Los Angeles, California - Selena Gomez just confirmed a long-standing rumor that she was the inspiration behind one of Taylor Swift's sweetest songs!
On Tuesday's episode of her husband Benny Blanco's new podcast, Selena revealed that the 36-year-old pop star's song dorothea is about her.
"Dorothea is about me," she confirmed on Friends Keep Secrets.
"I feel like a lot of huge moments that were self-defining, from relationships to family to love to hate, all of it in between – we were figuring it out because I was 15 and she was 18," the 32-year-old continued.
"We didn't really know what was going on."
Selena added that their friendship has always remained strong over the years and said of the song, "When I listen to it, I'm so impressed by how it's eloquently put."
dorothea, which appears on Taylor's 2020 album evermore, describes a small-town girl who chases her Hollywood dreams.
The narrator reflects on her long-standing friendship with Dorothea, recalling their early memories together and singing, "It's never too late to come back to my side."
The parallels to Taylor and Selena's decade-long friendship were obvious, and the Grammy winner seemed to make its inspiration clear with a direct nod to Selena's career.
Selena Gomez confirms she inspired Taylor Swift's song dorothea
"Ooh, you'rе a queen sellin' dreams, sellin' makeup and magazines," Taylor sings of the Rare Beauty mogul. "Ooh, from you I'd buy anything."
But Selena also dished that dorothea isn't the one Taylor song she inspired, as the Opalite artist also penned a track called Family that was never released.
"It was over, easily, a decade ago, insinuating in the lyrics, without quoting, it is basically saying you have these amazing dreams," she explained.
Selena shared that her dreams included starring in movies, while Taylor aspired to perform at stadiums.
"Now, when I listen to those songs, both of those things have happened for us," the Only Murders in the Building star gushed.
"And that's really sweet because back then, she was just like, 'I wrote this song about us, and it was just our story,' and it was the sweetest thing."