Selena Gomez has had to undergo surgery after breaking her hand. The 31-year-old pop star, who has denied that her new song ‘Single Soon’ is about former flames, subtly revealed the news on social media. Writing in the comments section of a fan account promoting the new song on Saturday, she said, ‘Broke my hand and had surgery.’ The ‘Calm’ singer followed that brief disclosure with, ‘I don’t care about selling anything. I’m just happy to make music with my friends.’ The ‘Only Murders in the Building’ star didn’t go into any detail about which hand was broken, how it happened, or the extent of the injuries.
It debuted at number two on the Spotify Global charts, right behind Miley Cyrus’ ‘Used To Be Young.’ In a Billboard poll on August 25, the day both Selena and Miley released their new singles, 42 percent of fans who responded picked ‘Used to Be Young’ as their favorite new music. Selena’s tune about plotting to break up with her beau received 33 percent of the vote. Both singles beat out BLACKPINK’s ‘The Girls,’ Ariana Grande’s ‘Yours Truly 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition,’ and Zach Bryan’s new self-titled single. ‘Single Soon’ debuted as the number one trending music video on YouTube, according to Chart Data.
Selena has described the track, produced by Benny Blanco and Cashmere Cat, as ‘a playful anthem about being comfortable in your skin and loving your own company. And it’s also really fun to dance to!’ she added. ‘Single Soon’ is expected to be included on a forthcoming album, but there’s no word yet on when that will be. ‘Since I’m not quite done with SG3, I wanted to put out a fun little song I wrote a while back that’s perfect for the end of summer,’ the MTV Video Music Award winner explained on social media ahead of the release.
In January, Selena told Vanity Fair , ‘If I had my way, I would probably write ballads my whole life, but I want to produce music that will make people smile.’ She then explained, ‘The music I’m doing right now is about real things that I’m walking through. It’s really powerful, strong, very pop. The theme generally is freedom—freedom from relationships, freedom from the darkness.’
