Selena Gomez loves her new tune — however she’s letting her followers know that topping the music charts isn’t her prime precedence.
“Broke my hand and had surgical procedure,” Gomez responded to a fan selling “Single Quickly” through Instagram. “I don’t care about promoting something. I’m simply pleased to make music with my mates.”
The fan was campaigning to make sure that the monitor, which dropped on Friday, August 25, debuted within the prime 20 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 charts, asking for all “Selenators” to listen to their name to motion. “Go purchase ‘Single Quickly’ on Amazon, on iTunes, stream on Spotify, Youtube, Apple Music!” the person captioned the publish.
This isn’t the primary time Gomez has needed to make clear one thing in regard to her new music. “Single Quickly” will be the excellent end-of-summer bop, nevertheless it did have followers questioning whether or not the lyrics reference the pop star’s previous romance with The Weeknd, whom she dated in 2017.
“Ought to I do it on the cellphone? / Ought to I go away a little bit word / Within the pocket of his coat?” Gomez sings within the tune’s first verse. “Possibly I’ll simply disappear / I don’t wanna see a tear / And the weekend’s nearly right here.”
The Weeknd, in the meantime, has a tune titled “Save Your Tears,” which some thought Gomez may very well be alluding to along with her lyrics, particularly since she talked about “the weekend” in the identical verse.
Gomez, nonetheless, rapidly shut down the rumors on Monday, August 28, through a HollywoodLife Instagram publish concerning the hypothesis. “Couldn’t be extra false,” she wrote within the feedback part.
Gomez dated The Weeknd from January to October 2017, with the pair even attending the Met Gala collectively that yr. Regardless of their break up, a supply instructed Us Weekly in March 2020 that the exes are “cordial” and even help one another’s musical careers.
“Selena is a fan of The Weeknd and his music,” the insider shared on the time. “She has no detrimental emotions towards him.”
Gomez, who had one other public romance with Justin Bieber from 2011 to 2018, is now seemingly embracing her single standing. “I’m single! I’m just a bit excessive upkeep however I’ll love you a lot,” she yelled to a soccer area full of males in a TikTok video shared in June. Gomez made the identical declare in “Single Quickly,” singing, “I do know I’m a little bit excessive upkeep / However I’m value a attempt.”
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Gomez hasn’t publicly addressed who her new tune may very well be about — she was most lately linked to Zayn Malik and Chainsmoker’s Drew Taggart earlier this yr — however she did trace that there will probably be loads extra music to come back. “Single Quickly” marks the primary tune Gomez has launched since her 2021 report, Revelación — and formally kicks off of her SG3 period.
“Y’all have been asking for brand new music for some time,” Gomez shared through Instagram earlier this month. “Since I’m not fairly completed with SG3, I wished to place out a enjoyable little tune I wrote some time again that’s excellent for the tip of summer season.”
