Selena Gomez has a surprisingly impressive, ever-growing collection of tattoos and they may just be the chicest designs we’ve ever seen.
For nearly a decade, the “Love You to Lose Me” singer has been embracing the art of permanent ink, using it to represent friends, her work and her religious beliefs.
Her journey into the art form began in 2012, when she found a music note at the wrist. She clarified that it was a heart, which many thought was what it was. Access HollywoodIt It was the eighth note. “Everybody thought that it was a heart for some reason, but music is a big influence in my life,” she told the publication.
She continued to collect symbols from there, including a semicolon to honor the suicide prevention message behind her show. 13 Reasons WhyShe also added an arrow to the base her thumb, which she did with Julia Michaels, a friend.
The former Disney Channel star has been matched with many friends over the years. In 2018, she got two different numbers inked onto her body to represent her friendships with three BFFS — a “1” on her rib cage that matched Courtney Lopez and a “4” on her arm after the three other girls got “1-3.”
In 2020, she got a neck design that reads “Rare” in script. Bang Bang, her most frequent NYC-based tattoo artist, created it. Bang has also worked for other A-listers, including Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus Rihanna.
To see all of Gomez’s tattoos and the meanings behind each and every one of them is, keep scrolling.