United Kingdom, July 24 -- Rebecca Black has "retreated a lot of [her] personal details from [her] world".

The 29-year-old pop star has a new girlfriend - but she's doing her best to keep their burgeoning romance out of the spotlight.

Asked how she balances fame with trying to retain some degree of privacy, Rebecca told People: "I have so many friends in wonderfully public relationships that do it so well and with so much thought. I've also had so many friends be burned by doing that. I don't really have any rules for myself and neither has anybody I've ever dated, really, as an adult."

Rebecca usually prefers to limit details about her love life to her music.

She said: "What I make and give to people is more about the art and fantasy...