Selena Gomez is one of the most talented and stylish singers. The American pop music artist of Hollywood has made her fans go crazy with her impeccable music tracks over the past few years. Selena’s third studio album Rare is not just one of the most popular albums but also quite personal to the pop star. Selena’s fans would know that the album is also a closure of a painful chapter for her.
As per reports in Bollywood Life, recently in an interview with NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro, the singer revealed what inspired her song from the album and opened up about the emotional abuse that she had to go through during her tumultuous relationship with Justin Bieber. She said, “I’m very proud of it. It has a different meaning to me now from when I wrote it. I felt I didn’t get a respectful closure, and I had accepted that, but I know I needed some way to just say a few things that I wish I had said.”
When asked if the song is a breakup song, Selena said she doesn’t classify it as a “hateful” breakup song. “It’s a song that is saying — I had something beautiful and I would never deny that it wasn’t that,” she explained and added, “It was very difficult and I’m happy it’s over.” Selena was explicitly asked if she is “saying goodbye” to her ex Justin Bieber in the song, Selena replied, “You had to get the name in, I get it.”
Selena also revealed in the interview that she “found strength” while working on the song. “It’s dangerous to stay in a victim mentality. And I’m not being disrespectful, I do feel I was a victim to certain abuse,” she commented. Selena revealed she referred to emotional abuse, explaining further she added, “Yes, and I think that it’s something that — I had to find a way to understand it as an adult. And I had to understand the choices I was making. As much as I definitely don’t want to spend the rest of my life talking about this, I am really proud that I can say I feel the strongest I’ve ever felt and I’ve found a way to just walk through it with as much grace as possible.”
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