Selena Gomez’s ‘Ojos Tristes’ Lyrics Are About Letting Go of a Boy With ‘Sad Eyes’

Selena Gomez and The Marias Sampled a Classic by Spanish Singer Jeanette. She Says It’s ‘Gorgeous’

Jeanette found out that Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco had sampled her classic “El Muchacho de Los Ojos Tristes” just this morning. The Spanish singer, who rose to prominence in the Seventies and Eighties, received a text from her friend (and new collaborator) Lucas Bun informing her of Gomez and Blanco’s “Ojos Tristes,” which interpolates her classic with an added English lyric and second verse from The Marias. Jeanette loved it. “I’ll tell yo…

Selena Gomez’s ‘Ojos Tristes’ Lyrics Are About Letting Go of a Boy With ‘Sad Eyes’

Selena Gomez’s Spanish track ‘Ojos Tristes’ are a heartbreaking look at a past love. Read the lyrics and their English translation.

Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco’s ‘Ojos Tristes’ Samples a Very Popular Spanish Song After She Was Accused of ‘Butchering’ the Language

See the English translation Ojos Tristes by Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco on their Joint Album I Said I Love You First. The song samples Jeanette's El Muchacho de Los Ojos Tristes.