Selena Gomez's New Song "Bad Liar" is Here and It's Probably About The Weeknd, Not Justin Bieber
Not everything is about Bieber!
By Noelle Devoe
When the teasers for Selena Gomez's new single "Bad Liar" dropped earlier this week, the short snippet of a thumping bass line accompanies by simple clapping proved that Sel is trying out a sound we've never heard from her before. But when it came to the teased lyrics for the song like, "Trying to distract myself / Trying not to think about you," fans jumped to the usual conclusion about the inspiration for the song — that it's about Justin Bieber.
"'Bad Liar' is a heartbreak song about trying to forget about your past lover and acting like everything is okay, while actually having a hard time pretending to be over it," one user wrote about the song on popular lyrics knowledge base, Genius.com.
But now that the song has dropped, it looks like fans were off base completely with their initial analysis of the snippets. Listen to the song below and see if you can figure out the real meaning behind the song.
Here are some of the lyrics for the first verse.
"I was walking down the street the other day / Trying to distract myself / Then I see your face / Oh, wait that's someone else... / In my room there's a king size space / Bigger than it used to be / If you want you can rent that place / Call me an amenity / Even if it's in my dreams / You're taking up a fraction of my mind / Every time I watch you serpentine."
Once you look at the lyrics as a whole, it's pretty clear the song isn't about pretending to be over an ex-lover, it's about meeting someone new and not being able to deny your feelings for them without looking like a liar.
Selena's collaborator on the song, Justin Tranter, confirmed this interpretation to Variety. "The lyrics are really cool and descriptive about when you first start having feelings for someone, but don't want to admit it, which turns you into a 'Bad Liar,'" he shared.
Could this song have nothing to do with Bieber? Could it actually be about Selena falling for her new boo The Weeknd?
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Noelle Devoe Entertainment Editor When I'm not holed up in my room going on a completely unproductive Netflix binge or Tumblr stalking Timothée Chalomet, I'm searching for awesome celeb news stories that Seventeen readers will love!
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