To start the year off right, Selena Gomez announced her all-Spanish EP, Revelación. Although it was announced earlier this year, it wasn’t until March 12th when the highly anticipated mini-album came out. 

Selena Gomez, known for being a triple-threat in the entertainment industry, has released tracks in Spanish that shocked fans all over the world, including me. I’ve been a fan of Selena basically my whole life, considering the fact that I used to watch her on Barney as a toddler and on “Wizards of Waverly Place” during elementary school. Not only is she an extremely talented actress, but her music is the best to jam out to in the car. She’s been one of my inspirations for a very long time and has made being a fan thrilling. I had a book about her, performed all of her songs in my living room to my family, and wanted to be just like her. Even to this day, my dad quotes her when I’m not feeling well (to make me laugh), and when I can’t make decisions, I ask myself, “What would Selena do?”

Since her 2020 album “Rare” (which is one of my favorite albums of all time) and her collaboration with Trevor Daniel, she hasn’t released any new music. I honestly wasn’t expecting anything new but when I first heard about her releasing an all-Spanish EP, I was so ready for it. Selena hasn’t released anything in Spanish in over a decade, so this was a completely new era for many. She revealed that she spent her free time during quarantine working on these songs in her home studio in California. 

When talking about this recent project of hers during an interview with Zane Lowe, she said,  “This has been something I’ve wanted to do for 10 years – working on a Spanish project – because I’m so proud of my heritage… I feel like it’s the perfect timing, just with all the division in the world – there’s something about Latin music that globally makes people feel things.”

The 7 tracks in Revalición are

1. De Una Vez 
2. Buscando Amor 
3. Baila Conmigo (with Rauw Alejandro)
4. Dámelo To’ (featuring Myke Tower)
5. Vicio 
6. Adiós
7. Selfish Love (with DJ Snake) 

The first song to be released before the official EP was “De Una Vez.” De Una Vez translates to “At Once” and is a personal favorite of mine. The music video with the song is incredible. Listening to the background instruments and tune while blocking out the lyrics is a habit of mine since I’m a pianist and through just that, I could feel the delicacy around the song and I really enjoyed it. It’s a calm ballad and when broken up, you can hear the individual works of each part of the song which create an amazing combination together. It also emphasizes the importance of each characteristic that makes the song what it is. 

“Buscando Amor” translates to “Searching for Love.” It’s an upbeat bop that revolves around the idea of loving and being content with yourself for who you are. In the chorus, Selena sings “No están buscando na’, ‘tan bien así como están,” which translates to, ‘They aren’t looking for anything, they’re happy just as they are.’ Gomez sings about being free from the pressure of finding love and commitment and how fun it is to be single. In the bridge, she also brings up enjoying the present and having no phones. 

“Baila Conmigo” is an upbeat, dance song that translates to ‘dance with me.’ It’s about letting loose and comes off as a flirtatious song. In the chorus, Selena and Rauw trade flirtatious lines and sing: “Dance, dance, dance with me / Dance, dance, dance and I’ll follow you / Move, come get loose,” and, “Kiss me, just once / That way I’ll have a reason to see you again.” 

“Dámelo To’” translates to “Give it to Me” and is the fourth track on Revelación. It features Myke Towers and is a very seductive song. In the chorus, Selena sings: “Nada se siente mejor / Que mi nombre en tu boca / Te siento y no me tocas,” which translates to ‘Nothing feels better / Than your name on my lips / I feel you and you aren’t even touching me.’

“Vicio,” which means addiction, is an authentic mid-tempo song with a paced rhythm. Selena sings about being crazy in love with someone. It carries on the message of “Dámelo To’” because it’s another song about being attracted to and wanting someone but in this song, it’s more emotion-based. In the song, Selena sings about being addicted to her lover. Selena begins with “Tus labios son mi vicio / Por un beso tuyo todo lo arriesgo.” In English, this translates to ‘Your lips are my vice / I’d risk it all for one of your kisses.’ In the second verse, she sings: “Tú me sanaste el corazón / Le diste vida a lo que estaba muerto,” which means ‘You healed my heart / You gave life to what was dead.’

“Adiós” is easily one of the best car songs on this whole EP. Selena sings about past exes who won’t accept the fact that she doesn’t want to be associated with them anymore since they still call her at “three in the morning” even though they’re over. In the chorus, Selena sings: “Adiós, esto no es pa’ tí / La foto que subí, te lo quería decir ‘Adiós’.” In English, this translates to ‘Bye, this isn’t for you / The picture I posted, I wanted to tell you bye.’

“Selfish Love” with DJ Snake is the only bilingual song on her EP. This song focuses on being in a relationship that makes someone happy when trying to make the other jealous. Selena sings: “Nadie tiene que decírmelo / Hablas con otro”, which translates to ‘No one has to tell me that you talk to other girls.’ She then continues on to sing: “Baby, me dan ganas de tenerte”, which means ‘Baby it makes me want to have you.’ In the chorus, Selena sings, “Tú quiere’ a mis celos.” This means ‘you want my jealousy.’ She then adds in English, singing, ‘All this time and we still got that selfish love / You like making me jealous (I like making you jealous).’

Selena has definitely satisfied and impressed her Selenators with this new remarkable EP of hers and as a supporter, I’m happy to see her continuing her growth in music!