My Mind & Me
"My Mind & Me" is a song recorded by American singer Selena Gomez. It was released on November 3, 2022, by Interscope Records, as a single for Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me, a 2022 documentary film. The song was shortlist for the Best Original Song category at the 95th Academy Awards. Composition 
The song was written by Selena Gomez, Amy Allen, Jonathan Bellion, Michael Pollack, Stefan and Jordan K. Johnson, with the production of the team The Monsters & Strangerz. The song was written and recorded in four days in a house in Palm Springs, California. In an interview with Variety, Amy Allen explained that the song "the overarching concept of feeling at odds with your own mind, the song just kind of wrote itself. It felt like a dream session because it’s so rare for a song to come out so naturally." Gomez also told that recording the song was "therapeutic" and "cathartic" for her ,and that she wanted to get the message that "if somebody sees me like this, then they won’t feel alone now". Critical reception 
Jon Pareles wrote in a review for The New York Times that the music moved from "fragility to determination" and from "lone, echoey piano notes" to a "supportive march and a mission statement". Accolades

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2020s ballads
2022 singles
2022 songs
Selena Gomez songs
Songs written by Selena Gomez
Interscope Records singles
Song recordings produced by the Monsters & Strangerz
Songs written by Jon Bellion
Songs written by Jordan Johnson (songwriter)
Songs written by Stefan Johnson
Songs written by Amy Allen (songwriter)
Songs written by Michael Pollack (musician)