Selena Gomez unveiled her latest tattoo on Wednesday after paying a visit to celebrity tattoo artist Bang Bang in New York.
The singer, 27, took to Instagram to show off her latest design- a small inking of the title of her new album, Rare.
It comes days after she debuted her arm tattoo in her Rare music video, which commemorates the date she got her kidney transplant from her friend in response to her Lupus diagnosis.
Rare: Selena Gomez sported a painful neck inking as she paid visit to her celebrity tattoo artist in New York on Wednesday
Showing off her neck tattoo on Instagram, Selena simply captioned the video: ‘Did it again
The skin around the inking, which is placed just under the singer’s ear, looked red and sore following the procedure.
The beauty is no novice to getting tattoos.
Inking: The singer, 27, took to Instagram to show off her latest design- a small tattoo of the title of her new album, Rare
Ouch: The skin around the inking, which is placed just under the singer’s ear, looked red and sore following the procedure
Selena revealed in December her tattoo on her arm was of the date of her transplant surgery.
Both she and her actress friend Francia Raisa got matching tattoos to commemorate their shared experience.
The former Disney star also showcased her large prayer hand tattoo on her upper thigh in a set of Polaroids ahead of her AMA performance in November 2019.
Bang Bang has been the singer’s go-to tattoo artist ever since 2012 when she got the roman numerals on the back of her neck.
Gathering a collection: Showing off her neck tattoo on Instagram, Selena simply captioned the video: ‘Did it again @bangbangnyc rare’
Regular customer: Selena hugged her tattoo artist after admiring the inking
The tattoo reads ‘LXXVI’ – which is the number 76. It’s said to be in dedication of her mom, Amanda Teefey, who’s born in 1976.
Bang Bang also did her back tattoo with Arabic writing in 2014. When translated, it reads: ‘love yourself first.’
Selena also has a bible script written down on her right hip.
Others include a ‘g’ behind her left year for her baby sister, Gracie, the word, ‘sunshine’ on her right foot in honor of her grandmother, a semi-colon and music note on her wrists, and matching numerical tattoos with her best friends.
Selena has spent the past few days out and about promoting her new album, Rare.
‘Every single moment counts’: It comes days after she debuted her arm inking in her Rare music video, which commemorates the date she got her kidney transplant in 2017
The songstress told Billboard last week she was done living her life via other people’s rules.
‘I’ve said this before, but I used to be terrified of saying anything,’ she revealed.
‘I would find myself protecting people that never protected me or cared for me.’
Selena explained how she was paralyzed by fear of saying or doing the ‘wrong thing’ because of the constant judgement she faces from being in the spotlight.
But at a certain point, the singer realized there was no reason to cater to other people’s emotions.
‘I was just done, you know?’ she said. ‘Just done being silent, and I felt like I deserved to have a moment for myself, after going through so much, and throwing that all into this album.’
They go way back: Bang Bang has been the singer’s go-to tattoo artist ever since 2012 when she got the roman numerals on the back of her neck (pictured May in 2019)
