According to Gomez, one of the main inspirations behind 'Kill Em with Kindness' was the body-shaming she dealt with from the media, after photos surfaced online of the singer in a bikini during a trip to Mexico in April 2015.
She told the producers that although the production was important, she wanted its focus to be the lyrics. They assisted Gomez on the creation of six of its tracks, including 'Revival' and 'Kill Em with Kindness', the latter being one of the 'most personal' tracks on Revival. It kind of represents everything that I love about who I am.' While working on the album, Gomez also enlisted frequent collaborators Rock Mafia to help make her sound a reality. According to her, because the 'live instruments, the beats, what you feel. after she heard Mexican music through the night. We would go out, listen to live music, and go back and create in this studio – in a closet, basically.' During the creative process Gomez wanted 'to get out of her head.' 'Body Heat' was the first song that Gomez recorded on the trip at 5. According to her, 'it was all of us in one house for five or six days. Midway through the album's recording process, Gomez went on a trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico with Hit-Boy and a few members of his producing team, as well as Rock Mafia and songwriters Justin Tranter and Julia Michaels. So I’m excited to kind of put more of my heart and soul into the next chapter of music.' The same month, Gomez commented that she had been recording new music, and suggested a possible partnership with producer and disc jockeyZedd, On February 23, 2015, a collaboration between Gomez and Zedd titled 'I Want You to Know' was released. Even if it’s things that people may not necessarily know about. And then start leading into writing about all the other things that are going on in my life and have gone on in the past year or so. She cited the single as a reference point, stating, 'It’s exciting for me to start off with something like. After performing its lead single 'The Heart Wants What it Wants' at the 2014 American Music Awards, Gomez revealed that she had begun work on her next studio album. I think it's time to start sharing.' She later released her compilation album For You, representing her final project with Hollywood Records as Gomez officially announced her change in labels the following month. In November 2014, Gomez captioned an Instagram post with: 'As I have a last listen, I thought a lot about my year. At that time, Gomez had already sold around 2.8 million albums and 18.1 million singles in the United States, including three studio albums with her band Selena Gomez & the Scene. Later reports published in September suggested that she had secured a new recording contract with Interscope chairman John Janick.
Publications began to speculate her intent in fulfilling contractual obligations by releasing a final compilation album for her longtime label, Hollywood Records. These concerts wouldn't materialize as Gomez cancelled the remainder of the tour in late 2013, citing personal reasons: 'It has become clear to me and those close to me that after many years of putting my work first, I need to spend some time on myself in order to be the best person I can be.' Gomez entered a rehab treatment facility for her lupus diagnosis in May 2014. Gomez embarked on the Stars Dance Tour later that year, which was set to cross several continents, including dates in Asia and Oceania. The album was well received commercially, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200. In July 2013, Gomez released her debut solo album, Stars Dance.
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