Selena Gomez Chats Revival, Justin Bieber, & Her Personal Struggles In New Interview

Selena Gomez is featured in a new article for Refinery29. Selena chatted with the media outlet to promote her new album, Revival. Highlights can be found below.

On her past year: “The year wasn’t just me trying to transition in my career — it was my whole life. I had to reconfigure everything. That was a little uncomfortable and very scary. I didn’t have anything to fall back on. At the same time, the public perception of me was unfair and very invasive. I was trying to figure out all my own stuff in my personal life while everybody had an opinion.”

On traveling to Mexico to write the album: “I think [the label] thought I was trying to get a free vacation. I got to find myself there. It does not mean I have everything figured out and I’m awesome. Not at all. I just felt this sense of groundedness and structure and stability I had been craving for a long time.”

On the status of her relationship with ex. Justin Bieber: “At this point, there is no anger. There’s closure in a very good, healthy way. We’ve seen each other. I’m always encouraging and I am proud of his journey. I think people are making it out to be something that is more tragic than it really was. We grew up together. We both made mistakes. That’s it.”

You can check out even more from Selena’s interview here.