Selena Marie Gomez (born July 22, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and television producer. After appearing on the children's series Barney & Friends (2002–2004), she received wider recognition for her portrayal of Alex Russo on the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place, which aired from 2007 until 2012.
Gomez also starred in the films Another Cinderella Story (2008), Princess Protection Program (2009), Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009), Ramona and Beezus (2010), and Monte Carlo (2011). Thereafter, she focused on more mature roles in Spring Breakers (2012), Getaway (2013), The Fundamentals of Caring (2016), and The Dead Don't Die (2019). She voices the character of Mavis in the Hotel Transylvania film franchise, and serves as an executive producer of the Netflix television drama series 13 Reasons Why (2017–present) and the Netflix documentary series Living Undocumented (2019).
From Sam Fender to Justin Bieber, the singers are exhausted – and so am I
metro.co.ukSam Fender canned shows saying it was ‘exhausting feigning happiness for business’, and Wet Leg found the mental and physical exhaustion of being on tour too much they couldn’t get on a plane.Earlier this month, Justin Beiber cancelled his world tour citing similar reasons, and in his recent documentary End To End, George Ezra said touring leaves him emotionally and mentally drained.And as I’m writing this, Howard – one half of dance duo Disclosure – revealed he was at ‘breaking point’ after struggling with being on the road, and wouldn’t be joining his brother Guy on their Australian tour.They’re not the first to put a plug in a bunch of tour dates – Shawn Mendes, Solange and Selena Gomez have also been forced to do it in the past- and they won’t be the last.And I hope they aren’t the last.
The kids are exhausted. Jesus, we’re all tired.I don’t mean that in any kind of ‘woe is the life of the celebrity’ way, I really mean it sincerely.
Life on the road, and just being even mildly famous in general, looks horrendous.Team that with probably incrementally increasing sales pressures, social media expectations (not to mention the dumpster fire of a place social media can be for people), pressures of simply existing in 2022 and, also, like, the general physical effect one flight has on the body let alone daily flights.
It’s no wonder these artists are tapping out.While a different routine, it’s not just the famous that live this go-go-go storm of a lifestyle.Hustle culture has become a real mainstay of Gen Y/Millennial mentality, from careers to social lives and the acai smoothie bowls we prepare after our 5.30am gym session (I don’t know, are we still having acai bowls?
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