Speaking about the supposed relationship, Goulding told Elle: “I was never in a relationship with Ed. Strength is the ability to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands and then eat just one of those pieces. Be proud of who you are and not ashamed of how someone else sees you. The truth can make people angrier than a lie. He told radio station Click 98.9: “I mean, normal people don’t hold hands if they’re just friends. I’d like to see you in better living conditions. The ginger singer reportedly dated Goulding and they were spotted holding hands at the 2013 Video Music Awards. But the song was co-written with Ed Sheeran, so it’s only fair that his alleged exes get a look-in too. The evidence: Gomez has been Bieber’s most serious girlfriend to date. is mostly very personal and relationships that I’ve been in and relationships that I’ve lost.” So, all signs point to Selena, right? Perhaps, though the singer added: “The only thing I don’t want people to ever know is ‘Love yourself’ I don’t want people to know who that’s about.” Damn you, Justin! Interviewed last year, Bieber told NME: “A lot of the time I am speaking about specific people – my ex-girlfriend – and a lot of times it’s not about that I’m telling a story or it’s a narrative. The evidence: It’s possible Bieber doesn’t have fond memories of this time in his life, which could have contributed to the reflective tone of the song.īieber and the former Disney star were famously on-again/off-again for years, so she’s the ex-girlfriend most commonly linked to the song. The evidence: Jenner does like a selfie, but it seems unlikely the song’s about her, since she’s from one of the best-connected families in showbiz, that she’d the subject of the lyric, “And all the clubs you get in using my name.”Īnother Instagram-famous type, Jeffries was in Bieber’s car when he was infamously arrested for a DUI in Miami in early 2014, which is when the pair were reportedly dating.