Selena Gomez has posed topless for the cover of V Magazine‘s spring 2015 edition.

Wearing only a pair of jean short-shorts, Selena Gomez says goodbye to her Disney persona in a big way, looks very grown up and is smokin’ hot.

Selena Gomez told the magazine, as she chatted with her Spring Breakers co-star James Franco for the accompanying article, that her next relationship will be very different from the very public on-again-off-again romance with Justin Bieber.

“I think the next time will be much different…which will definitely not be any time soon. That’s a growing up kind of thing. I was 18 years old, and it was my first love. The older I get, I’m guarding certain things more. After being put through the scrutiny, I understand what it is,” she said. “When you’re young and you’re being told so many different things…it almost felt like all we had was each other, like the world was against us, in a way. It was really weird but it was incredible. I would never take it back in a million years. You live and you learn, you know?”

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Selena Gomez said the public attention and criticism she received while maneuvering the ups and downs of young love caused her quite a bit of grief.

“There were a few months where I was a little depressed, where I wouldn’t leave [the house] as much,” she said. “I think I drove myself crazy for a little bit. It was just easier to say, ‘Hey, do you mind running to the grocery store and picking some stuff up, I don’t want to get photographed.’ I’m finally getting a little bit more comfortable. It’s a process.”