One of Selena Gomez’s most iconic and beloved songs, “Who Says,” almost went to someone else, the singer revealed. Gomez spoke at Twilio’s SIGNAL conference yesterday about how she pushed for Disney to let her sing the song.
“It’s actually a funny story: I was working with Disney at the time, and they were actually giving the song to another artist,” Gomez recalled. “And I cried—I remember, I was with my mom—because I loved the song so much. I basically said to my label, ‘I feel like my fans are young and they need it.’ That’s all I kept saying because I was 16 at the time.
I was like, ‘I think my fans really need it; tell [them] my fans really need the song.’ And so maybe it just didn’t work out with the other artist, but that [getting “Who Say”] was a gift to me that I did not know I needed.
“And I love, love that song, and it has carried with me through my whole career, and I fought for it. So to be honest, I, to this day, need to hear it. Not by me. Like I don’t want to hear myself sing it. I’m just saying the message it will last and last because it’s the truth. It’s such a special song."
“Who Says,” released in 2011 and performed by Gomez and her then-band The Scene, has gotten over 379 million views on YouTube. Gomez told Billboard in 2011 that the song meant a lot to her. “It’s probably my favorite I’ve ever recorded,” she said. “I think it’s really meaningful and it’s kind of a big anthem. It went platinum so it’s my second song ever that’s platinum. I was really excited, I was in the car when I found out promoting the third album. It gave me a big boost.”
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