13 June: check out new podcast interview with Selena – “Awards Chatter” by The Hollywood Reporter

In the new episode of the special podcast interview “Awards Chatter” by The Hollywood Reporter, Selena opened up about so much personal stuff like: what it was growing up under the eye of paparazzi or her personal struggles with love and health, she also revealed her future plans with music and low-key confirmed the 3rd season of Only Murders In The Building!

On growing up under the glare of the paparazzi…

“Once that started happening, I felt a little bit constricted, and I think that’s when I lost a little bit of my being a kid. Later in life I realized that I missed out on a lot.”

On getting personal with her music…

“‘The Heart Wants What It Wants’ [a 2014 single for a compilation album] was the first time that I did ever say anything… It was me saying, ‘Hey, I’m just being honest with you for a second, like, this is really hard and I know I should do x, y and z, but I can’t help it. That’s just the state I was in. Which ultimately then led to ‘Lose You to Love Me,’ which is my favorite song I’ve ever done.”

On the personal struggles — health and romantic — that she experienced during the five years between her second album, 2015’s Revival, and her third, 2020’s Rare…

“It was necessary for me to walk through those things. I had a lot of soul-searching to do. By all means I don’t have life figured out, but I do know that during that time I was learning so much about myself. I was, you know, obviously going through a really tough break-up, and then I was left with the question of my career and where am I gonna go and what’s gonna happen? It just was all of these different things I was feeling. And then my medical stuff kind of kicked in — I was dealing with my lupus and I was dealing with some kidney problems. It was actually really hard. But, being on the other side of it, I have to be honest, it’s actually been really good for me. It allowed me to develop a character where I don’t tolerate any sort of nonsense or disrespect in any way, and I’m really proud of how I came out of it.”

On ‘Lose You to Love Me,’ her first single to top the Billboard Hot 100, from Rare…

“It’s wild because we wrote the song in less than an hour… I knew that it was gonna leave some sort of impression because it was me kind of saying my goodbye, and I was really happy about it, but I was also nervous.”

On garnering her first Grammy nomination, in the category of best Latin pop album, for her first Spanish-language music, on the 2021 EP Revelacion…

“It was actually more rewarding to be nominated for that than any of my English-speaking albums because I think I put my heart and soul into that in a different way.”

On struggling to be taken seriously as a grown-up actor…

“I felt like it was very difficult for people to take me seriously… I have slowly pushed through that, and I’m really glad, but it was very frustrating. I felt like a joke, you know?”

On wanting to work with people who know more than she does…

“My best friend [Taylor Swift] always says, ‘If you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room.’”

On relating to her character on Only Murders in the Building (beyond the fact that they both are obsessed with ‘true crime’)…

“I would say I relate to Mabel in the sense that I can be a little lonely sometimes, and I tend to have friends that are a bit older, and I love hanging out with my mom, so I’m very much that kind of person. And so I feel Mabel.”

On playing Martin and Short the song “WAP”…

“It was hysterical. They weren’t offended, they were just confused. They were like, ‘So wait, do women like this?’ I was like, ‘Yeah, I guess it’s a thing, you know, it’s a vibe, I don’t know.’ They’re hilarious.”

On how Martin and Short have taught her to demand more from a man…

“Being around two adult gentlemen — because that’s what they are, they are very sweet and kind and hilarious and inappropriate sometimes and it’s the best — I just learned so much. And my expectation for a man, to be honest, or any human, is to be as decent as these two human beings are. They have been doing this longer than I’ve been alive, and they are the kindest people.”

On her current projects and headspace…

“I finished season two, I did my cooking show, and now I’m gonna be in the studio until season three. So basically we’re going to be just working on new music. Like I said, I couldn’t do one or the other. I actually love both… My therapist is like, ‘Girl, are you ever gonna find a man?!’ I’m like, ‘I dunno’”… But I do feel like right now, in my life, I am just so open, and I love what I do… I just am in a really good space right now, and I’m enjoying it.”

On what her life would look like if she had never left Texas for Hollywood…

“I would have four kids, for sure. Maybe not planned, maybe planned, maybe both. And there’s nothing wrong with the life I would have led… I just know that that’s not my path, and I’m really grateful I had my mom to give me that opportunity to be what I want to be.”

On her upcoming 30th birthday (July 22)…

“I am happy getting older. I find that my toleration for any sort of discomfort, usually disrespect or whatever, even just unnecessary stuff — I feel so glad that it’s not taking over me anymore. My emotions are mine and I am allowed to feel them however I want to feel them. But I am having a party because I was like, ‘You know what? All my friends back home are married with kids, so I’m just gonna throw my own party.”

Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com