Selena Gomez Confirms Taylor Swift’s “Dorothea” Song Is About Her

Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Selena Gomez reveals that she was the inspiration for one of Taylor Swift ’s songs. While appearing on her husband and music producer Benny Blanco’s podcast Friends Keep Secrets, Gomez talked about her longtime friendship with Swift and their music connection. “Well, ‘Dorothea’ is about me, one of her songs. And I feel like a lot of moments — huge moments that were self-defining from relationships to family to love to hate, all of it in between, we were figuring it out because I was 15 and she was 18, and we didn’t really know what was going on. And so we’ve never seen each other any differently. So when I listen to it, I’m so impressed how it’s eloquently put,” Gomez said. Related Stories Lifestyle David Archuleta Sounds Off on Single Life, Family Trauma and Gay Men's Obsession With D*** Business Selena Gomez and Kenneth Cole to Be Honored at 2026 Social Impact Summit Swift fans have long speculated that the song “Dorothea” from Swift’s Evermore album was about Gomez given the pointed lyrics, including, “You’rе a queen sellin’ dreams, sellin’ makeup and magazines” and “Your mom and her pageant schemes.” (Gomez’s mom had put her in beauty pageants at a young age.) Swift herself has never addressed the speculation of the subject of the song but has said that Evermore , known as the “sister album” to her Folklore album, consisted of “imaginary/not imaginary tales.” Of “Dorothea,” she said it chronicled a “girl who left her small town to chase down Hollywood dreams.” In addition to “Dorothea,” Gomez also revealed that Swift penned an unreleased song called “Family” more than a decade ago that touched on their friendship. Gomez explained that it detailed her having “these amazing dreams” of being in movies but, Swift notes, “in every crowd, I s...