I Said I Love You First... And You Said It Back (2025)
The standard album is surprise-released on May 2, 2025 and is followed by the deluxe album one week later.
I think the album would benefit from being released later in the year; a lot of these songs feel very summery. It did not make any sense releasing it in the winter/spring, when Talk, Sunset Blvd, and especially Bluest Flame feel like contenders for Song of the Summer. Beyond that, by April/May, the notion that 2025 had been a dry year for music had become a popular one and, if I Said I Love You First were released then, I feel as though a lot of people would be much more eager to listen to it. A fresh pop album by a major celebrity is what people were clamoring for, and May would’ve been the time to do it. A surprise release has also been successful for Selena in the past, with De Una Vez in 2021 and Scared of Loving You in 2025. Both did well as promotional singles, and doing the same strategy for an album would be a bold move, but something worth exploring.
Call Me When You Break Up would be promoted as the focus track alongside the album release and would act as a promotional single, followed by Ojos Tristes and Bluest Flame being released as singles simultaneously to US hot adult contemporary radio and US pop radio, respectively, upon going viral on social media. When the deluxe album is released on May 9, Stained would be released as the focus track. Sunset Blvd would also be released as a promotional single with a music video on June 21, the first official day of summer. In the fall, Guess You Could Say I’m in Love would be promoted with a music video and would impact several radio formats, including pop radio, hot adult contemporary radio, alternative radio, etc.
Tracklist
1. I Said I Love You First
2. Younger and Hotter Than Me
3. Call Me When You Break Up (feat. Gracie Abrams) (Extended Version)
4. Talk
5. Ojos Tristes (feat. The Marías)
6. Don’t Wanna Cry
7. Sunset Blvd
8. Cowboy
9. Bluest Flame
10. How Does It Feel To Be Forgotten?
11. Stained
12. Do You Wanna Be Perfect?
13. You Said You Were Sorry
14. I Can’t Get Enough (feat. J Balvin & Tainy)
15. Don’t Take It Personally
16. That’s When I’ll Care
17. Guess You Could Say I’m in Love (feat. Cigarettes After Sex)
18. Scared of Loving You
Singles
1. Ojos Tristes (feat. The Marías)
2. Bluest Flame
3. Guess You Could Say I’m in Love (feat. Cigarettes After Sex)