I was in Texas, so I would assumethat thunder and lightning would mean 'tornado.' And so my mom, she would give me these books - and they're the little thin books for kids to know about 'What's rain?' and 'What's this?' and she just said 'The more you learn about it and how it works, the less you're going to be afraid of it.' I think that took so much work for me. When I was a kid, I was terrified of thunderstorms it would freak me out. I think 'Fun,' in that particular way, was that I do like learning about it. I have days where it is hard for me to get out of bed, or I have major anxiety attacks.

Yes, I don't think I just magically feel better. That's something I will have to continue to work on. I fully believe in just making sure you check in with your doctors or therapist. I'm on the proper medication that I need to be on, even as far as my mental health. It sounds like you're doing a lot better now. You've spoken about suffering from anxiety and depression, and you took a break in 2018 for your mental health.

I want to talk about one of the songs, 'Fun' - there are a couple on this album that reference your struggles with mental health. 'I always used to get told I look like her and I started listening to her music because of that and I love '70s.You've said this album is your diary from the past few years, and it does sound like it's a diary that was full of a lot of hurt. 'I have these high-waisted shorts that are cut off, and it kind of reminds me of a little Linda Ronstadt '70s vibe,' she explained.

Interestingly enough, the star wasn't actually naked on the cover and admitted that the snap was the perfect optical illusion. ' thought it was such a beautiful representation of where I am,' she told Ryan Seacrest in 2015. Similar to the artwork for Christina Aguilera's critically-acclaimed sophomore effort, Stripped, the cover was described as 'stunning' by the star at the time.

'But just who I am, and I can’t pretend to be anything other than that.'Ĭovered mostly by a white backdrop, Gomez's Revival artwork saw the star appear naked as she sat down with her legs and arms covering all her appropriate spots. I’ve tried, you know, like my last album cover, and you know, things like that I thought I could do, working on songs that didn't really add up to my story,' she says in an audio recording atop a montage from her photoshoot. 'I can’t be anybody else, so that’s the truth. In her new shoot for Dazed, the chart-topper, 27, reminisced about the album in a behind-the-scenes video. Selena Gomez's 2015 LP, Revival, was a blockbuster hit, but components of the project weren't exactly true to the superstar.

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