Selena Gomez Opens Up

Selena Gomez has opened up about her love life and shared that first loves can be “a little toxic.”

On Friday, the 27-year-old appeared on the Zach Sang Show, where she revealed that she’s ready for a new romance after her headline-grabbing, years-spanning relationship with Justin Bieber.

“I’ve been super, super single for two years and I want to know what that love will look like next for me,” she admitted. “I want it to be real and I don’t want it to be codependent, or messy, or lack of communication. When you get older, you find people who are actually right for you, that are actually on the same wavelength.”

Gomez also touched upon the hard lessons she’s learned from relationships in the past, seemingly referencing her history with Bieber.

“You’re in a phase of life where you experience love for the first time and I think that can just be a little toxic,” she said. “When you’re young, you have this codependency that you think is love, and then you have this addiction to the passion and the frustration with each other and you think, ‘Oh that’s love.’ I believed that for a long time.”

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Immediately after Gomez’s new song, “Love You to Love Me,” and its music video were released last week, fans began analyzing the lyrics, convinced that the song is a formal farewell to her relationship with Bieber.

During her chat, Gomez assured fans that although she misses being in love, she’s doing just fine as a single woman.

“I’m chillin right now, you guys,” she stated. “Honestly that [dating] is so stressful so I’ve been having way too much fun being on my own. It sucked for the first year, I was like, ‘I just wanna cuddle, I just wanna watch something and be adored.’ Now it feels good. Now it feels awesome.”