After I watched Selena Gomez's music video for her song "Boyfriend," [1] one of three new tracks she released in the deluxe edition of Rare, I started to think about the sexy date-night dresses [2] hanging in my own closet. I mean, how could I not? It's true, I forgot they were there as I've been sheltering in place for the past four weeks with nowhere to go [3], my closet doors closed almost all the time. But Selena reintroduced me to the idea of slinky little numbers — including the pink sequinned Cushnie halter mini [4] that she Instagrammed to tease the video.
Many of Selena's eagle-eyed fans are making comparisons between the "Boyfriend" video and The Weeknd's "Heartless" video, even connecting the red wool trench jacket Selena wears at the beginning of the video — styled with a printed silk headscarf — to The Weeknd's Vegas casino blazer. An editor at Seventeen even suggested that the necklace Selena teams up with her Cushnie look is a snake [5], a symbolic connection to her dedicated friendship with Taylor Swift [6] in the wake of Taylor's Kardashian feud [7].
Even if these little fashion details were purposeful — and it is a possibility, given how many close-ups there are on Selena's jewellery — it's safe to say Selena really impressed us with her confidence in flaunting such striking silhouettes, from plunging necklines to a sheer mesh bodysuit. Scroll down to watch the video in full, then catch a glimpse of some seriously eye-catching stills.