2014Released
3:47

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This song finds Gomez opening up about her relationship troubles with on-again, off-again boyfriend Justin Bieber. "I think the biggest problem I had this year, even with [Justin], is identity... I was trying to figure out what I'm doing. It was the first time I was constantly being kicked down," she told Ryan Seacrest regarding the scrutiny they faced. "I made some decisions that weren't great. So did he. We went through that to only make us better."

The singer told Ryan Seacrest the autobiographical cut and its accompanying video was approved by Bieber himself. "He thought it was beautiful. I think it was really hard. I think he was a little jealous of the video guy at first," she joked adding. "Honestly, music is an expression, and if you will be that voice for these girls, there are some people that feel this. This is universal."

Gomez also played the song to her good friend Taylor Swift before revealing it to the world. "So she came over to the house, and I played it. She had headphones in, and she watched the video, and then she just looked at me, then she looked back, and then played it three times over and over again," she recalled. "And I'm like, 'I want to know,' and she was like, 'Oh my God. This is amazing. I'm so excited for you.'"

Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of The Heart Wants What It Wants.
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MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
83BPM

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Universal Music
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℗ 2014 Hollywood Records, Inc.

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