Selena Gomez’s ‘How Does It Feel to Be Forgotten’ Lyrics Are a Savage Final Message to an Ex

The “look at you now” line harkens back to Gomez’s Rare track “Look at Her Now,” which captured her finding her confidence again after her final 2018 Justin Bieber breakup.

But before fans jump to conclusions that song is about him or any specific ex, it’s worth noting that Gomez spoke on Spotify’s Countdown To… series about how I Said I Love You First is based on a different, more recent time in her life.

Over the past few years, Gomez privately dated multiple people and even sparked rumors publicly with musicians Zayn Malik and Drew Taggart in 2023. Gomez started dating Blanco in June 2023 before they ultimately went public with their relationship in December 2023.

While speaking with Blanco, Gomez explained that the interpretation of her I Said I Love You First songs “is going to be up to the audience. However, I would like to say most of this album has nothing to do with what everyone may go to. And I think it’s important for me to say that because I’ve evolved so much, and I have experienced life with new people. I’ve had to go through transitions with friends and lose people in my life and gain new people, and I’ve had a whole new life forever so it’s up for whatever people want [to interpret the songs as] but to me it was about both of our pasts and our history and also just inspired by friends and relationships, like some songs were actually meant [to be] about friendships in my life and I think that’s what to me the album was about, and I just wanted to get that out there because that was really important to me.”

“How Does It Feel to Be Forgotten” is a satisfying song though, even if its subject is a mystery to everyone but Gomez. Read through the lyrics below. The song ends with a Spanish outro, “Ahora todo está dicho y hecho / Todo está olvidado,” which translates in English to: “Now all is said and done / All is forgotten.”

Verse 1: Selena Gomez
I sip it in the way he likes
Ruby red, locking eyes
Lipstick kisses with no ice
On the edge, paradise

Pre-Chorus: Selena Gomez
’Cause you walked in, big-ass grin
Talkin’ like we’re friends, honey, what were you thinkin’?
He loves me, I love him
Look at you, just look at you now

Chorus: Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco

You’re so embarrassing
Go cry when no one’s watchin’
I can’t imagine it
How does it feel to be forgotten (Ah), forgotten? Ah-ah
How does it feel?
I hope one day you heal
How does it feel to be forgotten?
Forgottеn

Verse 2: Selena Gomez

I know it must be difficult
I know that it is not what you thought, no

Pre-Chorus: Selena Gomez
’Cause you walked in, big-ass grin
Talkin’ likе we’re friends, honey, what were you thinkin’?
He loves me, I love him
Look at you, just look at you now

Chorus: Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco

You’re so embarrassing
Go cry when no one’s watchin’
I can’t imagine it
How does it feel to be forgotten (Ah), forgotten? Ah-ah
How does it feel?
I hope one day you heal
How does it feel to be forgotten?
Forgotten

Outro

Ahora todo está dicho y hecho
Todo está olvidado