Selena Gomez on Working With Blackpink, Life in Quarantine and Why She’s Getting Political (Watch)

variety.com:

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorSelena Gomez and Blackpinkknow how to end the summer on a sweet note — by releasing their new single, “Ice Cream,” just before Labor Day.

The music video for the infectious candy-coated tune, which will appear on the K-pop group’s upcoming full-length album, was viewed close to 100 million times within 24 hours of its Aug.

28 release on YouTube.“It’s definitely a joyful thing. Being a part of it brought me joy,” Gomez, 28, says on Thursday’s episode of the Variety and iHeart podcast “The Big Ticket.” “It’s hopefully what everybody else will get from it too.

I just want people to feel good. I have a 7-year-old sister, and just to see her dancing to it — she hasn’t been able to go to.