Selena Gomez's Three New Rare Songs: Breaking Down The Fresh Bops
Selena Gomez isn't done rolling out new
Rare material. Her third studio album was one of 2020's first and brightest pop moments as soon as it arrived in January, and gave Gomez another No. 1 to her name. Right now, she's determined to beef up the LP with a deluxe edition that tacks on three new songs to reordered tracklist.
every one of the new tracks, which arrived on Thursday (April 9), came alongside a lyric video featuring a polaroid from her recently released
"Dance Again" video. The focus track and next single is "Boyfriend" — Sel teased a
Bachelorette-style video that'll be out on Friday — however "Souvenir" and "She" are identically enticing. Below, visualize our breakdown of all three.
"Souvenir"
Gomez gets nostalgic about a thrilling fling on this mystical-sounding bop, which brims with vivid imagery of hotel hook-ups plus a certain blue-eyed hottie. "Calling your name, the only language I can speak," she sings. "Taking my breath, a souvenir that you could keep / Giving me chills."
"Boyfriend"
Over a driving home beat akin to Kanye West's "Fade," Gomez vents about the struggles of dating: "It's not what I need, nevertheless / I want a boyfriend … Tell me, are there any good ones left?" Her signature breathy and distorted vocals shine here, although it's the track's all-too-relatable message that kicks this one up a notch. Earlier this week, the singer
explained that it's "a lighthearted song about falling down and getting back up time and time again in love, yet also knowing that you don’t need anyone other than yourself to be happy." She added that "a boyfriend is nowhere near the best of my list of priorities," yet even so, it's nice to hear Single Selena effortlessly brush off gentlemen with an eye roll.
"She"
This reflective number finds Gomez reminiscing about being a young starlet who's coming of age in Hollywood. Like "
Look At Her Now," she sings about herself in the third person, making it clear she's not that girl anymore. "She was a girl with good intentions / Yeah, she made some bad decisions / And she learned a couple lessons," Gomez sings with hard-won wisdom, before spilling all of the things wishes she might tell her younger self.
Stream the deluxe edition of
Rare — which also includes the recently released track "Feel Me" — below.
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