In her 2022 Apple TV+ documentary series, My Mind & Me, Selena Gomez shared a look into six years of her life, including her struggles with mental health and body images, her experience dealing with the highs and lows of fame, and what life looked like following her diagnoses with the autoimmune disease lupus.
According to Billboard, per The Hollywood Reporter, in a chat with Universal Music Group CEO Sir Lucian Grainge and Thrive Global CEO Arianna Huffington at the Thrive Global Music & Health Conference on September 19, Gomez stated that if she were given a do-over, she might have decided against joining director Alek Keshishian to spill her guts on her life.
“I was very against it. There was a very long period of time where I just didn’t know if it was a good idea,” stated Gomez when speaking of her first thoughts on doing the documentary. “I knew, eventually, one day I wanted to maybe just be an actress for a while, and I didn’t know if it 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 that point. And I was relieved. I felt like a huge weight was lifted.”
A positive that came from doing the documentary was that she was able to share some thoughts that were lurking on her mind for quite some time. Now, Gomez said it is “very hard” for her to watch the series back. She stated, “I will never watch it again, but I’m very proud of it. I couldn’t have been luckier to have the people that worked on it with me.”
Gomez was asked if she had any plans to expand her brand further by writing a memoir someday. She responded, “Oh no, I don’t know. I’m not wise enough. I don’t think I can do that. But does it mean that one day I wouldn’t be interested? I have fun things I would like to say but not right now.” Her brand so far includes the hit show Murders, her best-selling albums, and her highly successful Rare Beauty cosmetics line.
When asked about her thoughts on how artificial intelligence might affect the music industry during the time of the Hollywood strikes by actors and writers, Gomez said, “I don’t think anybody in my field wants to feel like they need to lean on a computer in order to translate their story or what they’re trying to say. It terrifies me, to be honest, the whole AI thing, but I don’t think you could ever replace what a human being can write… Lil Wayne said it really well, and he was basically saying that there’s no other human like who you are. And that’s all it should be.”
Gomez’s latest hit, “Single Soon,” is anticipated to feature on her forthcoming third studio album, for which the release date has yet to be released.
