Justin Bieber may still be nursing a broken heart (and sending secret video messages) over his ex Selena Gomez, but Selena revealed in a recent interview with Elle that she’s moved on—and the precise moment when it happened might surprise you. Let’s back up a second: Gomez debuted her single “The Heart Wants What It Wants” in November 2014, and with it came a ton of buzz that she was singing about her on-again/off-again boyfriend Biebs in the track. Then came time to perform the song at the American Music Awards that same month. Before she went onstage, Gomez describes the moment of clarity that came to her: “Everybody was talking about the same thing: my relationship. I was so exhausted. I said, ‘I want this [performance] to be the last time I have to talk about this. And acknowledge this feeling.’ I was kind of devastated. I was like, this is all I have right now. This is gonna be it. And all I want is to move on.” Gomez went on to deliver a raw performance, complete with tears and the ad-libbed line “I thought you were the one.” At the time, many viewers (and Twitter users) interpreted

Justin Bieber may still be nursing a broken heart (and sending secret video messages) over his ex Selena Gomez, but Selena revealed in a recent interview with Elle that she’s moved on—and the precise moment when it happened might surprise you.

Let’s back up a second: Gomez debuted her single “The Heart Wants What It Wants” in November 2014, and with it came a ton of buzz that she was singing about her on-again/off-again boyfriend Biebs in the track. Then came time to perform the song at the American Music Awards that same month. Before she went onstage, Gomez describes the moment of clarity that came to her:

“Everybody was talking about the same thing: my relationship. I was so exhausted. I said, ‘I want this [performance] to be the last time I have to talk about this. And acknowledge this feeling.’ I was kind of devastated. I was like, this is all I have right now. This is gonna be it. And all I want is to move on.”

Gomez went on to deliver a raw performance, complete with tears and the ad-libbed line “I thought you were the one.” At the time, many viewers (and Twitter users) interpreted those tears to mean that Gomez was still hung up on Biebs—but she views the emotional moment differently.

“It was a huge weight lifted off me. That’s why, from this point on, I know I can prove myself, you know. I haven’t scratched the surface yet.”

Are you surprised that was the moment Selena got over Justin?