Selena Gomez Explains Why She’s “Ashamed” of Sexualized Album Cover

In a 2020 interview with Allure, the singer also revealed the “pressure” she felt behind the cover for her 2015 album, Revival. In the black-and-white photo that graced the cover, Selena appeared to pose nude while simultaneously remaining covered up.

“I just did things that weren’t really me,” she said in reference to decisions made years earlier in her career. “There was pressure to seem more adult on my album, Revival. [I felt] the need to show skin…I really don’t think I was [that] person.”