Selena Gomez has not disappeared. Not quite. But in recent months, the most followed person on Instagram (140 million and counting) has become invisible to all entertainment magazines.

In January, Gomez moved quietly to Orange County, where she and a friend, Raquelle, share a house. “It has been a discovery. Los Angeles ended up being really claustrophobic for me. I can not do any of the things I do here at L.A. It’s simply impossible, “she says.

After selling his property in Calabasas, he has now also put his Studio City bungalow on the market for $ 2.8 million. (His Texas mansion, one of the most expensive homes near Fort Worth, is for sale for $ 3 million.)

Selena, dressed in a denim jumpsuit, her hair pulled back behind a linen handkerchief, opens a plastic container with pasta salad and chatted with Elle magazine “I think everything in my life is shrinking considerably, in a very good way, “she says. “I will go back to simplicity. That is always what I have been. It’s not me who says: ‘I feel the best I’ve felt,’ “he continues. “It’s me who says: ‘I’m exactly where I should be. And I’m so happy to be in this place. “It’s a lot of self-discovery. From 20 to 26? Oh my God. I feel like a totally different person. ”

How is that? “For a while, I think I did certain things because I thought I had to do it. Like, one of my friends looked at me one day: we were at lunch, and I think I bought something, and she looked at me and said: “Do you feel good enough?”

The singer offered this rare interview months after her partner for years and now ex, Justin Bieber announced his surprise engagement with model Haley Baldwin.