Selena Gomez Explains Why Taylor Swift Cried Listening To Her New Music

Selena Gomez turned to her close ones to preview her new music and Taylor Swift had one heck of a reaction.

During Gomez's recent appearance on KISS FM UK, the chart-topper, 27, recalled the moment that she played her recent singles, "Lose You to Love Me" and "Look at Her Now," for Swift and her parents, Scott and Andrea. "I'll never forget when I did play the video for 'Lose You to Love Me' and 'Look at Her Now' at her house with her parents. And it was one of the coolest experiences because I've been friends with her for over a decade and love her family as well," she recalled. "So I was like, 'Do you wanna just maybe see the video?' She was like, 'Amazing! Of course!' It was so hysterical. She started turning every single light off in the room. I was like, 'This is not that intense, Taylor!'"

Gomez went on to explain that mother and daughter started shedding tears. "It's gonna make me cry thinking about it, because it wasn't just about how great the song was, which is a lot coming from her, it was just that they had been on that journey with me, intimately," she continued, before referencing her turbulent era with Justin Bieber.

"They were crying because of how proud they were for me stepping into a whole new era of my life, and it not involving the horrible things, the abuse, the emotional chaos, it felt like I had a huge sigh of relief," Gomez explained. "And to see her and her mom feel that way, it was very sweet. It's like an older sister and an aunt. It felt great to have people I love see it as that."

Gomez's new album, Rare, is scheduled to drop on January 10.

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