"It wasn't really any sort of inspiration other than, 'all right, let have fun,'" Selena Gomez explains at the beginning of her deep-dive into the making of the Rare song "Boyfriend" in the latest Beats by Dre series Beat x Beat: Inside Out.
Joined by two of the song's co-writers, Justin Tranter and Julia Michaels, and producers The Roommates -- via FaceTime, of course -- Gomez describes Michaels asking her what mood she was going for that day.
Gomez's response was simple, and brutally honest: "I don't know, I want a boyfriend." Tranter says that text message lit a spark and the song just started rolling out, with Selena describing the vibe they were going after as simple, but definitely with a head-bopping beat.