Not only is Selena Gomez’s revival (which appropriately happens to be the name
of her new album all about
growing into a new, more mature version of herself, but it also peels off the
labels of anything she's been associated with in the past—most notably, her
relationship with Justin Bieber.
In case there was any confusion over
whether or not the 23-year-old has moved on from her ex-boyfriend, she's making
a clear stance in the October issue of Elle
magazine: she is done with JB, pinpointing the exact moment she had the
epiphany.
She recalls waiting to go on stage to perform "The Heart
Wants What It Wants"—the song she dedicated to Bieber— for the very fist
time at the American Music Awards last November.
"Everybody was talking about the same thing: my
relationship," she remembers. "I was so exhausted. I said, 'I want
this [performance] to be the last time I have to talk about this. And
acknowledge this feeling.'"
She ended up clearing out her dressing room and taking a
moment for herself.
"I was kind of devastated," she
admits. "I was like, 'This is all I have right now. This is gonna be
it. And all I want is to move on.'"
A few moments later she took the AMA stage
and delivered a raw, emotional performance, tearing up in
front of 11.6 million viewers and making everyone realize just how serious of
an artist she really is.
"It was a huge weight lifted off
me," Gomez says. "That's why, from this point on, I know I can prove
myself, you know. I haven't scratched the surface yet."
As for her current relationship with
Bieber, SelGo says they're just friends, but her latest song "Same Old Love” seems to allude to the
heartbreak of their rocky past.
"It's not necessarily about a
specific relationship," she promises. "Sometimes you're stuck in the
same cycle. This is kind of my 'forget it' song. I'm sick of all of it."
The two have spent some time together, hanging out with
mutual friends and working on being just that.
"Genuinely," she tells the
publication, drawing out the word to make her point. "I'll forever support
him and love him in a way that...We grew up together. I think people want it to
be different. We're too young for that. Nobody was married. There was no...I
respect him. And I think he respects me, in a healthy manner."
In fact, Gomez feels so good about being
friends that she's begun dating again, though her
attention remains on herself.
"Finding somebody is not my main
focus," she explains. "I've dated people. I've been on a few dates,
which is really exciting. But I've never wanted to get into anything serious,
because I kind of did that. I have my guard up. I like to meet people in
organic settings. Hanging out with a group of people and meeting through mutual
people."
But before all you heartbroken #Selena fans
start crying, know this: when asked if there's a possibility to ever get back
together with Bieber again, Gomez didn't deny it.
"I don't know!" she shouted with
a laugh.
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