Aside from singing and acting, Selena Gomez also runs Rare Beauty, a cosmetic line she launched during Covid-19. Find out what she said about her music career.
Selena Gomez has said that she is at the point in her life, where she wants to pick a career lane. During a recent interview on the SmartLess podcast, the singer-actor said she is looking to focus mostly on acting, even if that means her music career taking a backseat.
Selena Gomez talks about retiring from music
“I do feel like I have one more album in me, but I would probably choose acting,” Selena Gomez said. She is seen in the Emmy-nominated series Only Murders In the Building, and also stars in Selena + Chef, an American television cooking show.
Selena, who also owns the Rare Beauty makeup line, continues to release singles and work on music in her free time. On top of her busy schedule, the actor-singer also has been making news since she made her relationship with music producer Benny Blanco public in December, last year.
As per a report by Billboard, Selena also said during her appearance on the SmartLess podcast hosted by Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes, “I wanted to be an actress, I never really intended on being a singer full-time but apparently that hobby turned into something else… I started having a lot of fun with music and then touring was really fun. But I was doing my TV show at the same time (Wizards of Waverly Place) and I just found it really fun so I just kept going but the older I get, the more I’m kind of like – I would like to find something to just settle on.”
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Twitter reacts to Selena quitting music
Pop culture based X (Twitter) account Pop Crave tweeted on Wednesday, “Selena Gomez tells SmartLess podcast that her next album will likely be her last as she plans to focus on acting, Rare Beauty and philanthropy: ‘I feel I only have one more in me’.”
Many X users reacted to the tweet. One joked, “Oh wow… sad but at least the music industry won’t be affected.” Another wrote, “She better be joking.”
A fan said, “Can we get a tour too? I wanna hear years of her hits.” Another wrote, “Ngl (Not going to lie), she should have been stopped doing music. Also, this is no shade. Her talent has always been stronger in acting and you could tell that her heart wasn’t in it.” One more said, “his last album from Selena will be great (fire emoji).”
Selena Gomez has ‘one more album’ left in her: ‘I’m tired’
Selena wants what she wants.
Former Disney Channel star Selena Gomez revealed that she has one more album in her before she plans to take a step back from music to focus on her acting career.
“I do feel like I have one more album in me, but I would probably choose acting,” Gomez, 31, told the “SmartLess” podcast in an episode due to be released on Jan 8. “I am going to want to chill because I’m tired.”
“I wanted to be an actress, I never really intended on being a singer full time but apparently that hobby turned into something else,” the “Only Murders in the Building” actress said. “I don’t think I’m the best singer, but I do know how to tell stories and I love being able to make songs.”
Talking with hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett, the “Love You Like a Love Song” singer revealed that she initially loved balancing both acting and singing.
“I started having a lot of fun with music and then touring was really fun,” Gomez admitted. “But I was doing my TV show [‘Wizards of Waverly Place’] at the same time, and I just found it really fun, so I just kept going.”
Gomez revealed that her love for singing actually began on the Disney Channel.
“Disney is, it’s safe to say, a machine and, in a way, forcefully requires that I know how to sing, so I could sing the theme song [of a show],” she told the podcast co-hosts. “They know how to package someone and make it a whole triple-threat thing.”
However, as she aged and her fame grew, the “Come & Get It” singer realized that she “would like to find something to just settle on.”
Since her breakout album “Stars Dance” in 2013, the multi-hyphenate star has released three albums including her 2020 smash “Rare.”
In 2016, the “Who Says” songstress was forced to cancel her “Revival” tour after she suffered a “psychotic break” after performing only 55 shows.
Gomez’s former assistant Theresa recalled the incident during the singer’s 2022 docuseries, “My Mind & Me.”
“At one point she’s like, ‘I don’t want to be alive right now. I don’t want to live,’ ” the assistant said at the time. “And I’m like, ‘Wait, what?’ ”
“It was one of those moments where you look in her eyes, and there’s nothing there. It was just pitch black. It’s so scary,” she said. “You’re like, ‘F–k this. This needs to end. We need to go home.’ ”
Gomez, who was diagnosed with lupus and then bipolar disorder, also got candid about how the pressures of touring have affected her mental health.
“I went to a mental institute and canceled one of my tours,” Gomez said in the teaser for the podcast. “It just got to me because I love working and it distracts me from bad things.”
