Selena Gomez discussed My mind and mehis AppleTV+ documentary that premiered in November 2022 and chronicles six years of his life, during the Music and Health Conference in Los Angeles, California, on Tuesday.
While speaking with Universal Music Group CEO Sir Lucian Grainge and Thrive Global CEO Arianna Huffington, the singer, actress and Rare Beauty mogul shared her doubts about making the film.
“I was very against it,” Gómez said, according to the hollywood reporter. “There was a very long period of time where I just didn’t know if it was a good idea. In the end I knew that one day I wanted to be an actress for a while, and I didn’t know if that would jeopardize things in my life. I don’t know what I’m doing, letting people into my life. And then the moment it was released… I had no choice at the time. And I felt relieved. “I felt like a huge weight had been lifted from me.”
She continued: “I felt like I had to say things I’ve been holding in for years. It’s very difficult for me to see it. I’ll never see it again, but I’m very proud of it. I couldn’t have been luckier to have the people who worked on it with me.”
When speaking to rolling Stonemy Before the documentary’s release last year, Gómez said he almost didn’t approve of the film’s release. However, after seeing its emotional impact on the audience after a screening, he moved forward with the project. “I thought, ‘Okay, if I could do that for just one person, imagine what I could do,’” he said. “In the end, I just tried. I just said, ‘Yes.'”
Gómez, who stars Only murders in the building“He returned to music last August with the pop anthem of the summer.”Single soon.” Following the release of his Doctor, he hinted at his next musical direction. “The music I’m making now is about real things I’m going through. It’s really powerful, strong, very pop,” he said. vanity fair in January. “The overall theme is freedom: freedom from relationships, freedom from darkness.”