Selena Gomez is leaving the kiddie shows behind and moving on to more adult pursuits | Hollywood yohana
On her new album, When the Sun Goes Down, Selena Gomez sings about self-acceptance (“Who Says”), infatuation (“Whiplash,” which Britney Spears co-wrote) and taming a misbehaving guy (“That’s More Like It,” co-written by Katy Perry). Yet when asked which track reveals the most about her, Gomez ditches the hearts and flowers and goes right for the jugular. “‘Bang Bang Bang’ is probably the most personal,” she says, referring to a snarky kiss-off anthem directed toward an ex, in which she coos put-downs like, “My new boy used to be a model…he looks way better than you” and “When I’m out having fun, you’re gonna be the one that’s broken.”
OK, so it’s not “You Oughta Know,” but for a sweet, self-described nervous girl from Grand Prairie, Texas, who came up through the Disney Channel School of Stardom as a regular on the series Wizards of Waverly Place and in TV movies like Princess Protection Program, it seems downright edgy. Is that what she intended? “A little bit,” says Gomez, laughing off the suggestion that she’s tapping into her inner Alanis. “This album’s a lot more personal. I had a little bit more control over it, which is nice.” For the cover image, Gomez serves up full ’20s screen siren in pearls and marabou. “I always do the same long dresses and flowy hair,” says the singer, who turned 19 in July, “so I wanted to do something different.”
Playing with her image is but one part of Gomez’s grand plan to navigate the perilous road between child and adult stardom, where for every Jodie Foster triumph there are a dozen Lindsay Lohan flame-outs. “I think Shia LaBeouf has made a really good transition,” says Gomez. “He came from the Disney Channel and he’s doing really well.” A major step in her evolution was saying goodbye to Wizards in May after four seasons. “On the last morning, I cried before I even put my makeup on,” she says. “But I wasn’t depressed. It was a good feeling.”
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