Selena Gomez‘s highly anticipated albumRareis finally out — and it marks anew beginning for the pop star.
While the 27-year-old singer introduced her new work with arecord-breaking ballad (“Lose You to Love Me”), the rest of Gomez’s album is packed with upbeat breakup and self-love anthems.
“Every song on the record has some sort of emotion or conflict or there’ssomethinggoing on,” Gomez told PEOPLE exclusively before the album dropped. “I related to everything on this record very, very clearly.”
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Her title track “Rare” sets the tone for the rest of the album, which often has her questioning a lover about the way she’s treated. “It feels like you don’t care / Why don’t you recognize I’m so rare?” she asks.
On the standout track, “Vulnerable,” Gomez — who had anon-and-off relationship with Justin Bieberfor years and alsopreviously dated The Weeknd— quietly muses about falling into old habits.
“If I show you all my demons and we dive into the deep end / Would we crash and burn like every time before?” she asks on the track.
On “Cut You Off,” perhaps the album’s most scorching track, the star officially bids adieu to a toxic ex and embraces a future without extra weight.
“Pull up to the mirror staring at my face / Gotta chop, chop all the extra weight I’ve been carrying for fourteen-hundred-sixty days,” she sings, possibly referencing the four years she spent on and off with Bieber.
“Professionally messing with my trust / How could I confuse that s— for love?” continues Gomez on the song.
Ahead ofRare‘s release, Gomez opened up about working hard to get to ahealthier and happier place emotionally, and the through line on her album is a newfound confidence — one that her fans are all about.
“I feel like I’ve kind of found my way a bit more. Every year I’m constantly growing, and this time I actually recognize it and appreciate it,” Gomez previously told PEOPLE. “I just want everything to be great, and I think [‘A Sweeter Place’] represents where I’m at, which is I needed to find a better place for me.”
source: people.com
