Selena is behind the remote control in the sound recorder Jungle Room in Glendel, California. No magnificent glamor or bright decor: prefabricated sofas, tiny kitchen - dark and cozy. It was here that Gomez recorded most of the hits from their four albums, so she feels like at home. Before the interview, the young star puts me a few songs from the new album, and one of them will tell a lot about her real feelings.
Gomez confidently twisters the handles on the console - and the rhythmic bit "Stars Dance", the track that will give the name to a new album, beats from the speakers. Selena turns slightly on the chair and now sits to me in the profile. Nodding her head and tapping the foot in the beat, she sings: "I can do whatever if I put it in this soul." Track ends, Selena turns back and smiles: "Class, yes?"
The next song is called "Love Will Remember" ("Love will remember"). Taking into account the partitioning of selenium with a pop star Justin Biber at the end of last year, this composition will make all the follovers analyze the text to analyze all the follovers. Especially after rumors went that in April, two young celebrities were seen kissing in Norway.
Sad ballad Selena - Chronicle of their rupture. The star clear makes it clear that it is really about Justin Bieber. In the song, she reflects that it still went wrong, and the listener makes a feeling that, perhaps, parting of lovers is not a selenium initiative. And if she finished these relationships, only because Bieber did not leave her choice.
"Of course, the most personal track of the album," the singer states when music gradually subsides. "I think this is a good way to issue emotions and at the same time completely non-aggressive - compared to what the public was expected." Selena places for a second and quietly adds: "I am sure that he will like the song too."
This "most personal track" - the act is very sincere, bold, but at the same time - calculated and, of course, provocative: on the eve of his twenty-first birthday, the left-handed star, dreaming cool to change his life and career, is not averse to springing oil into fire of fanat . It's time to leave behind the image of a teenager created on the Disney channel in the TV series "Wizards from Waverly Place". Five years of Selena played at times difficult, at times of a cute child (and besides the only girl) in the family endowed with magical forces, and turned fan clubs around the world. Of course, Gomez is grateful to the series for such a bright start, but it seems no longer wants to be responsible for those who have tamed, - the audience of children's format projects. That is why Selena has already appeared on the screens in the movie "18+" category, however, in the role of a good girl again. This is the indie hit of the cult director Harmoni Corina "Own holidays", where she played with her best friend Vanessa Hudgens. And Gomez stated that her new album would most likely become the last and the next world tour of him - the final chord of her musical career. (In practice, it means that the coming autumn is possible, your last chance to hear the Selenium "live": the tour starts on August 14 in Vancouver, concerts will be held in 56 cities, the performance in Moscow is scheduled for September 25).
Gomez says that attempts to grow and become an "adult" actress is not easy for her. During the premiere of the "St. Vacation" at the International Film Festival in Toronto, the first four rows of the parquet were filled with girls from 17 to 22 years old, "and Selena" was not frightened, because there are pretty hard scenes in the film. But my spectators were incredibly miles and quickly oriented. They were able to separate my character from me real. " Gomez adds: "Recently I went to watch the movie" 21 and more ", he is in the category" 18+ ", and I checked the documents! I think it is correct. I hope that the same strict restrictions have the same strict restrictions.
"Selena understands that she is a real actress, and not a corporation or just a character that she played in the TV series," says Harmoni Corin. On the set of "Vacation ..." he was surprised by an unexpectedly adventurous and bold Natura Gomez: "We worked in crowded places, and not in Hollywood sites, but she was always so cheerful and fun that the entire film crew literally focused her energy. I thought Selena, like most young actresses, would be immediately after shooting in their own trailer, - nothing like that! I have never seen her afraid or embarrassed. " By the way, in my next film, the thriller "drove!" (Premiere in September), Gomez just plays a girl not a timid ten - hacker, which helps Itan Hawk's character save the stolen wife.
She is as ever ready to risk and go beyond what they are waiting for it. Today it is noticeable even by the selected alongside: Black top-peplum on straps, bought in London, black and white baggy trousers Beckley by Melissa with a tiger print and bodily studs Giuseppe Zanotti - Agree, it doesn't look like a young wizard from Weveyry Place in jeans and sneakers.
Gomez admits that she has no idea how her bets will play in the future. "Now I have a transitional period, and the sensations are strange," she says. "All the time I pushing myself forward, wildly nervous from uncertainty - in general, solid stress." No matter how appreciated the new album of critics and the public, Selena wants to say goodbye to a musical career to fully concentrate on the acting game. She simulates its future, watching "professionals who know how to be different," such as Natalie Portman, Schaya Labafe and Jennifer Lawrence. ("Labafe, - immediately adds Gomez - as I, I started on the Disney Channel.")
Here it sits in front of me - the perfectly straight back, one leg is thrown on the other, - it looks older than his twenty, and in this predominal pose, there is no one in this post, it seems, and a trace of its distant Texas childhood. The girl was born in very young parents who soon divorced. Now Selena lives with Mom and the "best stepfather in the world" in the "classic rural house," as she calls him, in that part of Los Angeles, which is located in the San Fernando valley. Her biological father and his wife are also present in her life, but they live in Texas.
Gomez considers the relationship of Mom and stepfather a "worthy example for imitation", but adds that she does not seek a novel again at all. And immediately dilute the dangerous topic of joke: "I am from Texas, in theory I already have to have a husband and a couple of kids. And if seriously, I'm in love with my love itself and really believed in marriage, just now it is not in my plans. I do not want to spend your energy on dates. "
And it can be understood. It was one of the most recognizable pop stars in the world to meet and leaving the Bieber in the world, it was "simply madness", selenium admits. "It's a terribly uncomfortable situation: wherever I go, a huge number of people knew about it," saying it, the girl is somehow moving away, and for a second her eyes take a missing expression. "I do not like this. But neither Justin nor I never really looked at the universal hype. " The gap also turned out to be a heavy test, and the fact that the story is still not finished, further enhances the pressure. "I can't shut down or, on the contrary, say that I want to experience it again. I dont know. I am young, and parting in my age is absolutely normal. I need to discard emotions and understand that I actually feel. In the meantime, I am careful, I meet with friends, and Justin does the same. "
I ask Selena that she is primarily looking for a chosen one in the future, and she immediately replies: "Honesty. If you live and work in a strict "star" mode, you must be first of all honest. Often you are divided with your half huge distances, and therefore you need to be superhort and open. This is the key to successful relationships. "
To take a break from the difficulties of star life and hype around the life of personal, Selena does not lose touch with old buddies. She compares them with a gang-water where the series "Friends", and he speaks himself very similar to Rachel. Gomez is often going together in a dance studio, where everything falls under pop hits, and then post their rooms on YouTube. (These videos are regularly gaining millions of views. Look for "Selena Gomez Everebody Knows", this is a roller for a composition with a rather sharp vocabulary - you will not regret.)
Another close friend of Selena - Country singer Taylor Swift: "She's like a sister. We simultaneously met with the guys from Boyz-Bend Jonas Brothers, nothing happened to them with them, but with Taylor became the best girlfriends. She is the only person to whom I call when I feel bad. " Swift, in turn, is proud that her girlfriend is equally great and with the moments of Triumph, and with a series of troubles: "I know Selena for a very long time. I saw it grows and changing, despite the tremendous pressure. Selena learned to create his own rules and live on them. She knows when it is worth taking the risky project and go beyond the scope of his usual role, and when you just need to turn around and leave. "
Thanks to such an integrity of nature, the very different beginnings of Gomez become successful. For example, she created a popular clothing line for Kmart - Dream Out Loud by Selena Gomez. "My classmates wore a 40 dollars sweaters, which were not affordable me," recalls Selena. "So I wanted to create a clothing line that would be very pretty, but affordable. These are things that are suitable and twelve, and me yourself. " In addition, Gomez works as invited designer at the ADIDAS NEO Label sports line.
When Selena does not create clothes, it experiments with it on a red carpet. Although from 15 years old, Gomez works with the same stylist - Basay Richard, her style during this time has matured. Recently, it prefers Dolce & Gabbana and Versace. "Corsets in Dolce & Gabbana dresses are amazing! And Versace is leading in terms of architectural and courage, - says the actress. "But I also love soft cute things, like Markhesa and Christian Cota dresses." Gomez knows how to surprise the public outfit with an open back or a deep neckline: "I love to show a little body, but carefully, without falling into vulgarity." On the German premiere of the "St. Vocations" Selena conquered everyone, appearing in a futuristic attorney suit Atelier Versace with golden details. And when the star wants to relax, she puts the shirt of Oversisz, Legins and army boots.
Ultimately in the soul of Selena Gomez - the same simple girl from Texas, unpretentious fan of democratic brands and goods like Yankee Candle candle, OLAY oil and body sprays from Victorias Secret. And why should she have serious cosmetics? With such a divinely perfect skin, she may have fat chips, how much will fit, and money on expensive creams spend no need to spend - everything you need can always borrow with the make-ups. Outside, its makeup is minimal or absent at all as such. "Probably, I still have to get acquainted with cosmetics," Gomez says not very confidently.
The head of the studio worker appears in the door: "I think you are my favorite star from everyone who I worked with!" Selena thanks: "Oh, it's so nice of you. Thank you!" The guy is smiling. "I often remember Budapest ..." he continues. "Oh God, I don't even remember whether I was in Budapest! - meets Selena. - But it's still very nice, thank you very much! "
In this, the whole Gomez is frank and straight: if from endless traveling to the world Budapest, it is from her memory, she will not lie, even to make someone pleasant.
Text: Lauri Sandell
Photo: Dusan Reljin
Style: Melissa Rubini