{"id":738,"date":"2015-10-04T19:28:49","date_gmt":"2015-10-04T19:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodlife.fuelthemes.net\/?p=343"},"modified":"2022-01-19T15:49:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T12:49:17","slug":"selena-gomez-revival-is-the-best-revenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/limitless.com.tr\/index.php\/2015\/10\/04\/selena-gomez-revival-is-the-best-revenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Selena Gomez: Revival Is The Best Revenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is a young<\/strong> woman who, at just 23, has lived more than half her life in the spotlight, having grown up<\/strong> on the Disney series\u00a0Wizards of Waverly Place.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

She\u2019s famous around the world \u2014 and famously wary of reporters, because we poke around in her personal life, specifically, about her past relationship with a certain Canadian pop star and which famous friend she is supposedly<\/span><\/span> feuding with.<\/p>\n

So, for her to casually hand over a device that is\u00a0undoubtedly a repository of some of her most fiercely-guarded secrets \u2014 selfies? Taylor Swift’s phone number? \u2014 is a pretty radical act of trust.\u00a0We\u2019re talking about her new single, \u201cSame Old Love,\u201d which is already stirring speculation about Justin Bieber<\/a> references (more on him in a moment). \u201cI can\u2019t wait for you to see the video,\u201d she says, her deep-set eyes widening to take up even more real estate on her heart-shaped face.<\/span><\/strong> \u201cHere, you can watch a rehearsal.\u201d<\/p>\n

So here I am, holding her iPhone 6. It\u2019s encased in a basic black cover, incognito in a way<\/a> that she can\u2019t be anymore (even here, at a quiet rooftop restaurant in Beverly Hills). When the video starts playing, she looks across our table a few times to peek at the screen. So, I get up and crouch down beside her, and together,<\/span><\/span> we watch her slink around a mirrored studio while a reverse harem of male dancers contorts around her. \u201cI\u2019m so stoked,\u201d she says with an air of nonchalance<\/span><\/del>. I\u2019m not sure if this is cool confidence or anxiety. Both would be appropriate.<\/p>\n

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I can see why she wouldn\u2019t be into talking to me, another nosy reporter. So, I’m pleasantly surprised when she arrives and greets me with a warm hug that lasts longer than I expect it to. Her raven hair and impossibly long eyelashes are every bit as dazzling in person as they are in her glamorous Instagram selfies<\/span>. Save for a bit of sparkle shadow on her lids, she appears<\/a> to be makeup-free. She is only 5-foot-5, but she seems statuesque in her cropped sweater, high-waisted leggings, and heels. The outfit gives the illusion that she is nearly all legs.<\/p>\n

After the hug, Gomez sits down, tucks her hair behind her ear, folds her hands \u2014 nails painted a deep, slate gray and carefully filed into pointy talons \u2014 and waits for the first question. She\u2019s all business. After spending years being judged in the press and media-trained by the Disney machine, she has built up a protective wall that can seem impenetrable. Finding out who she really is \u2014 beyond the gossip \u2014 is like digging for fossils with a Q-tip.<\/p>\n

She responds to my first few questions \u2014\u00a0How have you changed? What do you want the world to know about yourself? How are you misunderstood?<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 with ready-made answers, including, \u201cWhen people hear the album, they will be able to tell.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

But by 20 minutes in, we\u2019re getting somewhere. We talk about the complexities of female self-confidence \u2014 at best, it\u2019s schizophrenic \u2014 and we laugh about an Amy Schumer<\/a> joke that she roughly translates as, \u201cSome mornings you wake up and you’re like, ‘Everything about me is amazing!’ And the next morning you’re like, ‘How did anybody ever sleep with me?’\u201d<\/p>\n

After an hour, Selena Gomez is giving me a tour of her tattoos. There are six in all: a tiny music note on her right wrist was her first. \u201cI wanted something small to test the waters,\u201d she says. \u201cNow I\u2019m addicted.\u201d There\u2019s the initial \u201cG\u201d behind her left ear for her 2-year-old sister, Gracie; her mother\u2019s birthday in Roman numerals on the back of her neck; a Bible verse on her right hip that reads<\/span><\/span>, \u201cI can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.\u201d The date on her left hip represents when she met one of her best friends eight years ago, and the phrase in Arabic on her back means, \u201cLove yourself first.\u201d She\u2019s contemplating getting a seventh tattoo to celebrate her own revival \u2014 the album and the personal reinvention.<\/p>\n

For all her supposed skittishness, Gomez actually wants to show the world who she is \u2014 and, in the coming months, she\u2019ll have plenty of opportunity to do that. Besides the new album, she\u2019s joining The Voice as an advisor, handpicked by Gwen Stefani for her \u201cconfidence and creativity,\u201d Stefani said via email, adding, \u201cSelena is incredibly passionate about her craft, and her talent far exceeds what one would expect from a woman her age.<\/span><\/em>” Gomez will also appear in four upcoming movies, including a hush-hush part in December\u2019s financial<\/a>-crisis drama The Big Short, starring Brad Pitt and Christian Bale.<\/p>\n

And, in a role that seems to be the definition of “giant leap,” she portrays a Depression-era young mother in the onscreen adaptation of John Steinbeck\u2019s In Dubious Battle, a performance her director (and Spring Breakers co-star) James Franco<\/strong><\/span> promises will reveal the depth of her acting talent.
\n\u201cIf she were allowed to play [more] roles beyond just teenagers with teen interests, she would show her innate maturity and strength<\/span><\/span>,\u201d Franco said via email. \u201cShe has had to face pressures and scrutiny at a young age that most never face in a lifetime. So when she is able to display the strength and leadership she has developed, she shines.\u201d<\/p>\n

So yes, you might say this is a big moment for Selena Gomez. After a rough 12 months, she\u2019s picking herself back up and taking control of her career.<\/p>\n

Not bad for a 23-year-old who got her big break dancing with a plushy.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s all over\u00a0Revival<\/em>. Before \u201cGood for You\u201d was released, Gomez teased her 46 million Instagram followers with photos of different parts of her presumably naked body. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The video to that song features her rolling around on a couch, the floor, and in the shower. The artwork for the album\u2019s cover is a black-and-white portrait of her sitting cross-legged and topless, staring into the camera. It\u2019s not a come-hither stare. The expression seems to say, with self-assured attitude,\u00a0\u201cYeah\u2026what?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s not something where I’m like, let me glorify what I do in the bedroom,\u201d she says. \u201cBut I think I have a very healthy perspective on my sexuality. It’s part of being an adult, and I’m still figuring out how to be one of those, too.\u201d (A happily single one, at the moment. She issues this PSA to potential suitors: \u201cDo not try to date me right now.\u201d)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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