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Happy Birthday Selena Gomez!

Selena Gomez is a Mexican American actress and pop star. Lately she’s been doing some television, film and dropping singles from her 2020 album “Rare.” She also released a Spanish-language EP “Revelacíon.” As she matures, she is tapping more into her Hispanic side.

“Baila conmigo” Selena Gomez featuring Rauw Alejandro

From Barney & Friends to the Top

The 24-year old pop star is a Mexican American Latina from Texas who has made it to the top. She went from struggling to survive with her mom to “Barney and Friends” to Disney.

After three albums as Selena Gomez and the Scene and two solo records, Selena became the most popular person on Instagram. She had a sponsorship deal with the Coach fashion house and was the April 2017 cover of American “Vogue.”

Selena is known for her vulnerability. In her “Vogue” article, she talks about going from a packaged Disney kid to just being herself and how liberating that was.

She is not shy about switching from being a power girl to falling apart. One of America’s most famous pop stars occasionally suffers a lack of confidence and self worth, but then who doesn’t.

Selena canceled her last “Revival” tour to check into a psychiatric facility. She plays up her insecurity with the imagery from “Bad Liar,” but it is just a game. Petra Collins’ photo of Selena wearing a hospital “Risk” band was shot when Selena got home from a treatment for Lupus.

Being in her 20s, Selena sings a lot about love. We are a full-contact people, all touch, all the time, and wear our emotions on our sleeves. But touring and celebrity can be a lonely enterprise.

2014’s “The Heart Wants What it Wants” marked Selena’s shift to getting real

Maybe being brutally honest is the key to her success. Running from something only makes it dog you more. Just ask the President. The only way to conquer something is to turn and face it. Turn your weakness into strength.

Growing up is never easy and the glare of celebrity makes it much harder. While exploring what it means to be a young woman today, Selena is not afraid to celebrate going to church, weekend picnics in the park, or cooking tortillas at home. Selena is a bad liar because in a very modern Latina way, she is a good girl.

Selena Covers American Vogue

Selena Gomez on the April 2017 cover of American Vogue

The editorial was shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott and styled by Camila Nickerson.

Selena Gomez Albums

  • Stars Dance (Hollywood, 2013)
  • Revival (Interscope, 2015)
  • Rare (Interscope, 2020)
  • Revelacíon (Interscope, 2021)

selenagomez.com
Instagram @selenagomez

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Published July 17, 2022 | Updated July 25, 2022.

Filed Under: Mexican, Pop

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