The famous American actress and singer Selena Gomez celebrates her 28th birthday. We invite you to listen to some of the songs that marked the singer’s prolific musical career.
Past Life
The official video of this joint theme by Gomez with singer-songwriter Trevor Daniel was directed by Israelis Vania Heyman and Gal Muggia, known for collaborating with artists such as Coldplay or Bob Dylan.
Check out how we shot the Past Life music video while still social distancing. This thing is called the Scan Truck. I stepped into it on my own and it scanned my face up close, which is why the music video looks so real! pic.twitter.com/QJxj1hthrQ
— Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) July 16, 2020
The singer herself shared with her fans the images of the studio, named Scan Truck and full of cameras and 3D scanners, which was used in the filming of the video.
Lose You To Love Me
Released in 2019, it is speculated that it is a moving musical message from Gomez to his ex, Canadian singer Justin Bieber, with whom he had a toxic six-year relationship full of goings, turns and scandals.
“I needed to lose you to find me / This dance was slowly killing me / I needed to hate you to love me, yes,” reads the lyrics of this self-love hymn.
Come & Get It
This work, included on Gomez’s first solo album, Stars Dance, was not only a hit in the performer’s home country, but it also garnered several gold and platinum records in Canada, Australia, Norway and New Zealand.
As for the music video for the song, directed by Anthony Mandler, he won the award for best pop video at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards.
Love you like a love song
This electropop song received generally positive reviews from music critics.
It became one of Gomez’s most successful tracks: In the US, it ranked 22nd on the Billboard Hot 100 and received four platinum records from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It has also accumulated more than 560 million views on YouTube.
Tell Me Something I Don’t Know
This energetic theme is part of the soundtrack for the youth movie Another Cinderella Story, starring Gomez.
In this tape, Selena plays a high school student who dreams of becoming a professional dancer.