Selena Gomez’s ‘Single Soon’ Lyrics Are Not Your Typical Breakup Song

Selena Gomez promised to deliver a track with a little fun to end the summer, and deliver she did. The singer dropped “Single Soon” on midnight Friday, and the infectious track offers up a very unusual, joyful take on a breakup song. Gomez, as the dumper-to-be, sings about her excitement heading back into single life.

“I know I’m a little high maintenance / But I’m worth a try,” she says at one point, echoing her viral TikTok where she told soccer players that she was single but a little high maintenance. “Might not give a reason why / (Oh well) / We both had a lot of fun / Time to find another one / Blame it all on feeling young.”

In the video, Gomez appears breaking up with a boyfriend via a Post-It note, recreating the iconic Sex and the City breakup moment that Gomez teased before the video’s release.

Gomez herself has been single for years, last publicly dating Justin Bieber in 2018. On TikTok, she has poked fun at her single status over the summer.

In private, she has been dating and teased in November that her new music would tell those stories.“I created this whole private life that was just mine, and I feel like now I have to tell these stories, and people are going to ask a lot of questions,” Gomez said.

Ahead of the release of “Single Soon,” Gomez teased the track with two Sex and the City Easter eggs. One featured a sticky note with “I’m sorry. I can’t. Don’t hate me,” written on it, referencing the viral breakup Post-It note that Jack Berger wrote Carrie Bradshaw in the show. See it in the last photo of her Instagram carousel. That same Post-It note appears in the music video:

The second came days later when Gomez lipsynced a scene from the show where Ken, who had an affair with Samantha Jones, calls and tells her, “It’s over. I told my wife.” She replies, “Who is this?”

Kim Cattrall, who played Jones, reposted Gomez’s video on X, formerly known as Twitter, and wrote, “I approve this message…”

Altogether, the lyrics to “Single Soon” are a fun glimpse at how Gomez views dating now. Read them all below and listen to the song above:

Should I do it on the phone?Should I leave a little note in the pocket of his coat? (Yeah)Maybe I’ll just disappearI don’t wanna see a tearAnd the weekend’s almost hereI’m picking out this dressTrying on these shoesCause I’ll be single soonI’ll be single soonI know he’ll be a messWhen I break the news,But I’ll be single soonI’ll be single soonIma date who I wannaStay out late if I wannaIma do what I wanna doI’m picking out this dressTrying on these shoesCause I’ll be single soonI’ll be single soonI know I’m a little high maintenanceBut I’m worth a tryMight not give a reason why(Oh well)We both had a lot of funTime to find another oneBlame it all on feeling youngI’m picking out this dressTrying on these shoesCause I’ll be single soonI’ll be single soonI know he’ll be a messWhen I break the newsBut I’ll be single soonI’ll be single soonIma date who I wannaStay out late if I wannaIma do what I wanna doI’m picking out this dressTrying on these shoesCause I’ll be single soonI’ll be single soonYeah, I’ll be single soonYeah, I’ll be single soonYeah, I’ll be single soonYeah, I’ll be single soonI’m picking out this dressTrying on these shoesCause I’ll be single soonI’ll be single soonI know he’ll be a messWhen I break the newsBut I’ll be single soonI’ll be single soonIma date who I wannaStay out late if I wannaIma do what I wanna doI’m picking out this dressTrying on these shoesCause I’ll be single soonI’ll be single soon

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