Lose You to Love Me

"Lose You to Love Me"
"Lose You to Love Me"
Single by Selena Gomez
from the album Rare
B-side	"Look at Her Now"
Released	October 23, 2019
Studio	Costa Mesa Recording Studios (Newport, California); Interscope Studios (Santa Monica); Westlake Studios (West Hollywood, California); Chalice Recording (Hollywood, California); MXM (Los Angeles, California); House Mouse Studios (Stockholm, Sweden);
Genre	Pop
Length	3:26
Label	Interscope
Songwriter(s)	Selena Gomez; Julia Michaels; Justin Tranter; Mattias Larsson; Robin Fredriksson;
Producer(s)	Mattman & Robin, Finneas
Selena Gomez singles chronology
Music video
	"Lose You to Love Me" on YouTube

"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. It was also co-produced 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. The song is the fourth track on the standard edition of Rare,^[3] and the second on the deluxe edition.^[4]

"Lose You to Love Me" received widespread acclaim from music critics, who mostly complimented its lyrical content. "Lose You to Love Me" topped the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Gomez's first number one song on the chart. Outside of the United States, "Lose You to Love Me" topped the charts in Canada and the Republic of Ireland, and peaked within the top ten of the charts in many countries, including Australia, Belgium, Germany, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The song has attained several gold, platinum and multi-platinum certifications worldwide.

The accompanying 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 listed as one of the best songs of 2019 by Vulture and Billboard.

A demo version of the song was released on October 2, 2020, to celebrate the song's first anniversary. The song was featured in the TV series Hacks, as well as in 2021 Amazon Prime Video movie Encounter.

^ Kaufman, Gil (October 18, 2019). "We Finally Know When We'll Hear New Selena Gomez Music". Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
^ Stavropoulos, Laura (October 18, 2019). "Selena Gomez Reveals Cover Of New Single "Lose You To Love Me"". udiscovermusic.com. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
^ "Lost You to Love Me by Selena Gomez on Apple Music". Apple Music. January 10, 2020. p. music.apple.com. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
^ "Lose You To Love Me by Selena Gomez on Apple Music". Apple Music. January 10, 2020. p. music.apple.com. Retrieved April 9, 2020.

[1] Kaufman, Gil (October 18, 2019). "We Finally Know When We'll Hear New Selena Gomez Music". Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2019.

[2] Stavropoulos, Laura (October 18, 2019). "Selena Gomez Reveals Cover Of New Single "Lose You To Love Me"". udiscovermusic.com. Retrieved October 18, 2019.

[3] "Lost You to Love Me by Selena Gomez on Apple Music". Apple Music. January 10, 2020. p. music.apple.com. Retrieved January 15, 2020.

[4] "Lose You To Love Me by Selena Gomez on Apple Music". Apple Music. January 10, 2020. p. music.apple.com. Retrieved April 9, 2020.

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