Lose You to Love Me

"Lose You to Love Me" is a song by American singer Selena Gomez, released by Interscope Records on October 23, 2019, as the lead single from Gomez's third studio album Rare (2020).[1][2] The song was written by Gomez, Julia Michaels, Justin Tranter, and its producers Mattman & Robin, with additional production by Finneas O'Connell. "Lose You to Love Me" is a pop ballad with empowering lyrics about discovering one's true self, backed by a choir, piano and strings.

"Lose You to Love Me"
Single by Selena Gomez
from the album Rare
B-side"Look at Her Now"
ReleasedOctober 23, 2019 (2019-10-23)
Format
Studio
  • Costa Mesa Recording Studios (Newport, California)
  • Interscope Studios (Santa Monica)
  • Westlake Recording Studios (West Hollywood, California)
  • Chalice Recording Studios (Hollywood, California)
  • MXM Studios (Los Angeles, California)
  • House Mouse Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)
GenrePop
Length3:26
LabelInterscope
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Selena Gomez singles chronology
"I Can't Get Enough"
(2019)		 "Lose You to Love Me"
(2019)		 "Look at Her Now"
(2019)
Music videos
"Lose You to Love Me" on YouTube

Upon release, "Lose You to Love Me" received favourable responses from music critics, with praise towards its lyrics, production, and Gomez's emotional vocal performance. Debuting at the fifteenth spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the song skyrocketed to the top spot in its second week, becoming Gomez's first number-one single in the United States. It also topped the charts in Canada and Ireland, and peaked within the top five in many countries, such as Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Switzerland and the United Kingdom; as well as the top 10 in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden. The song has received several gold, platinum and multi-platinum certifications worldwide.

The music video premiered on YouTube coinciding with the song's release. It is a simplistic black-and-white video directed by Sophie Muller and filmed entirely on an iPhone 11 Pro in Los Angeles. It features Gomez singing straight to the camera, in a confessional. Gomez made the debut performance of the song at the 2019 American Music Awards on November 24, 2019. "Lose You to Love Me" was named as one of the best songs of 2019 by Vulture and Billboard.

Background

Gomez revealed in April 2019 that she was working on new music.[3] After teasing her fans on Instagram with photos of her as a child and now, she announced on October 18, that a single titled "Lose You to Love Me" would be released on October 23.[4] Co-writer Julia Michaels revealed that the song was written on Valentine's Day of 2019 in an interview with Zane Lowe on his Beats1 Radio show.

Composition and lyrical interpretation

"Lose You to Love Me" is a self-love anthem about discovering someone's true self through the difficult process of losing a lover. Chris Monlanpy from Slate stated "with only piano and Gomez's voice, then grows ever more stirring with plucked strings, a choir of backing vocals, and, more than halfway through, a subtle heartbeat thump that's the closest thing to a beat in the whole song."[5] Multiple publications have speculated that the song refers to Gomez's on-off relationship with Canadian singer Justin Bieber.[6]

Commercial performance

The song debuted at number 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100 with 36,000 copies sold in its opening week after just two days of tracking. It debuted at number one on the Digital Songs chart and number 20 on the Streaming Songs chart. The song's number fifteen debut is also Gomez's second best debut on the Hot 100 chart after "Good for You" debuted at number nine in 2015.[7] In its second week, the song ascended to number one, becoming Gomez's first number-one song in the US and her highest charting single on the Hot 100, surpassing the number five peaks of "Good for You" and "Same Old Love". The song led Billboard's Streaming Songs chart, accumulating 38 million US streams in one week.[8] It also became the best selling song of the week digitally, topping Billboard's Digital Songs chart. Taking 10 years and 10 months from her first appearance on the chart, Gomez completed the longest wait to reach the summit since Daddy Yankee, who reached number one in 2017, after 12 years and nine months.[9] The song also became Gomez's first top five hit in the UK, reaching number three and her first number one in Ireland.

Music video

The black-and-white video was directed by Sophie Muller and filmed entirely on an iPhone 11 Pro in Los Angeles. It features Gomez singing straight to the camera, in a confessional.[10] The music video premiered on YouTube on October 23, 2019, coinciding with the song's release. The video has since received over 285 million views.[11] On January 14, 2020, an alternative music video was released on her YouTube channel, as well as an alternative music video for "Look at Her Now".

Live performances

Gomez first performed the song as the opening number of the 2019 American Music Awards on November 24, 2019 along with "Look at Her Now".[12][13]

Critical reception

"Lose You to Love Me" received widespread critical acclaim. Writing for Vogue, Michelle Ruiz commended the song, stating, "Potentially getting lost in the internet sleuthing of it all, however, is the fact that "Lose You to Love Me" is a highly catchy and searing ballad that deserves to immediately be added to everyone's Empowering Breakup Songs playlist, right after Lizzo's 'Truth Hurts'."[14] Craig Jenkins of Vulture praised its lyrics, noting: "It was a gamble trusting that the lyrics to this song would sell it on their own, but it was a wise one."[15] Vulture also named it the second best song of 2019.[16]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Rare.[17]

Recording locations

Personnel
  • Selena Gomez – vocals, songwriter
  • Julia Michaels – songwriter, backing vocals, choir vocals
  • Justin Tranter – songwriter, backing vocals, choir vocals
  • Mattman & Robin – songwriter, producer, vocal producer, backing vocals, choir vocals bass guitar, organ, percussion, piano, strings, synthesizer programming, studio personnel
  • Finneas O'Connell – additional producer
  • Mattias Bylund – string arranger, recorder and editor, strings
  • Mattias Johansson – violin
  • David Bukovinszky – cello
  • Bart Schoudel – engineer, vocal producer, studio personnel
  • Ryan Dulude – assistant recording engineer
  • Gavin Finn – assistant recording engineer, studio personnel
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering engineer, studio personnel
  • John Hanes – mix engineer, studio personnel
  • Serban Ghenea – mixer, studio personnel
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Will Quinnell – mastering

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[80] Gold 15,000*
Belgium (BEA)[81] Gold 20,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[82] 2× Platinum 160,000
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[83] Gold 45,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[84] Gold 15,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[85] Platinum 20,000*
Portugal (AFP)[86] Gold 10,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[87] Gold 20,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[88] Gold 400,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history
Release formats for "Lose You to Love Me"
Country Date Format Label Ref.
Various October 23, 2019
Interscope [89][90]
Australia October 25, 2019 Contemporary hit radio Universal [91]
United Kingdom October 26, 2019 Polydor [92]
United States October 28, 2019 Hot adult contemporary Interscope [93]
October 29, 2019 Contemporary hit radio [94]
Italy November 8, 2019 Universal [95]

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