- Selena Gomez recently went from following 316 people on Instagram to only 37.
- Some of the accounts that remain include Time magazine, Taylor Swift, and Amy Schumer.
- Fans are confused about some of the people she decided to unfollow, like her childhood best friend Demi Lovato.
Eagle-eyed fans have noticed that Selena Gomez's Instagram went through some serious renovations.
Gomez recently unfollowed 279 people, leaving only 37 accounts on her timeline as of Wednesday afternoon. (The original screenshots, posted on Sunday, record that she initially unfollowed 281.)
Damn, Selena has unfollowed a lot of people on Instagram. 😂 pic.twitter.com/sKLvc52xKF
— Selena Gomez News (@LifeWithSelG) January 7, 2018
The "Bad Liar" singer also updated her bio and changed her profile picture to a photo of her mother, Mandy Teefey.
Gomez's most recent Instagram post references her life before fame, writing, "in many ways it very well could have been better than my life today." But Gomez has not commented on the new changes, nor has she indicated that she will make her profile private again.
Instead, fans have been left to speculate the meaning of the 37 who remain. For example, the songstress still follows several Selena Gomez fan accounts, Time magazine, Taylor Swift, Amy Schumer, UNICEF, and her best friend (and kidney donor) Francia Raisa.
She has notably unfollowed the cast of the Netflix show "13 Reasons Why," which Gomez spearheaded and helped produce. She also unfollowed her childhood best friend, Demi Lovato, despite having commented on Lovato's most recent Instagram just a few days prior.
Naturally, Twitter has been full of theories, questions, and general confusion.
She unfollowed demi, camila & all her friends & 13 reasons why cast & wizards of waverly place cast & so many peoples. Wtf is happening
— Hifza ❤ (@HappylenasLarry) January 7, 2018
Selena gomez follows 37 instagram accounts and like half of them are Selena gomez fan accounts. Something about that is weird to me
— Aaron Hunt (@YungScotDisick) January 10, 2018
she unfollowed T! She unfollowed like most of her closest friends. Maybe she’s tired of them haha
— isaaa (@katherynqueenbr) January 7, 2018
Some fans were more understanding than others.
lol yikes.. wonder why she did that. Keeping a small circle tho is definitely understandable tho. I get tired of people too
— Jenna ♡ (@SelenaIsBest22) January 7, 2018
she didn’t unfollow the fan accounts tho. a queen
— Ana ⚡️ (@fuckingoverdose) January 7, 2018
Many people theorized that the makeover means a new "era" of music from Gomez is on its way. Artists have been known to update their social media accounts to indicate an incoming album, including in the case of Gomez's pal— and remaining follow — Taylor Swift.
Sg2 is coming...
— ●JA● (@jacieljack) January 7, 2018
Selena is starting to hint about #SG2 9n Instagram hehe get ready SELENATORS , were really close . For real close
— SG SOURCE 🥀 (@SG_Source18) January 7, 2018
Selena Gomez has changed her profile picture to a photo of her mom, Mandy, changed her bio, and unfollowed some people on Instagram. Has her new era begun? Is #SG2 on its way? pic.twitter.com/cz4gH4yWjA
— The Pop Town (@ThePopTown) January 7, 2018
Whatever Gomez's reason was for this social media cleanse, fans will definitely be keeping an eye out for new developments.
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