The Heart Wants What It Wants
Selena Gomez | Artist Essentials
First released: 2014 (year verified)
Original 2014 studio recording
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Release evidence and recording details
First released: 2014 (year verified)
For You explicitly identifies this as a new recording in its 2014 project, and Hollywood's visible press archive links the 2014 announcement. Only the year is claimed; the anthology date is not used for its older tracks.
Recording: Original 2014 studio recording
Credit: Selena Gomez
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original single: The Heart Wants What It Wants
For You - new recordings distinguished from anthology material
The 2014 Hollywood program explicitly describes The Heart Wants What It Wants as one of two new recordings for the project, while distinguishing the older group and solo tracks. Used only for the new 2014 recording, not to redate older anthology tracks. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
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For You - new recordings distinguished from anthology material
The 2014 Hollywood program explicitly describes The Heart Wants What It Wants as one of two new recordings for the project, while distinguishing the older group and solo tracks. Used only for the new 2014 recording, not to redate older anthology tracks. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
About Selena Gomez
Selena Gomez established her solo recording identity with Stars Dance in 2013 after performing with Selena Gomez & The Scene. Revival shifted toward spare rhythms and close, conversational vocals, while Rare balanced that intimacy with brighter dance-pop. Her collaborators include Marshmello, Kygo and Rema. The Spanish-language Revelacion EP opened another part of the catalog, and the later benny blanco collaboration placed her voice in a shared pop project rather than reviving the earlier band identity.
Artist background sources
Stars Dance - original Hollywood program
Original 2013 solo album program and earlier Come & Get It single field. The history explicitly separates Selena Gomez & The Scene from the solo debut. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Revival - original Interscope program
Original 2015 program: Hands to Myself precedes its later annual year; Same Old Love and Good for You have pre-album 2015 fields. A$AP Rocky is explicitly featured on Good for You. The introduction confirms the solo 2013/2015 sequence and label transition. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Rare - original 2020 program
Original 2020 album program and title recording. The 2019 singles retain their earlier years; later live and named edit releases are not selected. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Revelacion - original EP
Original 2021 program and earlier 2021 single fields. Distributor introduction identifies the first Spanish-language project; full Baila Conmigo credit is separately verified at the track header. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Call Me When You Break Up - original joint single
Original 2025 SMG/Friends Keep Secrets/Interscope recording explicitly credits Selena Gomez, benny blanco and Gracie Abrams. The original single precedes the collaborative album. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-18. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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