Selena Gomez’s fourth studio album is prepared for the recording studio. Talking with “Solely Murders within the Constructing” cocreator John Hoffman and Anthony D’Alessandro of Deadline’s “Crew Name” podcast on Could 23, Gomez revealed that her full-time return to tv — together with her position on the comedic murder-mystery sequence and her internet hosting gig on HBO Max’s “Selena + Chef” — hasn’t stopped her from creating new music. “I simply completed season 4 of my cooking present and I’m in LA engaged on my album now,” she mentioned, confirming that “S4,” a follow-up to her 2020 album, “Uncommon,” is formally on its method.
On July 6, Gomez teased followers by sharing a TikTok video of herself within the recording studio. “New,” she captioned it.
“I am so used to writing sad-girl songs as a result of I am good at that, however I am able to have some enjoyable, and I believe persons are going to love it.”
On Dec. 5, Gomez additionally made an look on “The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon,” the place she confirmed fan hypothesis about her upcoming album. “Mm-hmm, that is correct. Lastly,” she replied when Fallon requested if her “My Thoughts & Me” single was a sign of latest music to come back. “I am so used to writing sad-girl songs as a result of I am good at that, however I am able to have some enjoyable, and I believe persons are going to love it.” Gomez additionally revealed that she’s been exhausting at work within the studio at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York Metropolis.
Information of Gomez’s upcoming album comes one 12 months after the singer hinted at “retiring” from music to present herself a chance to pursue different passions. “I believe there are lots of people who get pleasure from my music, and for that I am so grateful, for that I hold going, however I believe the following time I do an album it will be completely different,” Gomez mentioned in her Vogue 2021 cowl story. “I need to give it one final attempt earlier than I perhaps retire music.”
The brand new album will likely be Gomez’s first solo launch since her 2021 Spanish EP, “Revelación.” In August 2020, the singer additionally launched an “Ice Cream” collab with Okay-pop big Blackpink. She adopted the candy single with “999,” a 2021 collab with Camilo, and “Let Someone Go,” a 2022 collab with Coldplay. With so many nice musical partnerships beneath her belt, we absolutely count on some badass artists to land options on the brand new album.
Through the “Crew Name” interview, D’Alessandro additionally questioned whether or not Gomez would think about a singing scene in “Solely Murders within the Constructing,” to which the star replied, “I need to be sort of cautious. I really like being Mabel and I really like that she’s an extension of me however she is not essentially me. Generally my fear — to not say that I am against it in any method, form, or type — is that it would flip right into a pop-star factor, and that is clearly not me. [But] I am not opposed.”
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