Selena Gomez recently shared the cover art for her upcoming single De Una Vez – which means At Once – on Thursday to her Instagram account.
Shortly thereafter the 28-year-old singer released the music video for the heartfelt anthem off her rumored new Spanish-language album which she seemed to confirm in a recent interview, after teasing it for over 10 years.
Speaking about the ethereal video which shows Gomez dancing around in a floral dress with a glowing heart she wrote, ‘This is the beginning of something I’ve wanted to explore for so long. I hope you love it as much as I do.’
Heartfelt ballad: Selena Gomez, 28, released the new ethereal music video for her Spanish-language song De Una Vez on Thursday as she croons about relationship heartbreak
The video begins in the depths of her heart which sparkles in shades of magenta, as the camera slowly pans out to reveal Selena’s laying on a pink silk bed.
As she rises with her illuminated heart, she is surrounded by a garden in her bedroom and begins to dance in a series of shabby chic rooms that feature floral wallpaper.
Though entirely in Spanish, the lyrics loosely translate to a ballad that seems to be about heartbreak over a friend who has moved on in a relationship, or adversely Selena singing to herself over past relationships.
Passion project: ‘This is the beginning of something I’ve wanted to explore for so long. I hope you love it as much as I do,’ she told her followers on Instagram
Heartbroken: Despite the video featuring a glowing heart she sings about heartbreak in the song
Time warp: The two minute video takes place in a funky house with various bizarre rooms that feature lots of lamps and bright colored bathrooms
Destruction: She is seen lighting something on fire as she stands in the kitchen as the walls of the house begin to change to reflect passion and even anger
Cracking walls: The video features lots of pink touches as she sings in a shabby chic house before things seem to destruct around her
‘But he no longer entertains you, huh…Then I continue normal with my life, and you yours with him…Always walk with me when the boyfriend gets lost,’ she sings.
Though the video starts off with lots of soft blush pink tones, as she sings about the loss of a relationship, the room tones change and she is even seen lighting something on fire over a stove.
As she continues to croon thing start to destruct around her as the walls start to crack and at one point the roof of the house is blown off as a guitar, records, and instrument cases fly through the ceiling.
Distraught: She bares her heart in the song as the video shows her going through many stages of emotion
Reflective: The video also features a moment of reflection as she appears to show the two sides of herself as she gives herself a pep talk
Otherworldly: The rooms in the house feature some bizarre decor as she navigates her way through
Out with the old: The boxes in the room along with guitars and notebooks that eventually fly through the ceiling symbolize older aspects of her career as she starts a new chapter
On her own: The end of the video shows Selena walking out of the empty house and shutting the door as she moves on from the past
The video also features a moment of reflection as she appears to show the two sides of herself as she gives herself a pep talk in a bathroom mirror.
Ripe with symbolism, the magical two-minute video seems to represent shutting the door on the past and embarking on a new chapter in her life.
Leaning into paying tribute to her Spanish heritage, the new track will also be accompanied by a B-side entitled Baila Conmigo.
Album on the way?: Gomez teased an entirely Spanish-language record back in 2011 and seemed to confirm the news in a January 11 interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe
Fans first started to speculate she had a Spanish album in the works years ago as she tweeted in 2011, ‘Can’t wait for y’all to hear the Spanish record 😉 it’s sounding so cool.’
After years with no mention of the project, a number of photos were posted to Twitter on Tuesday showing a number of murals that had been installed in the coastal Mexican city of Sayulita.
The news was originally broken by a fan account, who also published a photo of one of the murals being painted.
Street art: On Tuesday, a fan account shared images of a number of murals referencing the upcoming single’s release
Location: The artwork was installed in the coastal Mexican city of Sayulita and reflected the title of both the single and its B-side
Seeming to confirm the album after years of speculation, she told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe in a January 11 interview:
‘This has been something I’ve wanted to do for 10 years, working on a Spanish project, because I’m so, so proud of my heritage, and just genuinely felt like I wanted this to happen.’
She continued, ‘I feel like it’s the perfect timing. Just with all the division in the world, there’s something about Latin music that globally just makes people feel things, you know?’
Spanish heritage: Selena has been open about wanting to produce a Spanish album for years, only recently seeming to gear up for it with the release of her single