When I'm Gone (Alesso and Katy Perry song)

"When I'm Gone"
Single by Alesso and Katy Perry
Released29 December 2021
Genre
Length2:41
Label10:22 PM
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Alesso singles chronology
"Chasing Stars"
(2021)
"When I'm Gone"
(2021)
"Words"
(2022)
Katy Perry singles chronology
"Electric"
(2021)
"When I'm Gone"
(2021)
"Woman's World"
(2024)
Music video
"When I'm Gone" on YouTube

"When I'm Gone" is a song by Swedish DJ Alesso and American singer Katy Perry. It was released on 29 December 2021 by 10:22 PM Records. It coincides with the first date of Play—Perry's Las Vegas concert residency.[1] The song is a EDM, dance-pop, house and electropop tune, written by Perry, Alesso, Alida Garpestad Peck, Rami Yacoub, Nathan Cunningham, Marc Sibley, and Alma Goodman, and produced by Alesso and the Space Primates.

"When I'm Gone" was released alongside a music video that was directed by Hannah Lux Davis, and choreographed by Sean Bankhead. The song reached number one in Croatia and has also entered the top 10 in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Russia, and Slovakia as well as the top 20 in Lebanon, the Netherlands, and Poland, and the top 30 in Belgium and Hungary. The single was the third-bestselling song of 2022 in Croatia. Perry performed the track as a medley with "Walking on Air" (2013) at Play, during CNN's New Year's Eve Live, and on Saturday Night Live. The official music video premiered on 10 January 2022 on ESPN during the halftime show of the 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship.

  1. ^ Heffler, Jason (15 December 2021). "Alesso and Katy Perry Announce New Single and Music Video, "When I'm Gone"". EDM.com. Retrieved 27 December 2021.