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15 June 2017

Selena Gomez is the latest pop star to queer the high school music video trope

She plays both a student and her own lesbian teacher crush in this video. (Oh, and her mother. And maybe her step-dad? It’s confusing.)

By Anna Leszkiewicz

The video for Selena Gomez’s Talking Heads-sampling slow burn “Bad Liar” was released yesterday. Like all good videos about simmering desires and forbidden loves, it’s set in a school at summertime. This time, we’re in a Seventies all-American high school, where an awkward, double denim-clad Selena tries to go about her usual day (chemistry class, basketball, dinner at home) but finds herself distracted by a crush. Look, she’s so preoccupied she’s bumping into other students all over the place!!!

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