selena gomez

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On turning insecurities into power:

"This year is when I really started feeling powerful. I had always been the underdog secretly. I was on Disney when it was Miley [Cyrus], the Jonas Brothers, and Demi [Lovato]. I questioned the way I looked, acted, sang, and wrote. Then I turned 20, went through a really bad breakup, and realized I needed to have 'Come & Get It' be amazing. I wanted it all to be me. I'm glad it's taken me this long to get where I am because now I am ready for it."

On her fans:

"I don't feel like I can do enough for my fans. I work a lot, I work hard, and I get tired. But when you walk onstage and see these people who wait hours outside just to see you, it's the greatest thing in the world."

On why she might "scare" guys:

"I actually talked to Katy Perry about guys who are intimidated by strong girls. I haven't found someone yet who could understand my lifestyle, support it, love me through it, and not be threatened by it. It's hard. I do think I might scare some guys, because I'm like, 'I want to change the world! I have dreams! What do you want to do?' But I only know how to be me."

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On her fellow former Disney Channel stars

"This year is when I really started feeling powerful. I had always been the underdog secretly. I was on Disney when it was Miley [Cyrus], the Jonas Brothers, and Demi [Lovato]. I questioned the way I looked, acted, sang, and wrote. Then I turned 20, went through a really bad breakup, and realized I needed to have "Come & Get It" be amazing. I wanted it all to be me. I'm glad it's taken me this long to get where I am because now I am ready for it."

On her 'feud' with Lorde

"I recently did an interview and they asked me who I thought was up-and-coming and making a difference. I said, 'She doesn't like me, but Lorde.' I'm going to support her whether she likes me or not because I think she's doing great things. Some day I will see her and we'll be cool."

On not changing for a guy

"I actually talked to Katy Perry about guys who are intimidated by strong girls. I haven't found someone yet who could understand my lifestyle, support it, love me through it, and not be threatened by it. It's hard."

Furthering her thoughts on intimidation...

"I do think I might scare some guys, because I'm like, 'I want to change the world! I have dreams! What do you want to do?' But I only know how to be me."

On her fans

"I don't feel like I can do enough for my fans. I work a lot, I work hard, and I get tired. But when you walk onstage and see these people who wait hours outside just to see you, it's the greatest thing in the world."

On surrounding herself with the right people

"I noticed my friends were different, that we were all becoming supportive. I'd get so angry at a friend and tell another friend and she'd just say, 'Why don't you look at her side?' And those things piss you off in the moment, but then you realize that that's who you want to be surrounded by."

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Still single despite persistent rumors claiming she dates of the popular band , opens up about her dream date, the one she has ever had and considered as the best and her favorite. "My favorite date and the best date I've been on is when someone took me out and we had dinner on the beach," she tells Popstar!

"It was gorgeous and it was nighttime and it was very sweet and very nice," she goes on revealing. "We went walking on the beach afterward and we ending up dancing. It was very cheesy-romantic but I love it! It was awesome."

Also sharing about her worst date, Selena recalls the time, telling Popstar! it once happened to her when the person she went for a date with "was very shy" and "so I was sitting there trying to ask questions and fill in the awkward spaces." Nevertheless, she admits that she and the guy are still good friends.

Speaking about her dream date, Selena Gomez confesses, "I really like getting to know someone, so I love talking. Not movie dates. Movies are a third date kind of thing."

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· On growing up with a single mother: "We used to run out of gas on the highway. I still can't wrap my head around what she did for me."

· On being constantly asked about Justin Bieber: "It's really hard because I'm a nice person. I'm just tired of talking about it. I never intended for my life to become a tabloid story."

· On being friends with Taylor Swift: "People have this fantasy that we're in our underwear, having pillow fights. We just play good music — sometimes live — and eat and hang out."

· On dating Zayn Malik: "If he had asked me out on a date, I would be seen with him. Just kidding, but not kidding."

· On dating: "I hate it. It's hard and I'm weirded out by the idea that a guy has googled me before we meet, and that has happened. I feel like I look 16 sometimes, which is a bummer because I would love to date older guys."

· On posing naked for her Revival album cover after being body-shamed online: "It hurt my feelings because I never experienced that before, but I didn't want [that] to be the story, so I said, 'I don't care what you think!' I'm learning that you can be comfortable and still look beautiful. Some days, I like what I see. Other days I'm like, 'I'm not even going to bother.'"