Singer-actor Selena Gomez reveals her relationship priority: Self-respect

Amid her blooming romance with Benny Blanco, singer-actress Selena Gomez spoke about her priorities in a relationship. The ‘Only Murders in the Building’ actress, 31, who recently went public with music producer Benjamin Joseph Levin (known professionally as Benny Blanco), is opening up about her new romance. Gomez in an interview to Vogue México y Latinoamérica talked about what matters most when trusting someone with her heart, reports people.com.

Without name-dropping her new beau, she said self-respect and holding space for the feelings of others are a top priority on her list for any partner. “Honestly, I have to start being attracted to the right kind of people, because it’s a bit of both,” the ‘Love You Like a Love Song’ singer said in the interview.

“It’s very hard to find someone who can listen to you and care about you, but I know when it happens it will be great and you will want it to be healthy,” Gomez added. Gomez previously revealed that she and Blanco have been dating for about six months, the two have known each other longer than that. In 2019, he worked with her on her single ‘I Can’t Get Enough’. In addition to producing the song, Blanco also sang the English-Spanish track alongside Gomez, Tainy, and J. Balvin. Earlier this month, the pair went public when the ‘Come & Get It’ hitmaker used social media for making the announcement. Selena Gomez has won numerous accolades, including an American Music Award, a Billboard Music Award, two MTV Video Music Awards, 16 Guinness World Records; and received nominations for four Emmy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Latin Grammy Award. She has been included in listicles such as the Time 100 in 2020 and Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2016 and 2020, and was named Billboard’s Woman of the Year in 2017. Billboard ranked Gomez as one of the most successful artists of the 2010s decade. She is the most-followed woman on Instagram.

Gomez began her career as a child actress, starring on the children’s television series Barney & Friends (2002—2004). She rose to prominence and emerged as a teen idol, for her leading role as Alex Russo on the Disney Channel sitcom Wizards of Waverly Place (2007—2012). She signed with Hollywood Records in 2008. As the lead vocalist, she formed the pop rock band Selena Gomez & the Scene, and released three studio albums from 2009 to 2011; all of the band’s albums and singles were certified gold or higher by the RIAA.

All of Gomez’s solo studio albums have debuted atop the U.S. Billboard 200. Her EDM and electropop-inspired debut solo album, Stars Dance (2013), was supported by the international top-ten single “Come & Get It”. After signing with Interscope Records, Gomez released Revival (2015), which yielded the top-ten singles: “Good for You”, “Same Old Love”, and “Hands to Myself”. Her third album, Rare (2020), topped the charts in eleven countries. Its lead single “Lose You to Love Me”, marked Gomez’s first number-one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and in Canada.

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