Selena Gomez, photographed at the Rare Beauty headquarters in El Segundo in July.
(Jessica Chou / Trunk Archive)
There are 428 million people who follow Selena Gomez's every move on Instagram, a legion of followers larger than those counted by BeyonceTaylor Swift or any Kardashian.
For an artist who has been famous since she was a child (she had a regular gig on the Disney Channel when she was 15), that relentless scrutiny has taken its toll, as cutting comments about her romantic life or appearance damage her mental health. . She has taken numerous breaks from social media to focus “on what really matters.” But she has always found her way back to the Internet and has chosen to use her enormous platform to really talk.
Discover the changemakers shaping every cultural corner of Los Angeles. This week we bring you The Connectors, who understand that power does not travel in straight lines and know how to connect the dots. Come back every Sunday for another delivery.
In her 2022 documentary, “Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me,” she talked about seeking treatment at a psychiatric facility after canceling a world tour in 2016. At the time, she said she needed help dealing with anxiety, seizures, panic and depression. her caused by lupus, but she later revealed that she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
Since then, Gómez, 31, has launched the Rare Impact Fund, with which he hopes to raise $100 million over the next decade to help young people with their mental health. He also co-founded Wondermind, a digital platform offering mental fitness tips and resources. And in 2022, he met with President Biden to discuss how to erase the stigma of those who care for their mental well-being.
'I'm not perfect, I'm human. I have things I go through.'
– Selena Gomez
“I'm not perfect, I'm human. “I have things I go through,” the Texas native said in conversation with the president. “That's why I feel like people like me can hopefully be on the other side of the voice and say… I don't have it all together, I've had to get through this. “I have tried everything to escape this feeling.”
Like most celebrities, Gómez also uses social media to promote her projects. And she has many of them. There's her cosmetics line, Rare Beauty, which earned around $300 million in 2023, and no product costs more than $30. She is executive producer and co-star of Hulu's critically acclaimed “Only Murders in the Building” alongside Steve Martin and Martin Short. She is still covering her home cooking show, “Selena + Chef,” through her production company, July Moon. Reportedly, her fourth studio album will be out this year.
Oh, and TikTok announced that she was the most popular artist in the US on the video-sharing platform in 2023. But she only has about 58 million followers there. So, like, whatever.
