<P> It begins with the singer at a Japanese karaoke bar, watching a man sing the band's previous single "Naturally" off - key before he wanders off stage, a scene criticized for being similar to the opening scene of Maroon 5's video for their 2004 single "Sunday Morning". Gomez, who wears a golden disco - style dress, is called to the stage, where she starts to sing the song . As the first line begins, the karaoke machine begins projecting various images of the band in different settings . The first set features Gomez wearing a long black dress with poker - straight hair on a violet - sanded beach . She walks the beach with a long - haired blond male hippie (actor / model Oliver Seitz), and lays in the sand while he plays sitar and time - lapsed clouds speed away overhead . In the chorus, many TV screens show images of Gomez in drag looking similar to 1980s icon Max Headroom . </P> <P> During the second verse of the song, Gomez and the pianist are in a heavenly cloud - scape, both dressed in a style inspired by the 1984 film Amadeus . She sings atop the triangular piano while he plays . She then glances at a TV screen displaying the next scene . Donning 1950s dress, Gomez rides in the passenger seat of a convertible car driven by a greaser, played by actor Charan Andreas on a Tron-esque computer grid in outer space . The song's breakdown takes place in a large field of fuchsia wheat . Gomez sports a bejeweled bustier, black tutu, and black thigh - high boots while playing piñata with a pink lightsaber . She is surrounded by a Mariachi band consisting of The Scene and others playing Roland AX - 7 synth keytars and a Yamaha WX5 wind controller . In the video's conclusion, The Scene comes into the bar to watch their lead singer finish her song, as the men from the fantasy sequences are shown to be in the audience as well . Gomez then bows to applause from the small audience . The beach was filmed in Malibu, California . </P> <P> Before the official release of the music video, a leaked photo from the set of Gomez, the hippie, and two pink - colored horses drew controversy during production . Although the horses were actually colored using a nontoxic water - soluble vegetable powder, when singer and PETA supporter Pink saw the photo, she assumed the horses had been colored traditionally using toxic paints or dyes . Pink criticized the video, which had not even been released, as "stupid". On her arrival to the video's set, Gomez was reportedly surprised to see that the horses were physically colorized, having assumed their color would be added in post-production . According to Gomez, she "was not so comfortable with the whole concept" of having horses in the video, and it was later announced that the animals would not appear in the final cut of the video, despite on - set supervision from an official of the Humane Society and the horses not having been harmed or endangered in any way . James Dihn of MTV Newsroom commented that Gomez was not the first celebrity to be criticized by PETA, naming Britney Spears and her music video for "Circus" (2008), as well as 50 Cent and Lady Gaga, as examples . Following the release on VEVO, Becky Bain of Idolator noted "most of these scenes have absolutely nothing to do with one another", but considered it "pretty entertaining even without pink horses", joking about the PETA controversy . Jocelyn Vena of MTV summarized her review of the music video saying, "Selena Gomez may have been born in 1992, but that doesn't mean that the teen queen can't get a little nostalgic for the' 80s ." </P> <P> Gomez performed the song on Good Morning America on June 17, 2011 . The song has also been performed on the UK program Daybreak on July 8, 2011 . She also performed it at the Teen Choice Awards on Sunday, August 7, 2011 . Gomez performed the song on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on September 19, 2011 . The song was also performed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on November 17, 2011 . Gomez and her band performed the song at their first headlining tour We Own the Night Tour . </P>

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