Canadian songstress Carly Rae Jepsen has spoken out in support of Justin Bieber, who has suffered a period of bad press lately and explained that all he does is work hard and take on project after project.

When asked her opinion on Bieber's recent behaviour, the 'Call Me Maybe' beauty confessed that she is inspired by his work ethic and thinks he's a great role model:

"All I see is an incredibly hard worker and a man who's just passionate about what he does. Just putting it on himself to take on a lot all at once."

"I think if anything I'm inspired by how hard he works, and I definitely want to add that to my own mantra as just like working really hard and doing my thing."

Back in April, drugs were found on the 'Boyfriend' hitmaker's tour bus although he wasn't on it at the time and he also had a run in with paparazzi in London during his Believe tour.

Watch her perform live at the 2013 Juno Awards here: