personal life.

On being a better person:
    "I just want to be around people who I feel are supporting me, uplifting me, and making sure I'm the best version of myself because there are so many people in this industry who just want to keep seeing me fall. It has to be on you. You have to make the conscious effort, because for me, so many times it was good people coming in my life and tugging at me, but I wasn't ready. They're like, 'Justin, come on.' But I wasn't ready to take that leap and be like, 'Okay, this is what I want to change, this is who I am, and this is not who I am.' It takes moments of clarity to be like, 'Oh, that's why I'm not like this. That's why I shouldn't do this.'"

On being a bad boy:
    "I mean, maybe I'm a bad influence, but for me I was like, no, I'm going to do this until I feel like I shouldn't be doing this. Maybe I was wrong, but that's how I learn, and I feel like I'm much better for it.

Would he do anything differently? "I would probably stay away from Miami," he joked, referencing his bust in 2014 for for careless driving and resisting arrest.

So is there a special lady in his life these days? Yup! "I am in love...Her name is Esther, she's my little puppy!" he said. "She's adorable. She's a Silky Terrier. She makes me smile." Of course, the pop star had a few words about his love life, and more specifically, trust:
    "Trusting people is hard, especially for me. I've trusted people who I probably shouldn't have trusted before and they've hurt my heart. I'm a pretty sensitive guy, so I'll lay it all on the line, and they'll kind of pull it. So now I'm figuring out there's certain people I can't do that with. Here's what I'll tell the people: Don't let someone who ruined your trust ruin that next person's chance to gain that trust. I think I let that affect me and change the way I looked at people for a while. There's so many beautiful and amazing people who will encourage you, who will love you, who will not judge you. But I didn't see that because I completely put myself over here. I still have moments where I'm like, 'Yeah people suck.' And then I'll have those moments of like, 'No, people are awesome, and this is why I do what I do in the first place.'"

The complete interview airs on Elvis Duran and the Morning Show this Friday -- we'll be listening!