Selena Gomez is getting her priorities straight. The singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur triple menace revealed in a brand new interview that she is pondering her departure from the music trade. With out noting that she would stop the enterprise solely, Selena defined what she would fairly be specializing in in her profession now.
What Did Selena Gomez Say About Music?
Per Selection, the “Lose You to Love Me” singer revealed on the “SmartLess” podcast that she was nearing the tip of her music profession.
“I do really feel like I’ve yet another album in me, however I might most likely select appearing,” Selena famous earlier than explaining that she was “drained” of juggling her multi-faceted profession in music, appearing and entrepreneurship. “I’m going to wish to chill as a result of I’m drained,” she added. “I wished to be an actress; I by no means actually meant on being a singer full-time, however apparently, that interest become one thing else.”
Selena later identified that whereas she doesn’t suppose she is “the perfect singer” within the enterprise, she is aware of “how you can inform tales, and I really like with the ability to make songs.” The previous Disney Channel star additionally mirrored on how her curiosity in music started.
“I began having plenty of enjoyable with music, after which touring was actually enjoyable,” she stated. “However I used to be doing my TV present [Wizards of Waverly Place] on the similar time, and I simply discovered it actually enjoyable, so I simply stored going. … However the older I get, the extra I’m type of like, I want to discover one thing to simply choose.”
Is Selena Quitting Music?
Primarily based on her remark about having “yet another album” left in her, it’s potential that Selena might retire from recording music within the close to future.
Practically three years earlier than her 2024 interview, Selena hinted that she had been eager about retiring from singing. “It’s onerous to maintain doing music when folks don’t essentially take you significantly,” she admitted to Vogue in 2021. “I’ve had moments the place I’ve been like, ‘What’s the purpose? Why do I hold doing this?’”
“I wish to give it one final strive earlier than I possibly retire [from] music,” the Solely Murders within the Constructing actress continued. “‘Lose You to Love Me,’ I felt, was the perfect track I’ve ever launched, and for some folks, it nonetheless wasn’t sufficient. … I believe there are lots of people who take pleasure in my music, and for that I’m so grateful, for that I hold going.”
When Does Selena’s New Album Come Out?
In December 2023, the “Single Quickly” artist responded to a fan’s social media remark that she was releasing her new album “two months” from then. This means that the album would drop a while in February 2024.