--- title: Selena Gomez Says She Needs to ‘Rethink’ Parts of Her Life description: Selena Gomez penned an emotional and cryptic Instagram post, saying she needs to “rethink” parts of her life after a show in Indonesia. canonical: https://time.com/4421480/selena-gomez-rethink-instagram-post-2/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-25T12:45:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:30:43.374Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Selena Gomez Says She Needs to ‘Rethink’ Parts of Her Life In Emotional Post og:description: "Is this where I am, whole heartedly?" og:url: https://time.com/4421480/selena-gomez-rethink-instagram-post-2/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt85653764c260f303/69889f14fb4eac16b988e6e2/selena-gomez-instagram-post.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Festival D'ete De Quebec og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Selena Gomez Says She Needs to ‘Rethink’ Parts of Her Life In Emotional Post twitter:description: "Is this where I am, whole heartedly?" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt85653764c260f303/69889f14fb4eac16b988e6e2/selena-gomez-instagram-post.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Selena Gomez Says She Needs to ‘Rethink’ Parts of Her Life in Emotional Post by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 25, 2016 12:45 PM UTC  Selena Gomez performs at Festival D'ete De Quebec on July 11, 2016 in Quebec City, Canada. Selena Gomez performs at Festival D'ete De Quebec on July 11, 2016 in Quebec City, Canada.Barry Brecheisen—FilmMagic by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 25, 2016 12:45 PM UTC [Selena Gomez](http://time.com/4065951/selena-gomez/) on Saturday penned an emotional and cryptic [Instagram post](https://www.instagram.com/p/BINZtRMgftz/?taken-by=selenagomez&hl=en), saying she needs to “rethink” parts of her life after performing a show in Indonesia. The 24-year-old [pop star ](http://time.com/4415053/selena-gomez-could-be-making-serious-bank-on-her-instagram-fame/)shared with her fans that she felt “extremely unauthentic” and disconnected to herself and her music following a show at Jakarta’s Indonesia Convention Exhibition arena, which began her international Revival Tour. “I’ve never really felt like my materials, wardrobe or a video could define me. I act on a moment and fear something that hasn’t happened,” Gomez wrote. “I’m stagnant, I stay still and don’t just sit with myself first and ask ‘is this where I am, whole heartedly?’ I’ve always told the truth.” “I’m true to my word, I’ve shown who I am but I need to rethink some areas of my life creatively and personally,” she added. “Had to get that out.” The _Hands to Myself_ singer, who turned 24 on Friday, added in a caption that she was “not being negative” about anything she’s done and that she was “grateful for every single moment.” It’s unclear what prompted the post. Gomez said the Indonesia crowd was “loud and clearly inspiring.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4421480/selena-gomez-rethink-instagram-post-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4421480/selena-gomez-rethink-instagram-post-2/"},"headline":"Selena Gomez Says She Needs to ‘Rethink’ Parts of Her Life in Emotional Post","datePublished":"2016-07-25T12:45:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:30:43.374Z","description":"\"Is this where I am, whole heartedly?\"","url":"https://time.com/4421480/selena-gomez-rethink-instagram-post-2/","keywords":["celebrities","American Voices"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt85653764c260f303/69889f14fb4eac16b988e6e2/selena-gomez-instagram-post.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt85653764c260f303/69889f14fb4eac16b988e6e2/selena-gomez-instagram-post.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Festival D'ete De Quebec","caption":"Selena Gomez performs at Festival D'ete De Quebec on July 11, 2016 in Quebec City, Canada.","creditText":"Barry Brecheisen—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4421480/selena-gomez-rethink-instagram-post-2/","name":"Selena Gomez Says She Needs to ‘Rethink’ Parts of Her Life in Emotional Post"}}]}] ```