Selena Gomez announces the release of her first EP in Spanish, Revelación … after provoking the project for more than a decade
Selena Gomez announced her long-awaited Spanish EP, Revelación, which will be released on March 12.
The 28-year-old singer recently released her first track, De Una Vez. This song will accompany Baila Conmigo, which will be released on Friday, January 29th.
Teasing the project for more than a decade, Gomez finally confirmed the news on social media on Thursday: ‘REVELACIÓN, my first Spanish EP, will be released on March 12. Pre-order tomorrow at 9pm PT. ‘
Revelación: Selena Gomez, 28, announces the release of her first Spanish EP, Revelación, which will be released on March 12, after provoking the project for more than a decade
Accompanying the announcement, Selena posted a photo in a red dress next to two chairs wrapped in pink cloth.
She wore an exaggerated braid that was adorned with a red ribbon that featured a gold chain.
And she shared the first glimpse of the album cover and an accompanying poster – both available exclusively through Target – on Twitter that shows her all in black with a huge floral helmet.
‘Here’s a first look at @target REVELACIÓN’s exclusive CD and poster, available for pre-order Friday! ‘
First images: in addition to the announcement, Gomez gave fans a glimpse of the EP cover photo available exclusively through Target
Decades project: Gomez first mentioned the Spanish album with a tweet in January 2011
Mentioning the project for the first time in 2011, she tweeted ‘I can’t wait for you to hear the Spanish record;) it sounds so cool.’
After being silent on the project for years, fans began to comment that the impending project was finally coming after several murals appeared in Sayulita, Mexico, in mid-January.
Fan accounts flooded Twitter with images of colorful murals painted the same week she left De Una Vez, also provoking Baila Conmigo with Rauw Alejandro and Tainy.
Fan frenzy: when the singer’s murals appeared in Sayulita, Mexico, in mid-January, fans went to Twitter to share the photos and speculate that a full Spanish album would be on the way soon
Seeming to confirm the album ahead of Wednesday’s announcement, she told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe in a January 11 interview:
“This has been something I wanted to do for 10 years, working on a Spanish project, because I am very, very proud of my heritage and I really felt I wanted this to happen.”
She continued: ‘I think this is the perfect time. With all the division in the world, there is something about Latin music that globally makes people feel things, you know?
Next: Before Wednesday’s announcement, she shared a stylized photo on social media and wrote ‘Next’ which means soon