Selena Gomez and The Weeknd. Getty Pictures (2)
Selena Gomez made her triumphant return to music with the tune “Single Quickly” on Friday, August 25 — however is she reliving a previous relationship with the lyrics?
Years after dropping her 2021 file, Revelación, Gomez, 31, kicked off her SG3 period with the proper end-of-summer single – and upon listening to the observe, some followers have been satisfied that Gomez, 31, was referring to her 2017 romance with The Weeknd.
“Ought to I do it on the cellphone? / Ought to I go away a bit of word / Within the pocket of his coat?” she sings within the tune’s first verse. “Possibly I’ll simply disappear / I don’t wanna see a tear / And the weekend’s virtually right here.”
The Weeknd has a tune titled “Save Your Tears,” which Gomez might be alluding to together with her lyrics. The road raised eyebrows with listeners, particularly since she talked about “the weekend” within the following breath.
Within the “Single Quickly” music video, Gomez will be seen writing a Submit-It word that reads, “I’m sorry I can’t don’t hate me,” seemingly breaking apart together with her lover.
One TikTok consumer was fast to make a video in regards to the Submit-It word, explaining the way it’s a Intercourse and the Metropolis Easter egg. Nevertheless, a number of commenters took it to imply one thing else totally, calling out Gomez’s break up from The Weeknd.
“Selena actually says the weekend is right here as she places the word down,” one social media consumer wrote. One other added, “AND THE WEEKEND IS HERE AS SHE PUTS THE NOTEEEEEE.”
A 3rd speculated that Gomez “simply introduced out weekend tune.”
Selena Gomez and The Weeknd. Jackson Lee/FilmMagic
TikTok wasn’t the one social media platform abuzz with hypothesis. “Omg is SINGLE SOON about when she broke up with The Weeknd to get with Justin Bieber?” one Twitter consumer questioned.
Gomez hasn’t publicly addressed who or what “Single Quickly” is about, however she did tease that it’s the beginning of her SG3 period.
“Y’all have been asking for brand new music for some time,” Gomez shared by way of Instagram on August 17. “Since I’m not fairly carried out with SG3, I wished to place out a enjoyable little tune I wrote some time again that’s excellent for the top of summer time.”
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Gomez appears to be embracing her single lady period, as expressed on this tune and on her TikTok account. “I’m single! I’m just a bit excessive upkeep however I’ll love you a lot,” she yelled to a soccer subject full of males in a video shared on June 8. Gomez made the identical declare in her “Single Quickly” lyrics, singing, “I do know I’m a bit of excessive upkeep / However I’m price a strive,” within the second verse.
All through her time within the public eye, Gomez has been romantically linked to a couple stars, however two relationships stand out from the remaining. She dated Justin Bieber on and off from 2011 to 2018. Throughout one break of their relationship, Gomez dated The Weeknd from January to October 2017. They even attended the Met Gala collectively that 12 months.
Regardless of their breakup, a supply informed Us Weekly in March 2020 that the previous flames are “cordial” and even assist one another’s musical endeavors.
“Selena is a fan of The Weeknd and his music,” the insider shared on the time. “She has no destructive emotions towards him.”
