Selena Gomez Teases New Song ‘Love On’ In Paris

Selena Gomez is spreading love in the City of Love. And, as it turns out, love is a big influence on her new song. After revealing last week that she will release her latest single, "Love On" on February 22, the singer and actress, 31, shared a series of snaps from a trip to Paris on Monday (February 19) with the caption, “40 hours. Paris. LOVE ON 2/22 [white heart, lock emoji].” In the first image from the carousel, the Only Murders in the Building star can be seen walking in front of the Eiffel Tower in a chic, all-black outfit consisting of a mini dress, sheer tights, jacket, and sunglasses. Other photos show the “Calm Down” hitmaker striking a sultry pose in all-black in a room with red doors and walls, while in another, she takes a bubble bath with her bare back exposed and throws her hands up in the air. In the final two shots, Gomez tucks into a croissant and coffee outside a Parisian cafe while sporting a bold red lip.

According to a release, "Love On" is expected to be a "fun and flirty song inspired by the months Selena spent in Paris last year." The new track marks Gomez's first release this year and follows "Single Soon," which she released in late August 2023. As we previously reported, Gomez said that she feels like she has “one more album” in her and would probably concentrate on acting after that. Now that the Disney Channel alum is in her 30s, she just wants "to chill because I’m tired.”

Gomez worked on "Single Soon" with her producer boyfriend Benny Blanco, who she referred to as her “bes fwend” in a loved-up Instagram post last week. Alongside a several snaps of the pair cuddling, Gomez, who publicly confirmed the couple’s romance in early December, wrote, "My bes fwend.” Blanco, 35, then replied in the comments section, “Das my bes fwend.”

Have you ever watched an animated movie and couldn't figure out who the voice actor was? If the voice sounded familiar to you and you still couldn't place a face to the voice, it may be because it was by someone you're used to hearing sing. Over the years, musicians have signed up to voice roles for animated films. Taylor Swift was in The Lorax, Rihanna was in Home, Katy Perry was in Smurfs, Beyoncé was in Epic, Selena Gomez was in the Hotel Transylvania franchise, and Nicki Minaj and Jennifer Lopez were both in Ice Age. Animation houses DreamWorks, Illumination, Pixar and Disney Animation Studios feature at least one cameo from a star musician.

In some films, musicians explore how good their voice-acting chops are, while others contribute to the project by working on an animated film’s soundtrack. For example, one of Justin Timberlake‘s best-charting songs, "Can’t Stop the Feeling!" was written for Trolls 2, in which he also starred, and took home the Oscar for Best Original Song in 2017. Now, *NSYNC is going to be featured in the upcoming Trolls Band Together with their first song in two decades. The song, titled "Better Place" is *NSYNC’s first new song since 2002. The pop group reunited for a performance at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2013 and, in 2018, got together once again for their Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony. But this is their first new song.

Keep scrolling to see which of your favorite musicians have starred in an animated film below:

In 2008, Cyrus expanded her acting chops fresh from her Hannah Montana days when she voiced super-dog Bolt’s owner, Penny. John Travolta voices the super-dog, and though he's an actor, he famously starred in musicals Grease, Saturday Night Fever, and Hairspray.

In the 2006 fantasy adventure film based on the book of the same name starring Freddie Highmore and Mia Farrow, Snoop Dogg, Madonna, and David Bowie star as elves. Madonna plays Selenia, princess of a race of tiny beings, Snoop portrays Max, leader of the Koolamassai, and Bowie voices the antagonist, Emperor Maltazard.

The Black Eyed Peas frontman stars as the smooth, alpha hippo named Moto Moto in Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. When he meets Jada Pinkett Smith's Gloria, he sings, "I like 'em big, I like 'em chunky." The name is so nice, you say it twice. will.i.am also provided his voice for another animated film series, Rio and Rio 2 as a red canary named Pedro.

Uglyville is such an adorable town. And so many musicians have lent their voices in the 2019 animated film. Shelton stars as Ox, a green uglydoll and the Unofficial Mayor of Uglyville, mentor to all of the other Ugly Dolls and former friend of Lou. Clarkson is Moxy, a pink uglydoll with lots of confidence, hope, and curiosity. Jonas is Lou, the preppy leader from the town of Perfection and a bully towards the Ugly Dolls and the other imperfect dolls. Lizzo voices Lydia, a purple-haired perfect doll, Rexha is Tuesday, a blue-haired perfect doll, and Charlie XCX voices Kitty, a pink-haired perfect doll. The three of them make up the Spy Girls. Pitbull fittingly voices Ugly Dog, a one-eyed blue uglydoll, while Ice-T is hilariously Peggy, a small one-eyed flying unicorn. Monáe voices Mandy, a kindhearted perfect doll who wears glasses for eyesight problems and befriends the Ugly Dolls.

After Brittany Murphy’s death in 2009, Pink took over the role of Gloria in the sequel to 2006’s Happy Feet. In the jukebox musical, she sings "Bridge of Light" and "Under Pressure/Rhythm Nation." Robin Williams starred in the sequel as Ramón and Lovelace, Mumble's two friends and is also this film's narrator, like the first film. This was Williams' last animated feature before his death in 2014.

The "Butterflies" singer made her venture into voice acting when she played Earwig’s mother in the English dub of Earwig and the Witch by Studio Ghibli. She puts on an English accent for the English dub, and we even got the chance to hear Musgraves sing the movie's big song, "Don’t Disturb Me."

In the first and second installments of The Smurfs films, Perry starred as Smurfette. She once described her character’s voice as being "like my voice and a bag of rocks, with a pinch of sugar." When she was growing up, her conservative parents didn't allow her to watch the television show. "My mom thought that Smurfette was a little bit slutty, being the only female in the village," she explained to MTV in 2010. She was replaced by Demi Lovato in the third Smurfs feature film, Smurfs: The Lost Village.

Queen Latifah reprised her role as the wooly mammoth Ellie, while newcomers to the Ice Age franchise Nicki Minaj and Drake starred as teenage mammoths Steffie and Ethan, respectively. Lopez starred as Shira, an ex-pirate saber-toothed tiger.

Before Taylor Swift starred in the Cats live-action film, one of her earliest film roles was voicing Audrey in the Dr. Seuss animated adaptation of The Lorax. High School Musical alum Zac Efron joins her as Ted, who is in search of a real tree in a town where they are all extinct.

In the 2013 animated film taking place in an enchanted woodland run by leaf people and talking slugs, Bey voices Queen Tara, while Mr. Worldwide plays an entrepreneurial toad named Bufo. Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler voices a glow-worm named Nim Galuu.

Selena Gomez first began voicing vampire heroine Mavis Dracula in 2012, when the first of four Hotel Transylvania films came out. She wrapped up the franchise ten years later, releasing the final chapter, Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, in 2022.

Rih Rih stars as Gratuity “Tip” Tucci and also created the soundtrack for DreamWorks’ 2015 animated film Home. Jennifer Lopez voices Tip's mom, Lucy, her first collaboration with director Tim Johnson since her previous role as Azteca in the 1998 DreamWorks film, Antz.

Dolly Parton’s first experience voice acting was when she played herself in a 1983 episode of Alvin and the Chipmunks. She then played herself once more in a 1999 episode of The Simpsons. Her first voice acting role was in 2011’s Gnomeo & Juliet as Dolly Gnome, the announcer for the lawn mower race.

Timberlake stars in the Trolls film franchise as the overly cautious, friendly troll Branch. He also helped produce the film’s soundtrack. Stefani voices DJ Suki, a Troll who uses DJ equipment made of insects.

Shakira voiced, Gazelle, a famous singer in the Zootopia world. So, not a huge stretch! The "Hips Don't Lie" singer also contributed an original song called “Try Everything” to the film.

In the second installment of the Sing franchise, Halsey joined Tori Kelly, providing her voice acting for a wolf named Porsha Crystal. Bono also made a cameo in the film. He plays an ex-rockstar lion named Clay Calloway.

Shawn Mendes stars as the title character in Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile. His character overcomes his fears through the power of friendship and embraces his gifts as a talented reptilian rockstar.