Performer

• Selena Gomez

 

Song Title

• The Heart Wants What It Wants

 

Songwriter(s)

• Selena Gomez

• Antonina Armato

• David Jost

• Tim James

 

Lyricist

• Selena Gomez

• David Jost

 

What is the main theme of the song?

• You can’t control your heart or what you feel even if it might have been hurt by certain things before.

 

How many of the lyrics refer to the central theme/topic? Give examples.

• “There's a million reasons why I should give you up. But the heart wants what it wants”

• “Finding a way to let go. Baby Baby no I can’t escape”

• The lyrics mostly describes the singer’s painful experience, and then ends with her describing how she still can’t let go of those memories and even reminisce about them because her heart ‘wants to’.

 

Do they tell you everything at once or build up a story?

• They slowly build up as the song progress.

 

Is anything else brought in from a different topic; if so, why?

• They refer to a fairytale, but a “modern” one to state that it won’t end with a happy ending like classic fairytales do.