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* Gayngst: In "Bad Liar", Gomez plays a teenage high school girl who harbors a secret crush [[spoiler: on her female gym teacher]] and is an outcast because of it.

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* Gayngst: {{Gayngst}}: In "Bad Liar", Gomez plays a teenage high school girl who harbors a secret crush [[spoiler: on her female gym teacher]] and is an outcast because of it.
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* YourCheatingHeart:
** "I Won't Apologize".
** "Perfect" is about her wishing she could be more like the woman her lover cheats on her with.
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* TheMuse: Her on-and-off exboyfriend Music/JustinBieber is a frequent inspiration for her aongs, most notably on ''Rare''. She herself is speculated to be the inspiration for several song of Music/TheWeeknd ''My Dear Melancholy''.
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Selena Marie Gomez (born July 22, 1992 in Grand Prairie, Texas) is an American singer, actress, and producer.

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Selena Marie Gomez (born July 22, 1992 in Grand Prairie, Texas) 1992) is an American singer, actress, and producer.
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Selena Marie Gomez (born July 22, 1992) is an American singer, actress, and producer.

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Selena Marie Gomez (born July 22, 1992) 1992 in Grand Prairie, Texas) is an American singer, actress, and producer.
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* BiTheWay: Selena and Julia Michaels introduced themselves as a couple with a quick but obviously romantic onstage kiss, followed by getting matching arrow tattoos that point to each other when holding hands. No big statement about coming out, just being publicly cute together.
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* ButIWouldReallyEnoyIt: "Outta My Hands (Loco)" is about being unable to resist someone crazy:

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* ButIWouldReallyEnoyIt: ButIWouldReallyEnjoyIt: "Outta My Hands (Loco)" is about being unable to resist someone crazy:
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* ButIReallyWantIt: "Outta My Hands (Loco) is about being unable to resist someone crazy:

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* ButIReallyWantIt: ButIWouldReallyEnoyIt: "Outta My Hands (Loco) (Loco)" is about being unable to resist someone crazy:



* DressHitsFloor: "Good For You" has "Leave this dress a mess on the floor".

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* DressHitsFloor: "Good For You" has You": "Leave this dress a mess on the floor".



* TurnTheOtherCheek: "Kill Em With Kindness"

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* TurnTheOtherCheek: "Kill Em With Kindness"Kindness" encourages this.

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* AdvertisedExtra: Music/PixieLott is featured in "We Own the Night," but she mainly serves as a backup vocalist for Gomez.

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* AdvertisedExtra: Music/PixieLott is featured in "We Own the Night," Night", but she mainly serves as a backup vocalist for Gomez.



* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: "Nobody Does It Like You" is explicitly about a "bad boy fairytale," a "Prince Charming with a dark side."

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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: "Nobody Does It Like You" is explicitly about a her "bad boy fairytale," a "Prince Charming with a dark side.fairytale."



* AutoTune: Her second studio album with The Scene, "A Year Without Rain," was a shift toward synth-pop and Auto-Tune, especially in tracks like "Intuition" and "Spotlight." Her first solo album "Stars Dance" also had a lot of Auto-Tune.
* AwardBaitSong: Live "Like There's No Tomorrow"; "Fly To Your Heart"

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* AutoTune: Her second studio album with The Scene, "A ''A Year Without Rain," was a shift toward synth-pop Rain'' and Auto-Tune, especially in tracks like "Intuition" and "Spotlight." Her first solo album "Stars Dance" also had ''Stars Dance'' have a lot of Auto-Tune.
it, primarily for vocal effects.
* AwardBaitSong: Live "Like "Live Like There's No Tomorrow"; "Fly To Your Heart"



* BreakupSong: "I Don't Miss You At All", "The Way I Loved You", "Ghost of You", "Sick of You", "Bang Bang Bang", "Forget Forever", "Love Will Remember," "Middle of Nowhere," "The Heart Wants What It Wants," and "Same Old Love." To name a few.

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* BreakupSong: Quite a few of them.
** With The Scene: "I Won't Apologize", "Crush", "The Way I Loved You",
"I Don't Miss You At All", "The Way I Loved You", "Ghost of You", "Sick of You", "Bang Bang Bang", and "Middle of Nowhere"
** As a solo artist:
"Forget Forever", "Love Will Remember," "Middle of Nowhere," Remember", "The Heart Wants What It Wants," and Wants", "Same Old Love." Love", "Camouflage", "It Ain't Me", "Rare", "Look At Her Now", "Lose You To name a few. Love Me", "Kinda Crazy", and "Cut You Off".
* ButIReallyWantIt: "Outta My Hands (Loco) is about being unable to resist someone crazy:
-->''They say you shouldn't sleep with someone crazier than you, cr-cr-crazier than you''\\
''No one's crazier than you''\\
''But you're so irresistible, I had to break the rules.''



* TheCameo:
** In ''Film/TheMuppets''.

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* TheCameo:
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TheCameo: In ''Film/TheMuppets''.



** A Music/TaylorSwift poster appears in the "Bad Liar" music video.



* ComingOfAgeStory: "Look At Her Now" is told from the third-person about a woman who grows up after leaving a toxic man.

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* ComingOfAgeStory: "Look At Her Now" is told from the third-person about her growth as a woman who grows up after leaving a toxic man.experiencing heartbreak for several years.



** "Stars Dance" and the two new songs from "For You".

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** "Stars Dance" ''Stars Dance'' and the two new songs from "For You".''For You''.



* DoubleEntendre: "Birthday" is about more than just cake and cream.

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* DoubleEntendre: "Birthday" is about more than just cake filled to the brim with double entendres with lyrics like "Blow your dreams away with me" and cream."Crashing into you, crashing into me (so yummy!)"
* DressHitsFloor: "Good For You" has "Leave this dress a mess on the floor".



* Fanservice: Many of her music videos feature Gomez in revealing clothing, but the "Hands to Myself" video in particular shows lingering shots of her body after she dresses down.



* FriendshipSong: Gomez and Music/PixieLott sing about friendship in "We Own the Night".

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* FriendshipSong: Gomez and Music/PixieLott sing She sings about friendship with Music/PixieLott in "We Own the Night".



** ''Kiss + Tell'' is also diverse, going from the PowerPop of "Falling Down'' to the techno-dance of "Naturally" to the pop-punk of "I Don't Miss You At All" to something of a NewWaveMusic sound on "I Got U".

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** ''Kiss + & Tell'' is also diverse, going from the PowerPop of "Falling Down'' to the techno-dance of "Naturally" to the pop-punk of "I Don't Miss You At All" to something of a NewWaveMusic sound on "I Got U".



* InDaClub: "Save The Day", "Stars Dance", "BEAT", "When The Sun Goes Down".
* IntercourseWithYou: "Come & Get It", "Undercover", "Slow Down", "Good For You" and "Hands To Myself".

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* InDaClub: "Save The Day", "Stars Dance", "BEAT", "B.E.A.T.", "When The Sun Goes Down".
* IntercourseWithYou: "Whiplash", "Birthday", "Slow Down", "Come & Get It", "Undercover", "Slow Down", "Nobody Does It Like You", "Do It", "Hands To Myself", "Good For You" You", "Body Heat", "Outta My Hands (Loco)", and "Hands To Myself"."Fetish" all reference sex. "Birthday" is arguably the most explicit as it features ''moaning.''



* LighterAndSofter:
** ''Kiss & Tell'' is mainly a pop-rock album full of angsty lyrics directed at bullies and exes. The next album, ''A Year Without Rain'', shifted Gomez's sound to synth-pop songs about love and self-empowerment.
** The first two singles of ''Rare'' is meant to portray this. "Lose You to Love Me" is an emotional piano ballad about saying goodbye to a hurtful lover. The music video was shot in black and white and showed Gomez evolving from anxious to confident. Following "Lose You to Love Me" was "Look At Her Now", an upbeat dance-pop song about her newfound confidence. The music video is full of color.



* LoveIsADrug:
** "Come & Get It": "Forever you're mine/Baby, I'm addicted, no lie, no lie"
** "Fun": "You get me higher than my medication"



* MoodWhiplash: The uptempo, in-love techno-dance song "Naturally" is directly followed on ''Kiss+Tell'' by one of her biggest [[TearJerker tear jerkers]], the breakup piano ballad, "The Way I Loved You".

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* MoodWhiplash: The uptempo, in-love techno-dance song "Naturally" is directly followed on ''Kiss+Tell'' ''Kiss & Tell'' by one of her biggest [[TearJerker tear jerkers]], the breakup piano ballad, "The Way I Loved You".



* PrayerPose: Gomez does one in the "Lose You to Love Me" video, which makes sense considering the video takes place in a confessional.
* ProductPlacement: The "Hands to Myself" music video has, of course, a Dr. Dre Beats speaker in it.

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* PrayerPose: Gomez does Does one in the "Lose You to Love Me" video, which makes sense considering the video takes place in a confessional.
* ProductPlacement: The "Hands to Myself" music video has, of course, has a Dr. Dre Beats speaker in it.



* SecretRelationship: "Undercover"
* SelfBackingVocalist: "Lose You to Love Me" has a chorus of Selenas.

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* SecretRelationship: "Undercover"
"Undercover" is all about wanting to be alone with her lover.
* SelfBackingVocalist: "Lose You to Love Me" has a chorus of Selenas.Me"



* SillyLoveSongs: "I Promise You", "Naturally", "A Year Without Rain", "Off The Chain", "Summer's Not Hot", "Love You Like a Love Song", "We Own the Night", Most of "Stars Dance" and "Whiplash".
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: In "Boyfriend," Gomez wonders if there are "any good ones left."

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* SillyLoveSongs: "I Promise You", "Naturally", "A Year Without Rain", "Off The Chain", "Summer's Not Hot", "Love You Like a Love Song", "We Own the Night", Most of "Whiplash", "Stars Dance" Dance", "Write Your Name", "Music Feels Better", "Lover In Me", "I Want You to Know", "Bad Liar", and "Whiplash".
"Crowded Room".
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: In "Boyfriend," Gomez wonders if there are "any good ones left.""Boyfriend" is about wanting someone who won't hurt her the way her exes have.



* SubduedSection: "I Won't Apologize".

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* SubduedSection: "I Won't Apologize".Apologize", "People You Know"



* TitleTrack: Each of her three albums has one of these.



** "I Like It That Way". Gomez sings "You're so you (Ew, gross!)/But there's something about you/It's making me feel like I do/With You"
* TitleTrack: Each of her three albums has one of these.

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** "I Like It That Way". Gomez sings "You're Way":
-->''You're
so you (Ew, gross!)/But gross!)''\\
''But
there's something about you/It's you that's making me feel like I do/With You"
do with you''
* TitleTrack: Each of her three albums has one of these.TurnTheOtherCheek: "Kill Em With Kindness"



** "Perfect" is about Gomez wishing she could be more like the woman her lover cheats on her with.

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** "Perfect" is about Gomez her wishing she could be more like the woman her lover cheats on her with.

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* ComingOfAgeStory: "Look At Her Now" is told from the third-person about a woman who grows up after leaving a toxic man.



* DoubleEntendre: "Birthday" is about more than just "cake and cream."

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* DoubleEntendre: "Birthday" is about more than just "cake cake and cream."



* SecretRelationship: "Undercover"



* YourCheatingHeart: "I Won't Apologize".

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* YourCheatingHeart: "I YourCheatingHeart:
**"I
Won't Apologize".

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* AdvertisedExtra: Pixie Lott is featured in "We Own the Night," but she mainly serves as a backup vocalist for Gomez.

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* AdvertisedExtra: Pixie Lott Music/PixieLott is featured in "We Own the Night," but she mainly serves as a backup vocalist for Gomez.



** A Taylor Swift poster appears in the "Bad Liar" music video.

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** A Taylor Swift Music/TaylorSwift poster appears in the "Bad Liar" music video.



* DoubleEntendre: "Birthday" is about more than just "cake and cream."



* FriendshipSong: Gomez and Pixie Lott sing about friendship in "We Own the Night".

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* FriendshipSong: Gomez and Pixie Lott Music/PixieLott sing about friendship in "We Own the Night".



* {{Tsundere}}: "Round And Round" seems to be about a male variant of this trope.

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* {{Tsundere}}: {{Tsundere}}:
**
"Round And & Round" seems to be about a male variant of this trope.trope.
** "I Like It That Way". Gomez sings "You're so you (Ew, gross!)/But there's something about you/It's making me feel like I do/With You"

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* TheCameo: In ''Film/TheMuppets''.
** A very InJoke-y one at that, since Selena was the one of the stars of the second [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_DC:_Almost_Live Studio DC: Almost Live]] special, and [[NegativeContinuity she doesn't even know them in the movie, only showing up because her agent said to.]]

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* TheCameo: TheCameo:
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In ''Film/TheMuppets''.
** *** A very InJoke-y one at that, since Selena was the one of the stars of the second [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_DC:_Almost_Live Studio DC: Almost Live]] special, and [[NegativeContinuity she doesn't even know them in the movie, only showing up because her agent said to.]]



* Fanservice: Many of her music videos feature Gomez in revealing clothing, but the "Hands to Myself" video in particular shows lingering shots of her body after she dresses down.



* Gayangst: In "Bad Liar", Gomez plays a teenage high school girl who harbors a secret crush [[spoiler: on her female gym teacher]] and is an outcast because of it.

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* Gayangst: Gayngst: In "Bad Liar", Gomez plays a teenage high school girl who harbors a secret crush [[spoiler: on her female gym teacher]] and is an outcast because of it.


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** "The Way I Loved You" is in turn followed by "More", an edgy pop-rock song about partying.

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* AdvertisedExtra: Pixie Lott is featured in "We Own the Night," but she is mostly a backup vocalist for Gomez.

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* AdvertisedExtra: Pixie Lott is featured in "We Own the Night," but she is mostly mainly serves as a backup vocalist for Gomez.



* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: "Nobody Does It Like You" is explicitly about a "bad boy fairytale," a "Prince Charming with a dark side."



**A Taylor Swift poster appears in the "Bad Liar" music video.



* PrayerPose: Gomez does one in the "Lose You to Love Me" video, which makes sense considering the video takes place in a confessional.
* ProductPlacement: The "Hands to Myself" music video has, of course, a Dr. Dre Beats speaker in it.



* SelfBackingVocalist: "Lose You to Love Me" features a choir of Selenas in the chorus.

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* SelfBackingVocalist: "Lose You to Love Me" features has a choir chorus of Selenas in the chorus.Selenas.


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* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: In "Boyfriend," Gomez wonders if there are "any good ones left."
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** "Perfect" is about Gomez wishing she could be more like the woman her lover cheats on her with.

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* AdvertisedExtra: Pixie Lott is featured in "We Own the Night," but she is mostly a backup vocalist for Gomez.



* BlindDate: The music video for "Boyfriend" shows Gomez going on a few blind dates.



* ADateWithRosiePalms: "Cologne" has lyrics such as "Every time I think about you, I can feel my hand give in."

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* ADateWithRosiePalms: "Cologne" has lyrics such as "Every time I think about you, I can feel my hand give in."in".


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* FriendshipSong: Gomez and Pixie Lott sing about friendship in "We Own the Night".


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* SelfBackingVocalist: "Lose You to Love Me" features a choir of Selenas in the chorus.
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* Auto-Tune: Her second studio album with The Scene, "A Year Without Rain," was a shift toward synth-pop and Auto-Tune, especially in tracks like "Intuition" and "Spotlight." Her first solo album "Stars Dance" also had a lot of Auto-Tune.

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* Auto-Tune: AutoTune: Her second studio album with The Scene, "A Year Without Rain," was a shift toward synth-pop and Auto-Tune, especially in tracks like "Intuition" and "Spotlight." Her first solo album "Stars Dance" also had a lot of Auto-Tune.

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* Auto-Tune: Her second studio album with The Scene, "A Year Without Rain," was a shift toward synth-pop and Auto-Tune, especially in tracks like "Intuition" and "Spotlight." Her first solo album "Stars Dance" also had a lot of Auto-Tune.



* ADateWithRosiePalms: "Cologne" has lyrics such as "Every time I think about you, I can feel my hand give in"

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* ADateWithRosiePalms: "Cologne" has lyrics such as "Every time I think about you, I can feel my hand give in"in."



* AWildRapperAppears: Unknown one in "Tell Me Something I Don't Know", Eric Bellinger in "Intuition", A$AP Rocky in "Good For You".

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* AWildRapperAppears: Unknown one Tim Sendra in "Tell Me Something I Don't Know", Eric Bellinger in "Intuition", A$AP Rocky in "Good For You".You," and Gucci Mane in "Fetish."
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* ADatewithRosiePalms: "Cologne" has lyrics such as "Every time I think about you, I can feel my hand give in"

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* ADatewithRosiePalms: ADateWithRosiePalms: "Cologne" has lyrics such as "Every time I think about you, I can feel my hand give in"
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* ADatewithRosiePalms: "Cologne" has lyrics such as "Every time I think about you, I can feel my hand give in"
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* "Music/Wolves"

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* "Music/Wolves""Music/{{Wolves}}"

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!!! '''Music videos'''
** Good For You
** Same Old Love

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!!! '''Music videos'''
** Good For You
** Same Old Love

!! Selected videography:
* "Music/GoodForYou"
* "Music/SameOldLove"
* "Music/BadLiar"
* "Music/Wolves"
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!!! '''Music videos'''
** Good For You
** Same Old Love


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* Gayangst: In "Bad Liar", Gomez plays a teenage high school girl who harbors a secret crush [[spoiler: on her female gym teacher]] and is an outcast because of it.


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* WhamShot: In "Bad Liar", the teenage high school daughter is shown fawning over a Polaroid of her secret crush [[spoiler: who is revealed to be her high school female gym teacher]].
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* BiTheWay: Selena and Julia Michaels introduced themselves as a couple with a quick but obviously romantic onstage kiss, followed by getting matching arrow tattoos that point to each other when holding hands. No big statement about coming out, just being publicly cute together. It’s

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* BiTheWay: Selena and Julia Michaels introduced themselves as a couple with a quick but obviously romantic onstage kiss, followed by getting matching arrow tattoos that point to each other when holding hands. No big statement about coming out, just being publicly cute together. It’s
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* BiTheWay: Selena and Julia Michaels introduced themselves as a couple with a quick but obviously romantic onstage kiss, followed by getting matching arrow tattoos that point to each other when holding hands. No big statement about coming out, just being publicly cute together. It’s
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* ShoutOut: "Bad Day" interpolates the bassline from [[Music/TalkingHeads77 "Psycho Killer"]] by Music/TalkingHeads; because of this, Talking Heads bassist Tina Weymouth, who composed the original riff, is given a writing credit on the song.

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* ShoutOut: "Bad Day" Liar" interpolates the bassline from [[Music/TalkingHeads77 "Psycho Killer"]] by Music/TalkingHeads; because of this, Talking Heads bassist Tina Weymouth, who composed the original riff, is given a writing credit on the song.
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* HeavyMeta: "Love You Like A Love Song" is a [[EarWorm catchy pop song]] describing a love interest as being stuck in her head like a catchy pop song.

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* HeavyMeta: "Love You Like A Love Song" is a [[EarWorm catchy pop song]] song describing a love interest as being stuck in her head like a catchy pop song.
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** “Only You”, from the ''13 Reasons Why'' soundtrack is a Music/{Yazoo} cover

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** “Only You”, from the ''13 Reasons Why'' soundtrack is a Music/{Yazoo} coverMusic/{{Yazoo}} cover.
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** “Only You”, from the ''13 Reasons Why'' soundtrack is a Music/{Yazoo} cover
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* ''Rare'' (2020)
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* ''Film/TheDeadDontDie'' (2019) as Zoe

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