Selena Gomez Turns Heartbreak Into Hits with Empowering New Album ‘I Said I Love You First’

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Songbird Selena Gomez is getting even with her former longtime boyfriend Justin Bieber by kicking the struggling pop star while he’s down, say sources.

Selena who dated Justin on and off for 10 years before he dumped her and married model Hailey Baldwin in 2018 — coldheartedly dissed him in her new album, I Said I Love You First, claim our sources.

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“Justin has been hurting and crying for attention for quite some time,” confides an insider. “But his downward spiral seems to have gotten worse since Selena took some shots at him!”

Selena, 32, seems to be targeting Justin, 31, in the song “How Does It Feel to Be Forgotten” as she sings, “You’re so embarrassing / Go cry when no one’s watchin’ … How does it feel to be forgotten?”

After suffering her own physical and emotional issues, Selena is now riding high. She’s starring in the TV hit Only Murders in the Building and is happily engaged to 37-year-old record producer Benny Blanco.

Meanwhile, Justin is going the other way. As GLOBE reported, the singer is terrified that his name will be sullied by the upcoming trial of his former mentor Sean “Diddy” Combs, the jailed rap mogul, 55, who is facing sex trafficking and other charges.

“This is the worst possible time for Selena to be going after Justin,” says the insider. “He’s already so fragile, and it really seems like that song pushed him even further over the edge. She, of all people, should have some compassion.”