Among the big ones (which include a new label and a new manager) is Gomez buying her first home and living alone for the first time. Her new place is in L.A., though she admits buddy Taylor Swift is urging her to live in New York.

"She wants to kidnap me," Gomez joked. "She's been begging me every time we get on the phone to move to New York, 'cause it's been a really good thing for her, you know? We've been friends for seven years and she really feels like she kind of stepped into her own and became a woman there, and she's like, 'All right, your turn, c'mon!'"