Selena Gomez is having quite the year: not only did she release her chart-topping Rare album but now she is coming out with her inclusive makeup line, which is also called Rare.
This week the 27-year-old brunette beauty spoke to her friend Amy Schumer about her new projects in Interview‘s April 2020 issue.
In a shoot from Eli Russell Linnetz and styled by Mel Ottenberg, the former Disney star has never looked better. And she was especially candid when she talked about her issues with fame at a young age.
A new look: Selena Gomez posed for the new issue if Interview where she talked fame at a young age and also launching her beauty line Rare
Dealing with fame at such a young age took its toll.
‘It got out of control and I was super young,’ said the star who started working at age seven and was on the TV series Wizards Of Waverly Place for five years when she was just a teenager.
‘I think it showed people that I was weak in certain moments, and that I had troubles,’ she told the magazine that is available on newsstands April 14, and nationwide April 21.
And she also noted that there was some darkness in it all: ‘Some people just get off on building people up and then trying to bring them down.’
She has bounced back: Dealing with fame at such a young age took its toll. ‘It got out of control and I was super young,’ said the star who started working at age seven and was on the TV series Wizards Of Waverly Place for five years when she was just a teenager
Becoming known for her personal life was never her goal, she said.
‘My intention was never to become a tabloid,’ Gomez said.
‘So when things kind of happened that way, it got out of control. And then I was like, “Wait, none of this is true.”
She also said the media often got it wrong and thinks she was picked at for taking time off or falling in love with certain people.
‘I had to start opening up because people were taking away my narrative, and it was killing me.’
Things came to a fever pitch when she broke up with Justin Bieber. And the pain is reflected in Rare especially her song Lose You To Love Me.
What is true? Becoming known for her personal life was never her goal, she said. ‘My intention was never to become a tabloid,’ Gomez said. ‘So when things kind of happened that way, it got out of control. And then I was like, “Wait, none of this is true”‘
‘I wrote it at the beginning of last year and had just gotten out of treatment,’ Gomez told Schumer.
‘It was a moment when I came back, and I was just like, :I’m ready to go into the studio with people I trust and start working on songs.: There was an air around it where people were very happy, because it was like I was going to finally be me.’
Big fame came early; seen in 2008
But Selena – who recently revealed she was bi-polar – did not see it that way at the time.
‘When I wrote the song, I was basically saying that I needed to hit rock-bottom to understand that there was this huge veil over my face,’ said Selena.
And she has stayed away from reading her reviews of Rare.
‘Getting into an internet spiral? I can’t do it,’ she said.
As far as her new beauty line, she is excited.
‘I wanted to start a conversation about how can you make yourself feel great. It’s not necessarily about needing these things to make yourself feel beautiful,’ said the Big Short star.
‘The line is completely organic, and the packaging is recyclable. All of it is just meant to be good for you and good for the environment,’ said the star who has three number-one albums.
‘People of my generation have all this pressure to look a certain way, and I wanted to make a line that took away a bit of that pressure. I use real people in the campaigns. I have 48 shades of foundation and concealer. It’s all very clean and easy. I wanted people to feel safe.’
Her latest: Here she is seen last week in the debut of her music video for Boyfriend
This cover comes out days after Gomez has bought Tom Petty’s former home in Encino, California, for $4.9 million.
The singer has decided to splash out an eye-watering sum of money on the mansion Tom and his ex-wife Jane Benyo designed back in 1989.
The 11,000 sq. ft. property boasts six bedrooms and 10 baths, according to E! News, which reports that it also features plenty of spare rooms suitable for leisure activities.
What’s more, the luxurious abode is home to an in-home recording booth, meaning Selena will be able to make new music from the comfort of her own house.
Her pad: This cover comes out days after Gomez has bought Tom Petty’s former home in Encino, California, for $4.9 million
Posh: The singer has decided to splash out an eye-watering sum of money on the mansion Tom and his ex-wife Jane Benyo designed back in 1989. The 11,000 sq. ft. property boasts six bedrooms and 10 baths, according to E! News, which reports that it also features plenty of spare rooms suitable for leisure activities
The new property of the brunette beauty – who previously lived in Studio City, California – also features a wine cellar, a gym, a massage room and a work space, as well as an extra kitchen.
Meanwhile, Selena recently insisted having a boyfriend is ‘nowhere near the top’ of her list of priorities.
The Lose You to Love Me singer stressed that her new song, ‘Boyfriend’, was written long before the coronavirus pandemic sparked chaos around the world – and her focus now is on ‘safety, unity, and recovery’ for everyone.
Her ex: Her ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber is now married to model Hailey Baldwin
The chart-topping star – who previously dated Justin Bieber – said on Instagram: ‘Many of you know how excited I’ve been to release a song called ‘Boyfriend.’ It’s a lighthearted song about falling down and getting back up time and time again in love, but also knowing that you don’t need anyone other than yourself to be happy.
‘We wrote it long before our current crisis, but in the context of today, I want to be clear that a boyfriend is nowhere near the top of my list of priorities. Just like the rest of the world, I’m praying for safety, unity and recovery during this pandemic.’
