By Samiksha Mehta – Entertainment Editor

The last song ever sung by Selena Gomez before October 2019 was “I Can’t Get Enough” with Benny Blanco, J Balvin and Tainy. “I Can’t Enough” was released on February 28, leaving many of her fans a little more than eight months wondering if she’d release new music or not. 

AJustin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin’s second wedding was on September 30. Selena’s new songs “Lose You To Love Me” and “Look At Her Now” released on October 23, not too long after the wedding. Many fans speculated that the pop singer’s two new songs were about the marriage and that the songs were revealing how “betrayed” she felt that Justin moved on so quickly. Selena was quick to shut that down and Hailey also shut those rumors down, but some fans can’t help but wonder if it’s actually true or not. 

“Lose You To Love Me” is an almost “soft” and emotional song – supposedly – conveying Selena’s feelings towards Justin and Hailey’s wedding. “In two months you replaced us / Like it was easy / Made me think I deserved it / In the thick of healing, yeah” is one of the phrases in the song, referring to Selena’s feelings on how fast Justin moved on from her to Hailey. “Lose You To Love Me” is a very emotional song, which will really put anyone “in their feelings”, and want to play it for any sad event or anything.

A strong point in “Lose You To Love Me” is the way it flows and the lyrics “And now the chapter is closed and done / To love love, yeah / To love love, yeah / To love, yeah / And now it’s goodbye, goodbye for us” which basically means that Selena’s over Justin and that she is officially ready to say goodbye to what once was between them. A weak point in “Lose You To Love Me” is the lyric “Set fire to my chorus” because it doesn’t really go with the meaning of the rest of the song. 

Another new song of Selena Gomez, called “Look At Her Now”, is just the opposite of “Lose You To Love Me” although conveying the same meaning — just in a different way. “Look At Her Now” is all about how she’s sad about moving on but also about the fact that she’s happy to live life and that she’s glad she’s not tied down anymore. A strong point in “Look At Her Now” is the lyrics “Of course she was sad / But now she’s glad she dodged a bullet” which really conveys how Selena and Justin were always on and off and that there were many accusations in their relationship (all of them about Justin doing something wrong or cheating on her). This phrase in the song really conveys the meaning that she’s glad she’s out of the relationship, otherwise it might’ve grown toxic. A weak point in “Look At Her Now” is the lyrics “Not saying she was perfect / Still regrets that moment” because it doesn’t really relate to the rest of the song and could be confusing for many people. 

After a little more than eight months without releasing a song, Selena Gomez is back and better than ever with “Lose You To Love Me” and “Look At Her Now” for her new fans, and a lot of them seem to be eating it up. Her two songs really put into perspective the topic of breakups and moving on and being happy, which could sound really good to newly-single people.

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars