Flaunt Weeekly The singer and fiancé Benny Blanco have been teasing their collaborative project, which arrives March 21
Selena Gomez at the 40th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Feb. 9, 2025.Presley Ann/Getty Images/DAOU Vineyards
Selena Gomezis leaving more breadcrumbs for fans ahead of her next album,I Said I Love You Firsta collaboration with her fiancé and producer Benny Blanco. The singer and actress released a clip on social media Tuesday, teasing a new song.
In the video, Gomez mouths along to the words of the unreleased alt-pop track: “Call me when you break up/I want to be the first one on your mind when you wake up/I miss the way we’d stay up/ We’d talk about forever while I’m taking off my makeup,” she sings in the song snippet.
It’s not her first hint of new music. The day before, Blancoshared a clipwhere he interrupts a conversation between Gracie Abrams and Gomez, causing a social media storm of speculation: Could the two pop stars have a single up their sleeve? Although those details have not been confirmed, Gomez and Blancodo intend to launchI Said I Love You First,a collaborative album celebrating their love story, on March 21. The two announced their engagement in a rosy-cheeked Instagram post in December, and have since been attached at the waist at award shows, in a cover story, and at red carpet appearances. Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser even poked fun at the newly engaged coupleduring her monologue“And Benny Blanco is here because of the genie that granted him that wish.”
Their first single “Scared of Loving You” — a delicate lullaby written by Gomez, Blanco, and singer-songwriter Finneas — arrived Thursday. Her return to music came as a surprise to Gomez fans, after the singer had previously said she was “a little too old for the pop star life” in aDecemberVarietyinterview.In her album announcement last week, theEmilia Perezstar admitted to her playfulness: “I always trick you guys,”she said.
Blanco previously produced Gomez’s “Same Old Love” and “Kill Em With Kindness” off her 2015Revivalalbum, and her 2023 bubbly track, “Single Soon.”
From Rolling Stone US.
