{"id":143924,"date":"2025-03-21T21:07:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T01:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/03\/21\/heres-why-fans-think-selena-gomez-referenced-taylor-swift-on-her-new-album-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T21:07:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T01:07:26","slug":"heres-why-fans-think-selena-gomez-referenced-taylor-swift-on-her-new-album-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/03\/21\/heres-why-fans-think-selena-gomez-referenced-taylor-swift-on-her-new-album-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s Why Fans Think Selena Gomez Referenced Taylor Swift on Her New\u00a0Album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/billboard.com\/music\/selena-gomez\">Selena Gomez <\/a>dropped her new joint album with fianc\u00e9 <a href=\"https:\/\/billboard.com\/music\/benny-blanco\">Benny Blanco,<\/a> <em>I Said I Love You First<\/em>, on Friday (March 21), and fans believe the superstar took a lyrical page out of her best friend <a href=\"https:\/\/billboard.com\/music\/taylor-swift\">Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2018s book on one of the tracks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-padding-t-050 lrv-u-padding-b-075 lrv-u-border-color-grey\">\n<div class=\"a-heading-border a-heading-border-background-color-grey a-heading-border-height-075 lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-050@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-color-brand-primary a-font-primary-bold-s lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-padding-r-1 a-article-related-module-title a-article-related-module-title--color-brand-primary\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex\">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/taylor-swift-selena-gomez-timeline-friendship\/\" class=\"lrv-u-flex lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-flex-basis-144 u-flex-basis-96@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-3x2 a-crop-1x1@mobile-max lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Taylor-Swift-and-Selena-Gomez-2015-vma-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Taylor-Swift-and-Selena-Gomez-2015-vma-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-justify-content-center lrv-u-padding-lr-1 lrv-u-padding-lr-075@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-primary-medium-m lrv-u-padding-b-050 u-letter-spacing-0028@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tA Timeline of Taylor Swift &amp; Selena Gomez\u2019s\u00a0Friendship\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  a-font-primary-medium-xxs lrv-u-color-brand-primary lrv-u-order-100\" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><br \/>\n\t07\/29\/2022<br \/>\n<\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn the track \u201cYounger and Hotter Than Me,\u201d in which Gomez reflects on getting older and the insecurities that, at times, come along with it. \u201cWe\u2019re not gettin\u2019 any younger\/ But your girlfriends seem to,\u201d she sings in the chorus. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Selena Gomez, benny blanco - Younger And Hotter Than Me (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B783S7tAPOY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tUpon hearing the song, fans called out that the line may be in reference to Swift\u2019s \u201cAll Too Well (10 Minute Version),\u201d in which she sings, \u201cAnd I was never good at tellin\u2019 jokes, but the punch line goes\/ \u2018I\u2019ll get older, but your lovers stay my age.&rsquo;\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cwoah. the subject matter of this song is reminiscent of all too well a bit, especially with the \u2018we\u2019re not getting any younger, but your girlfriends seem to\u2019 line. sonically it\u2019s perfect for selena\u2019s voice as well,&rsquo;\u201d one fan <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/everhero13\/status\/1903053301861482752\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wrote on X<\/a>, with another echoing the same sentiment, noting, \u201cyounger and hotter than me by Selena reminds me of All Too Well (10 Min Version) by Taylor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cAll too well [hand shake emoji] younger and hotter than me,\u201d another <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/vixzinha\/status\/1903102709521137855\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a>, alongside side-by-side comparisons of the lyrics. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tGomez hasn\u2019t confirmed that the lyrics were inspired by Swift, making it just a fan theory for now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tGomez has previously opened up about sharing her music with Swift. Back in 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/taylor-swift-reaction-selena-gomez-album-rare-8546605\/\">she recalled<\/a> showing her first Hot 100 No. 1 hit, \u201cLose You to Love Me,\u201d with her pop superstar bestie, noting that it made her and her mother Andrea Swift cry. It\u2019s gonna make me cry thinking about it,\u201d Gomez said. \u201cBecause it wasn\u2019t 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. And 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSwift has also been a massive supporter of Gomez\u2019s music and beyond, often sharing her new releases <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/taylor-swift-selena-gomez-single-soon-1235401606\/\">to her Instagram Stories<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/selena-gomez-reference-taylor-swift-younger-hotter-than-me-1235929301\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selena Gomez dropped her new joint album with fianc\u00e9 Benny Blanco, I Said I Love You First, on Friday (March 21), and fans believe the superstar took a lyrical page out of her best friend Taylor Swift\u2018s book on one of the tracks. Related A Timeline of Taylor Swift &amp; Selena Gomez\u2019s\u00a0Friendship 07\/29\/2022 In the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143924\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}