, Gomez divulged all the emotional details that went into the making of the documentary, and her own life.
You would never know it from looking at, say, the photos from her 30th birthday, which was attended by Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish, and Cara Delevingne, and Miley Cyrus , but Gomez toldshe has found it hard to make friends in the industry and has often felt isolated — particularly from friends she had growing up in Texas. She said she only considers one person in the industry to be a real friend: Taylor Swift..
The documentary will offer a raw look into the feelings of unhappiness and emptiness of which Gomez speaks. Gomez was inspired to be the subject of her own documentary after watching Alek Keshishian’s 1991 Madonna documentaryAfter Keshishian directed Gomez’ 2015 video for “Hands to Myself,” they started talking about a documentary, but Keshishian wasn’t interested in doing another musician documentary. According to, he wanted to capture Gomez’ transition from young pop star to artist.
“I’m just so nervous,” she said in the interview. “Because I have the platform I have, it’s kind of like I’m sacrificing myself a little bit for a greater purpose. I don’t want that to sound dramatic, but I almost wasn’t going to put this out. God’s honest truth, a few weeks ago, I wasn’t sure I could do it.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Gomez confirmed that her next album is well in the works with 24 songs already written and soon-to-be recorded by the end of the year. The album will likely be lighter in tone than the documentary, she appeared to suggest. “I feel like it’s going be an album that’s like, ‘Oh, she’s not in that place anymore; she’s actually just living life,’” she said.is on Apple TV+ on November 4.