“ had so many bad experiences with parents as managers that he refused to listen to it. Weaver recalls pitching an artist with a father-manager to a powerful producer. Manager-parents can cause problems for record labels. That, notes veteran Nashville-based entertainment lawyer Stephen Weaver, is a positive career move.
It’s not just a thing for ex-Disney artists - all young people feel that way.”Īnother sign of a maturing Gomez: She fired her mother, Mandy Teefey, and stepfather, Brian, as her managers. “As you grow up, you want to try different things. “We definitely felt that the sexier sound of that song was a good progression for Selena,” says Sharon Dastur, senior vice president of programming integration at iHeartMedia. She returned later in the year with the single “The Heart Wants What It Wants,” an obvious referral to her on-off relationship with Bieber, and her final release for Disney’s Hollywood Records.īut Gomez turned over a new leaf this summer with the sultry, R&B-flavored single “Good for You,” featuring A$AP Rocky. But Gomez set the record straight this week, telling Billboard it was actually so she could get chemotherapy for lupus. Rumors of substance abuse and addiction swirled - maybe brought on by her consorting with Justin Bieber (another onetime child star with his own set of troubles). After canceling an Australian tour to support her debut solo album, “Stars Dance,” at the end of 2013, Gomez voluntarily entered Dawn at the Meadows recovery and rehab center in Arizona at the start of 2014. It hasn’t been the easiest journey from child star known for kid shows such as “Barney & Friends” and “Wizards of Waverly Place” to full-blown adult celebrity. The lyrics from the opening title track explain it plainly, as Gomez sings, “No more hiding. Like Disney alumni who have gone before, she’s looking to shake things up with a new look and sound that are a world away from her previous, wholesome persona. It’s got Gomez practically in her birthday suit, topless and wearing only barely there shorts. Now, it’s former Disney star Selena Gomez, 23, who’s shed most of her clothing as part of an attempt to establish herself as a grown-up artist.Īll eyes are on her new album, “Revival” (her first for Interscope), out Friday - or, more accurately, all eyes are on her album cover. Then, a scantily clad onetime Hannah Montana, Miley Cyrus, twerked up a storm at the MTV VMAs two years ago. Disney Channelįirst, ex-Mouseketeer Britney Spears posed in short shorts and a black bra on a Rolling Stone cover in 1999. Gomez in her “Wizards of Waverly Place” Disney Channel days.
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