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'I gained weight and the comments hurt': Selena Gomez talks about how body shaming got to her as she defends topless album cover

Published: 16:01 EST, 11 September 2015 | Updated: 12:39 EST, 12 September 2015

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Selena Gomez appeared on Power 106's The Cruz Show Friday to promote her new album, Revival, which is set to be released in early October.

The 23-year-old singer and actress discussed her emotional journey making the album, signing with a new record label and working with a new team of producers.

The Good For You hit maker also address her topless album cover and recent body shaming.

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Setting the record straight: Selena Gomez talked body shaming on Power 106's The Cruz Show on Friday

The former child actor recently received backlash after she took to Twitter and posted a picture of her upcoming album cover which featured a completely naked Gomez.

J Cruz, host of The Cruz Show questioned the former child actor why she posed nude for the album cover.

'That kind of was interesting,' she noted as she pointed out that she did a similar topless photo shoot for V magazine earlier this year.

Naked truth: The former Disney Channel star posted a pic on Twitter of her Revival album cover

Cover model: Gomez posed topless for the Spring 2015 issue of V Magazine; the image was similar to her album cover

'At the end of the day, this is not going to be a subject once the album comes out. The music is going to take over because that's how confident I am about it.'

Selena explained her decision to Cruz, 'You have to understand that I dealt with a lot of body shaming this year and I've never experienced that before.

'I don't care about that stuff, but I did start gaining weight, and I didn't really mind it,' the ex of Justin Bieber revealed.

But she looks like a 10! The Love You Like A Love Song crooner was accused of being heavy here in 2014

'Man, that hurt. That was really hurtful because I've experienced people who have tried to control that kind of stuff before, and I didn't care,' she added.

'This is my time. I want to do it the way I want to do it,' Gomez stated proudly.

'It's not even about my weight. It's just that I'm not going to give a f*** what people say,' Gomez continued.

On the defense: The Come And Get It singer defends her nude photo shoot for her upcoming album and V magazine earlier this year

Expressed emotions: Selena described her very emotional experience creating her album on The Cruz Show

'I'm not going to let them get to me. I can do what I want,' she exclaimed. 'I'm not doing that all the time. It's beautiful. It represents that it's bare.'

'I don't want diamonds and things all over me for the cover, and really thick makeup. I wanted it natural, so...geez!'

When asked if there were any alterations to the album cover photo, Gomez wanted people to know and revealed the pic was, 'Photoshopped, for sure!'

The Cruz Show: J Cruz questioned Gomez on her recent topless photo shoot and body shaming allegations

In describing her image on the spring 2015 issue of V magazine Gomez said, 'It looks like a Linda Ronstadt photo. It's a '70s photo.'

'I'm wearing high-waisted shorts that are obviously cut off. It's beautiful. I'm proud of that.'

The former Disney Channel star explained why she decided to title her album Revival.

'The last two years, honestly, everybody's had a say in my life,' she revealed. 'Nobody knows...It kind of just got out of hand.'

They would make a cute couple: Also on Friday Selena was seen with Brooklyn Beckham at the Polo Ralph Lauren fashion show in NYC

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That's when Gomez decided on a new record label and fresh team of producers explaining, 'I really trusted people and they heard me. They were really understanding that I was fed up with everything.'

She confessed, 'I was crying in the studio. Then I was happy in the studio. I recorded the best songs of my career in the studio.

'It was such a time for me to explore who I am,' she said. 'That was really important. I think that's why we called it Revival. It's the first song on the album.

'Recording Revival was almost like therapy,' Gomez added. 'It was so exhausting.'