We’ve been waiting for Selena Gomez to make her highly-anticipated comeback! Today, the singer dropped ‘Bad Liar’, the lead single off her upcoming studio album and it’s somewhat of an unexpected release. Selena is currently slaying charts around the world with her dance collaboration with Kygo ‘It Ain’t Me’ and while the song continues to gain momentum, Selena opted for a different sound for her new solo single.
Selena throws us back to the 70’s as she sings over a strong sample of Talking Heads’ 1977 classic ‘Psycho Killer.’ The production is smooth and Selena sounds great on the pop record. While it’s not what I expected from the singer, I like that she’s taken a risk with this single. It’s something different and it’s exactly what she needed to get out of the pop/dance collaboration stereotype that has been dominating the airwaves recently.
Songwriters Justin Tranter and Julia Michaels wrote the song alongside the pop star and Selena and Julia’s mutual love for the 70’s band sparked the new sound. Selena and Julia are Talking Heads-obsessed,” Justin Tranter says. “So when we all got together in one room, Julia suggested, ‘Why don’t we just write over the bassline from ‘Psycho Killer?’ and we were all going, ‘That sounds great!’” The songwriter adds that “The lyrics are really cool and descriptive about when you first start having feelings for someone, but don’t want to admit it, which turns you into a ‘Bad Liar.’”
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