Selena Gomez is back to the pop star life, despite teasing that she might be done with music — and she’s bringing her superstar producer fiancé Benny Blanco along for the ride.
“I always trick you guys,” Gomez wrote on Instagram, alongside a series of photos snuggling in a bedroom with Blanco. “my NEW album I Said I Love You First with my best friend @bennyblanco, is out on 3/21 🖤Our first song, Scared of Loving You is out now on all streaming platforms. Merchandise and signed products for the album are available for pre-order now. We can’t wait to share this special project with you soon!”
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Gomez and Blanco have been teasing working on music together in the past few months. The “Rare” singer took to her Instagram Stories in January to share a video wearing headphones while sitting at what appears to be a studio desk, before grabbing the phone and turning it around to reveal the screen in front of her, blocking its contents with a red heart emoji.
In a previous TikTok video, the producer responded to a fan who commented on a previous video, “Benny please make some new songs for our queen.” Blanco walks into a home studio to show Gomez sitting on a couch and adjusting a microphone.
Gomez hasn’t released a full-length album since her 2020 third studio project Rare, which debuted atop the Billboard 200 and spawned her first-ever No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Lose You to Love Me.” In 2021, she unveiled a Spanish-language EP, Revelación.
It’s hardly the first time Blanco and Gomez have worked on music together. Blanco coproduced “Kill Em with Kindness” and “Same Old Love” off Gomez’s 2015 album Revival, and the duo collaborated on 2019’s “I Can’t Get Enough,” alongside Tainy and J Balvin. Most recently, they worked on Gomez’s single “Single Soon.”
The couple began dating in June 2023, and got engaged last month. Gomez shared the happy news with a Dec. 11 Instagram carousel featuring her marquise-cut engagement ring, along with the caption, “forever begins now..”