Selena Gomez's with us back to you as the record and the obvious place to start is how I you Selena how are you feeling right now I feel really good great I've been pacing everything out really well I'm enjoying what I'm doing and it's funny because I have some so many exciting things coming so it feels like it just feels like it's my time and it's at my pace so I'm not trying to like
throw a bunch of music in people's faces until I'm ready we've loved it and I want to talk about how deliberate and thoughtful that pacing has been in a minute but I want to focus right now on back to you which is you know special in a sense that it's not just new music it also it's the return of you know a TV program that you're very proud of and that you're deeply involved in 13
reasons why season 2 and yeah I wonder what the approach is like when you're putting together a song and whether or not being a part of 13 reasons why kind of makes you approach it slightly different because there's other subject matter and themes attached than just working from inside the first song I did for 13 reasons why that actually was specifically for the show and with this
song it's a very special record I want it to be a beautiful message and in a really complicated way but really fun which sounds like Mimas it ain't me wolves and back to you all have this acoustic guitar or effective live music with a hint of what those djs do best or do best so I find that I'm attracted to those kind of records because it you could strip it down I love that you
could take a song that's super idiom and just play on acoustic guitar and make it beautiful so that is something I'm very attracted to and that's why I knew that back to you would be a perfect stepping stone because I had a hard time digging what was gonna be next and I think that back to you is more of my special project that I wanted to give to season two I wonder sort of what you've learned
going forward into season two and how you feel about this program now that it has legacy season two is legacy that's a legacy I just think that what I learned more than anything is just how making an impact can look differently you know I think what we're doing and what we've always wanted to talk about was genuinely just to care about people and to get it out and now in that certain
way where it's just nobody's trying to desensitize it so I think I just learned to be to be bold to stand by what you believe in were you surprised by the divisive news of season one a little bit but I I've always viewed things as comfort as the enemy of progress so I think it when when something makes that sort of noise it's like it's either two reasons it's either so foul or it's
amazing and I think that's when you get people to wake up a bit you know I don't I don't do it to glorify anything I think it's more about this is what happens and I'm sorry if you can that that this is real life and I've had numerous parents and kids come up to me how it's just open the door for healthy communication and that's all you want you know there's not we're not gonna end
these certain things or try to break through it unless we take those risks you were very open and very very clear with everybody around the time about about you know getting yourself back on your feet health-wise the question I think people will want to know in a caring way is are you healthy are you feeling good yeah no I never get that question because I have been super
honest I've been very aware of my platform and I don't try to hide any part of flaws that are in me so I think it's it's just helpful because I now think that people ask in a really genuine way and I feel the best I've felt just for now I'm hoping to keep eating it you know but I'm super happy I love people I take really good care of myself and yeah it's just sometimes it's
hard you know you'll never really get over stuff you gotta just have to get better and better and work on it it's one step at a time and you have multiple ways to express those emotions through your music as well so I should I've not stopped recording I I have visuals for what I pictured the songs to be so alright facts Selena you have visuals that are being built around
something that is taking shape how defined is this project are we talking about an album and a conventional sense of playlists neepy I am finishing up the album but we're also trying to figure out a fun way to to take our time there's no date there's no idea for it but I have a lot of music that I've collectively put away and how many songs do you think overall would you have to choose from in
order to put a collection together are you have so many how many put a number on it even if it's very oh okay I'm okay I'm a shoe for the moon in are we talking over a hundred no it's all so this has been building for maybe two years I was really happy with her Bible but at the same time I was terrified of doing another record because why because it could be for me and could be like it
was a step down or I needed to beat that record and I think every artist kind of struggles with that so I waited I wanted it to be I want it to be great and had I not waited a good year or two I wouldn't have had the best songs I've ever had how important was that new is that Julia Michaels record for you in terms of helping you create at least get you on a path towards some identity and I wonder
if you look back on that moment as being kind of crucial towards getting you on a path towards a new era that was life changing for me because I had never had I'd never met a writer and it was two writers it was Justin Tranter and Julia Michaels and I had this instant soul connection with them so I just feel like they helped cultivate my sound and it was because Julia and I are kind of
similar in that way and I've never had somebody pour into me you know sometimes it's just this is a great song record it record it the way we want it and that's it she comes from a very bare raw natural place have you done some more work well let some more writing with her and Justin for this record do you have other opportunities with her that may or may not you