Years after Selena Gomez told fans to “Kill Em with Kindness,” Grimes showed what that looks like in real time.
The musician, 37, took to X after seeing negative comments about Gomez’s new music video for “In the Dark,” responding with empathy while calling the singer “one of the most beautiful girls.”
“I’ve been [on] the internet for like 48 hours and despite minor benefits I might have to leave. Watched this Selena Gomez video, besides a few weird derp shots that ppl were able to clip and super misrepresent how she looks,” Grimes (real name Claire Boucher) wrote on Saturday, October 25.
The new song is featured on Nobody Wants This Season 2: The Soundtrack, and is accompanied by a music video directed by Luke Orlando, in which Gomez, 33, rocks sleek and chic all-black monochromatic ensembles while singing about unconditional love.
Selena Gomez’s ‘In the Dark’ Music Video Selena Gomez/YouTube
“Imagine what it wud feel like if people talked about you this way. Try to imagine the mental fortitude [Gomez] presumably has,” the mom of three — who shares X Æ A-XII, 5, Exa, 3, and Techno Mechanicus, 3, with ex Elon Musk — continued. “How do we not utterly morally castigate someone who has a post like this blows up and chooses to keep the clout at the expense of [everybody’s] mental health.”
Grimes highlighted the impact of cruel social media comments, adding, “How do u think little girls feel reading stuff like this about another woman?” She went on to detail how “this might be vaguely the second gen of women being allowed to be over 30 in entertainment.”
The songwriter slammed the “high school level bullying” done by keyboard warriors, demanding that those accounts should be “suspended for body-shaming en masse.”
Frazer Harrison/WireImage The View‘s Sunny Hostin and Whoopi Goldberg are rushing to Selena Gomez‘s defense against body-shamers. During the Tuesday, February 25, episode of The View, both hosts sounded off on a recent Glamour op-ed titled “It’s Okay to Feel Hurt When Celebrities Lose Weight—but Let’s Unpack It.” The article specifically alleged that Gomez’s “visibly […]
“This is disturbing — in part because it’s not even true if u actually watch this video. I’m not rly in the biz of even knowing what celebrities do, i have no context here, but this place is unhealthy as f*** and this being socially acceptable behavior is culture death,” she continued.
The catchy song follows the release of Gomez’s collaborative album, I Said I Loved You First, which she worked on with now-husband Benny Blanco. (Gomez and Blanco, 37, tied the knot during a romantic ceremony on September 27, weeks after she celebrated her bachelorette party in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico).
Grimes, who is known to have her own unique sense of style, spoke out in defense of Gomez after debuting a new face tattoo — a ring near her left eye.
Elon Musk and Grimes are the first to admit their relationship is unique. “There’s no real word for it,” Grimes (born Claire Elise Boucher) told Vanity Fair in March 2022. “I would probably refer to him as my boyfriend, but we’re very fluid. We live in separate houses. We’re best friends. We see each other […]
“Spent like 10 years emotionally working up to a face tattoo but I guess I drew on my face too much and literally no one noticed, not even my parents, not even after the video lol,” Grimes wrote.
“That said I think @glyphomancer is onto something truly novel and innovative with her work esp on face tats — there’s a true beauty, delicacy, and innovation here imo,” she continued. “Feel like tats are in a crazy renaissance period that’s sort of under appreciated [at the moment.]”