Selena on On Air With Ryan Seacrest Interview

Former Disney star-turned-platinum recording artist, Selena Gomez, successfully transitioned into the turf of pop music in 2008 with her band, The Scene, before launching her No. 1 debut solo album, Stars Dance, in 2013. But in recent years, the 22-year-old’s explosive career — including movie roles in Spring Breakers, Getaway, and Rudderless — almost received a total eclipse from her on-the-rocks relationship with Justin Bieber.

The “Come & Get It” singer has kept the truth and her feelings under lock and key, which only fueled a plethora of criticisms from tabloids and the rest of the world. However, early Thursday morning was greeted with an unexpected explanation from Selena in the form of her surprise single, “The Heart Wants What It Wants,” and its vulnerable music video.

“They taped the mic underneath the table when I was shooting the video,” Selena tells On Air with Ryan Seacrest, on the verge of tears. “And I had shot the video over a year ago. So, in that state — where I was in that place emotionally.

“Everybody wants to form their own opinions anyway. I think the biggest problem I had this year — even with [Justin] and on his side — is identity,” she said about her back-and-forth relationship. “I was trying to figure out what I’m doing, and that was the first time I was constantly being kicked down for doing that. When I didn’t know, I just wanted to say, ‘This is what I want, this is where I am in my professional life, things changed in my personal life, things changed in my heart — everything.”

Her best friend Taylor Swift, who has been attempting to convince the “Who Says” singer to make the bold uproot from Los Angeles to New York City, was also one of the few people who heard the secret project ahead of its official release.

“She loved it. She’s very dramatic and I love her so much,” she says. “So she came over to the house, and I played it. She had headphones in, and she watched the video, and then she just looked at me, then she looked back, and then played it three times over and over again. And I’m like, ‘I want to know,’ and she was like, ‘Oh my God. This is amazing. I’m so excited for you.’”

During a lighter segment consisting of fan questions submitted via Twitter, the starlet announced her plans to return to the small screen, with a few projects already in development.

“Yes, eventually. I think TV has just gotten so bomb, and I’m starting to develop a few TV shows,” she teases. “It’s just fun. I love that world. I’d go back.”

As for a follow-up album to Stars Dance, she reveals, “I have been in the studio this entire year. So, I have had a lot of fun just playing and just having fun. Whether it was with the old music and incorporating new music and just writing for fun in my mind, in my heart, or whatever.

“I think it was just time,” she adds, and continues by hinting at a new project in her new chapter. “I wanted [“The Heart Wants What It Wants”] to kind of be the wrap of the year and then next year, I’ll have some really great stuff.”

Selena, who is slated to perform at the American Music Awards on November 23 at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live, has made “The Heart Wants What It Wants” available for download on iTunes. The single is off her greatest hits album For You, out on November 24.

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