Selena Gomez on the scandalous lyrics in her hit with Blackpink, 'Ice Cream'

Selena Gomez likes her ice cream on a cone. Photo: Selena Gomez/Instagram

Selena Gomez and Blackpink know how to end the summer on a sweet note – by releasing their new single, Ice Cream, just before the United States’ Labour Day (Sept 7). The music video for the infectious candy-coated tune, which will appear on the K-pop group’s upcoming full-length album, was viewed close to 100 million times within 24 hours of its Aug 28 release on YouTube.

“It’s definitely a joyful thing. Being a part of it brought me joy,” Gomez, 28, says. “It’s hopefully what everybody else will get from it too. I just want people to feel good. I have a seven-year-old sister, and just to see her dancing to it – she hasn’t been able to go to school, and just seeing how much fun it can be, it was such a highlight.”