Selena Gomez VideoChar on Z100 (Part 1) - 14/03/11

And here we are at Z100.com. My name is JJ. Hanging out with a lovely, talented, and a girl with a song on iTunes today. Please welcome Selena Gomez at the P.C. Richard & Son Theater here in New York City. You guys can clap. We have a studio audience. You can't have an audience that doesn't make any noise. Good afternoon, Selena. How are you? I'm great. How are you? I'm fantastic. Welcome. It's a big day for you. Song out on iTunes. Who says? We were talking about it a little bit upstairs, but no one here has heard about the song. Before we get to your questions here at Z100.com, I'd love to hear your thoughts on who says, the inspiration behind the song, when you first saw the lyrics and the melody. Go ahead. Well, the song is written by a lovely lady named Priscilla Renee. And she sang the song, and it was so beautiful when I heard it. And it touched me, and it inspired me so much that I literally sent her an email. And I sent it to my A&R guide to give to her. And the first thing that was on the subject line was, Because I just feel like, especially girls my age, tend to want to go to what's cool or kind of want to be what everybody wants them to be. Because I'm insecure. I'm definitely insecure. And I go through things every day where I nitpick things about myself. So this song is just very inspirational. And I think everybody at the end of the day should strip down and really just be proud of who they are and know that everyone is beautiful. People don't think that you would ever feel that way, that you'd ever be insecure. People think that, like, you know, they put you up on a pedestal. She lives a perfect life. She has just the perfect everything. So what was the last thing you felt really insecure about? The last thing that really bothered you? Oh, gosh. Last thing? Like today. Like something stupid. Like you woke up, walked in, looked at yourself in the mirror, like, Oh, my God, what's this? You know, like, you know. Well, I do that every morning at least. Honestly? You walk in and you're like, Ah! Really? Because it's, I mean, my hair is everywhere. It's the typical girl thing? Yeah, of course. You're just like every other female where you have that issue? Yes. But, like, the last issue I think would probably be, I question myself a lot. So I come up with scenarios in my mind of the worst thing that could happen in a situation with, like, my friend. And I end up blowing it way out of proportion because I don't trust myself as much as I think I should. People would know that. It's like, celebrities, they are like us. Insecure, waking up at two in the morning going, Oh, God, did I email that person back? I mean, I want to know who wakes up looking gorgeous besides Angelina Jolie. I think even she probably wakes up, looks in the mirror, like, I look a little froggish. Let me apply some makeup. We've got a lot of questions right now at Z100.com. Also, you can tweet us at Z100NewYork if you'd like to ask a question. Let me just look, we're growing up on film. What is it like in your hometown back in Texas? It's awesome. Everybody's so, it's so cool. My little town, everybody's so welcoming when I come home. I go to the Cracker Barrel every time. Oh, respect, Cracker Barrel. And they come in, they go, Welcome back, Ms. Gomez. Do they have a table set up for you and everything? Yes, it's right in front of the fireplace. Your own table at Cracker Barrel. Well, it's not my own table, but when I get there, they're always like, Oh, she wants to be by the fireplace. They just know. It's so sweet. Will you then complete the Cracker Barrel experience? We then go through the general store at Cracker Barrel and purchase jelly. Oh, yeah, I bought some amazing tacky sweaters that have, like, snowman on it and sprinkles everywhere. I'd rock that for sure. People in New York City right now and in the Tri-State have no idea what Cracker Barrel is. Just drive towards Pennsylvania, drive towards Maryland, you'll find the Cracker Barrel. Go inside, it's a different world than it is here. Yep. Especially all the Brooklyn people we have here in the audience. You guys have no idea. Right? Hop in the car and find out. Let's see, User12, hi, User12. Are there going to be any collaborations we can expect on your upcoming album? Yeah, but I don't know if I can say. Okay, are they going to blow our minds? Are we going to be like, oh, my God. It's not so much as a collaboration, but I'm working with people that I'm really excited about. People that you listen to, that you have in your iPod, you're like, I cannot wait. And how do you approach those people? You just say, hey, will you... You know what's funny is I listen to songs because you go through a bunch of demos and you listen to the kind of different vibes and the whole direction I wanted to go to. I've been given a lot of songs, thankfully, and a lot of producers want to have faith in me, which is nice. And then I hear a song and I love it. And they're like, oh, okay, this person is actually working on it right now. And I'm like, I know that person very well. And I'd have a heart attack if I met that person. So, fingers crossed. Something people don't think is that you haven't met every single other famous person in the world and that you completely will cheese over these people. The last person that you met, you're like, oh, my God, were you freaked out. Reese Witherspoon. Really? I was at the Vanity Fair Oscar party and I saw her there and I literally started shaking. And I got my friend and I was like, please take a picture of me and Reese Witherspoon. And I walked up to her and I go, hi, can I have a picture with you? And she was like, oh, my gosh, if I hear that song naturally one more time. And I was like, really? She's like, my daughter loves that song. And I freaked out and she was so nice. And I took a picture there and my whole night was made. That's great. I mean, have you ever been shot down where someone's like, you are who? No. I didn't think she'd know who I was. Okay. I mean, that's not what I was doing. I was just trying to, I just wanted a picture with her. Nice. And then when she noticed me and said her daughter likes my song, then I had another heart attack. My ears are bleeding because of your song. Thank you. That's so cool. I'm sure she didn't mean it in a nice way. No, no, no, absolutely. She was like, seriously, your song's annoying. Absolutely. But I took it as a compliment. Somebody just flashed real quick. Do you plan on going to Sweden anytime soon? We're going to get a lot of those questions from all of our international people at Z100.com. We'll get to Sweden. Yeah. When's the next world tour? When do you plan on leaving the country? You just were, and we talked about this earlier, you just were in Japan, which is just, you were in all the same places devastated by the recent events. I was in Japan eight days before the earthquake. In all the same places that were heavily... All the same places. It was really hard for me to watch it. My mom woke me up and she called me and I turned on CNN and we were just there. I spent a whole week there. I met my fans there. I got to meet incredible people. It was one of the hardest things I think I've ever had to see. I guess they're working on some sort of benefit right now. I'm so happy when I see all the celebrities Twittering and Facebooking and wanting to help out as much as possible. I hope that there's a big benefit that we can all be a part of. That's good. It's important to raise awareness. It's weird. It's like people need people they look up to to tell them how serious something is and they just can't see it on the news. Whatever works to get people help in that country. I don't think it's solely relied on that. No, but a lot of it has. It helps when you're Katy Perry and you have billions of people. It's so good that you're right there on it. Flor Pesci asks... What was that name again? Flor Pesci, which means must be from Italy, must be related to Joe. Are you going to work on more music videos for your third album? Yes. We are in the very early stages of the third album right now. The songs are sounding really, really cool and different. We're going to hopefully start working on the second single. I just love all of the songs right now. I just don't know which one will be the second single. It's tough. It's like choosing children. Which one do I bring? I can only bring one of you to the zoo. You can go. That's horrible. You stay home in the walk-in closet with a jar of peanut butter and a black and white TV. Don't ask. What are these little scenarios? I don't know. The worst case scenario. You just talked about how you always think about the worst case scenario. That was mine in my head. I'm not talking about children. I know. I'm just saying. It's like music. It's like when you're an artist, your songs are like your kids. So it's tough to, you know... They are my babies. You'll be there in ten years. Interesting question from Naomi. Hi, how are you? My question is, does being famous differ from being a normal teenager? Do you miss your old life? But you've been doing this for a long time. The thing is, I don't know about a normal life. That was depressing, I have to say. See? You were involved in your first project. How old? Seven. But here's the thing. I went to school. I had a locker. Jesse McCartney was my poster in my locker. I mean, I don't know. I got to experience that. There's a certain thing. I didn't get to go to prom, which is kind of a bummer. But that's okay. I mean, I'm very lucky. So we watch a movie like Sixteen Candles and see like a prom scene. And I cry in a corner. I'm kidding. I basically go to high school. It's called Disney Channel. That's true, yeah. And at some point, you have to graduate from high school. Four years of Wizards of Waverly Place. You grew up on that show. You go back and flip on the Disney Channel at two in the morning. They're running a rerun. You're like, oh my god, you look 12. Because you kind of were 12 at that point. So as your involvement with the show kind of fades out, it's kind of bittersweet, I'm sure. Yeah. Does it feel like a graduation? It does. Going to set, knowing that we have seven episodes left and I'm done, is really, really hard. But it's good. Mika has a very important question for you. Could you please wish me luck on my physics test tomorrow? Oh my gosh. Good luck. I would not want to be taking a physics test. But you know what? I don't even know if I've made it to physics. So I'm proud of you for just doing that. So even if the test fails, you're awesome. Checking right now. Z100.com. Please come to Russia. We're missing you like crazy. Have you been to Russia before? No. OK. But you're missing me. Yeah. Wassa misses you in Russia. So apparently she thought you were there. Yeah. I see a lot of times on Twitter we have an intern upstairs too. A lot of people kind of look like you. And have you ever like someone swears that they met you before, but like they haven't? And have you ever heard of Selena impersonators claiming that they are you? No. There's like fake Twitters and fake Facebooks. But I mean, I've made lots of videos and comments saying, you know, this is my actual Twitter and Facebook. So no, not really. Amanda wants to know, do you feel you spend too much time on Twitter? Sometimes. Do you have to cut yourself off? How do you go about doing that? Yeah. Really? We just put it down, put down the phone? I'm going to turn my cell phone off because I just don't have willpower? Or would you just like... No, I'll know when enough is enough. Because it's... Look, right now, there's this... Hold up. Your phone just rang. No, it didn't. Your phone just rang. No, it didn't. I wonder who just called you. I wonder if someone watched it. Yeah. The phone just rang. Would you like to tell us who just... No. Is it the person we might think it is? No. Look, y'all, thank you so... No. It's funny because she grabbed the phone the most immediate... Look, I think it was. It might have been that person. There are the giggles right now. I wonder if he's watching right now. Oh my goodness. Hello. Okay. Dad, quit it. You're too old. That was my father actually texting me right now. I told him not to. That's just creepy. That's creepy. And the giggles. No, I'm... Stop. It's okay. Benza would like to know what your favorite nail polish color is. Birthday cake. Is that really a color? Mm-hmm. It's by Deborah Lippman. You know an actual person who invented a color? I wouldn't even know anybody who had... Well, that's the only nail polish I know. Wow, really? Okay. So this one is my favorite. It's really pretty. Can you go to the mall, like pop a hat on and sunglasses and do the mall thing? I don't have to pop a hat. You can just show up? Yeah. Okay, and you're not bothered? I can just see you trying to eat something at the food court. It's so funny. Before Selena got here today, we were waiting on her, and I'm waiting, and we were told she'd be up there upstairs any second. I was only 15 minutes late. It's okay. And so I get a text from our friend Ami downstairs who works here, and she's like, she's eating a corn dog. I was freaking out. Where does Selena Gomez get a corn dog in New York City? I don't know. Was that something you requested? You're like, I would like a corn dog. Or do they just magically show up with a corn dog? No, my taste is extremely sudden, so I'm like, oh, I kind of want a pizza. You have cravings? Yeah. So, wow, just out of nowhere, you're like, I would like pizza, I would like a corn dog. Do you have sushi too? Do you have edamame, like strange cravings like that? Yeah, no, mine's very easy. Edamame is like quick Burger King, McDonald's stuff. Could you imagine you work at a Burger King drive-thru and Selena Gomez rolls up at a drive-thru, you're like, you're Selena Gomez, here's your Whopper. I mean, I couldn't imagine that. I would freak out. Because we all think that you have people to do these things for you. You have to understand how we think. Who thinks that? Audience, did you think that Selena Gomez went to McDonald's or Burger King herself? You did? Yes. You're crazy. No, I didn't think that. I thought... I have, the four years that I'm doing my show and everything, I have always tried to make myself seem like I don't do that. Breaking news. Forget who just called her on her phone. Breaking news. Selena Gomez gets her own fast food. This is huge news. Attention Perez. Attention TMZ. Selena Gomez gets her own food at a drive-thru. Everybody gets their own fast food. We didn't... No. Britney Spears has other people. She can't... Oh, we saw... She gets her own Starbucks. That's the extent of it. But you know she has people to do that. You know. But, hey, I'm Team Britney. You don't mess with Britney. Oh, I know. I'll protect her. Especially at a drive-thru. Oh, I know. It's all good. She's working. She's got kids. I know. She does. I don't got kids, so I can go to the drive-thru. Somebody's asking... Oh, wow. That's an interesting question. Okay. Do you love Europe? If so, do you love Poland? My stylist that I've known since I was 13 is Polish. Fantastic. And she calls me Selenka. Is that your name in Polish? I don't know. Oh, it's a nice name. I don't think so. I think it's something else. But she calls me Selenka. And people in other countries... Why would you say that? She doesn't like your country. Can you imagine? Do you like my... No, I do not. She's not going to say that. How could you hate a country? Looking at more questions right now that people submitted on our Facebook. Z100 New York. Selenka. Hi, Basha. I'm looking right now. She's probably not watching. What was the one thing you would say to somebody who's going through a rough time at school because of bullying? Have you ever been bullied in your life? Of course I do. Go on Twitter. You'll see. I don't know. I mean, honestly, I've never... I don't know. I've never retaliated. It's the hardest thing to do because you're human and you have feelings, so you automatically want to lash back or you want to be so quick to say something back. But the reality is, it's like, at the end of the day, would I be proud if I did that to someone? No. Even if they were mean to me. I still... I couldn't do it. Are you the kind of person, if you have one of those interactions where you just instantly see something and you fire back, would you then, ten minutes later, feel horrible about it? Yes. It's hard. Trust me. I've just stopped. I've stopped responding. They say it a thousand times, but it's so true. You've just got to kill them with niceness. I've just stopped.