Selena Gomez's 'Wolves' Song With Marshmello Is A Bland Departure From Her New Music Era

Selena Gomez has shared her new song "Wolves" today (Oct. 25), and it is not the exciting release that we were hoping for. The singer does EDM/dance well (as seen with her "It Ain't Me" collaboration with Kygo), but her work with Marshmello falls flat.

"I've been running through the jungle / I've been crying with the wolves / To get to you, to get to you/ I've been down the darkest alleys / Saw the dark side of the moon / To get to you, to get to you," she blandly sings on the chorus. When compared to the subdued kookiness of "Bad Liar" or the icy romanticism of "Fetish," "Wolves" doesn't share the same experimentation of Selena's previous singles. Dance music can easily sound reductive, and unfortunately this tune doesn't push any boundaries.