Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco finally dropped their collab album I Said I Love Your First, and there are a lot of great tracks. The couple hard launched their relationship in December 2023 and announced their engagement about a year later.

The two seem happier than ever, and like so many great musical couples that came before them, decided to make an album together. From dance hits to toned-down acoustic ballads, Gomez and Blanco's album is full of range and perfectly brings their love story to life.

14 I Said I Love You First

Written By Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco, and Finneas

The 44-second first track on the album is the title track and takes audio from a video of Selena Gomez's last day on the set of Wizards of Waverly Place. Produced by Benny Blanco, Finneas, and Bart Schoudel, "I Said I Love You First" features a light piano playing over the audio of Gomez's goodbye speech.

While the song can be interpreted as a message to her fans before they dive into the album, it also feels like a message to Blanco. Gomez has been open about her struggles in love and the trauma she has from past relationships. With Blanco, she feels safe, and the short opening track expresses exactly why Gomez said "I love you" first.

13 Do You Wanna Be Perfect

Written by Gomez, Blanco, Magnus Høiberg, and Jeremy Malvin

"Do You Wanna Be Perfect" is another short interlude on Gomez and Blanco's album. However, this time, the singer is addressing the unrealistic beauty standards that have plagued her throughout her life. A voice plays over the song like an ment trying to sell a product that will make its buyer perfect. With the success of The Substance this award season, the song feels incredibly relevant. It also feels like a follow-up to Selena Gomez's 2011 self-love anthem "Who Says," except this time she's more confident.

While in her prior single, she sang about being insecure and listening to the people who told her she wasn't good enough, this time she confidently tunes out the ment, taking over the radio waves. "No more of the unrealistic standards of perfect," Gomez announces, almost laughing at the ridiculousness of the ment. It's clear she's come a long way.

12 Don't Take It Personally

Written by Gomez, Blanco, Blake Slatkin, Mikky Ekko, and Justin Tranter

"Don't Take It Personally" is an acoustic song where Gomez sings about someone who her partner is no longer close to. Gomez seems to be addressing one of her partner's exes, asking this person not to take their relationship personally. The song is not mean-spirited at all, as Gomez even hopes that this person finds someone who's right for them too.

A few have speculated that the song could be about Gomez's ex Justin Bieber. Bieber worked with Benny Blanco several times but unfollowed him on Instagram when he and Gomez announced their engagement. However, lyrics like "he doesn't want you" make it more likely the song is about one of Blanco's previous partners.

11 Cowboy

Written by Gomez, Blanco, Amanda Ibanez, and Jake Torrey

In "Cowboy" Gomez sings about her sexual desires likely regarding her relationship with Benny Blanco. At the beginning of the song, she sings about him wanting her to act like a bad girl before confessing she wants him to "ride it like a cowboy." The song is reminiscent of the dark pop trap-inspired music Gomez was putting out around 2016 and 2017. It has similar production and vocals to Gomez's 2015 song "Good For You" and her 2017 single "Fetish." However, there's a maturity and confidence in Gomez's voice at 32 that wasn't there in her 20s.

10 Don't Wanna Cry

Written By Gomez, Blanco, Slatkin, Sébastien Akchoté-Bozović, Tranter, Jackson Shanks, Ekko, and Høiberg

"Don't Wanna Cry" feels very '70s and '80s pop-inspired. In the song, Gomez sings about being mistreated by an ex but not wanting to cry over him. "I don't wanna cry now" Gomez repeats on loop in the song's chorus. It's hard to pinpoint who the singer might be talking about as she doesn't give any specifics. However, the most exciting part about the song isn't its lyrics but its production. It's especially good at the end as her voice trails off and a disco-inspired beat plays as the song's outro.

9 You Said You Were Sorry

Written by Gomez, Blanco, Høiberg, Ibanez, Tranter, and John Byron

Gomez is not shy about how happy she is with Benny Blanco and she expresses this in "You Said You Were Sorry." In the achingly sweet, soft-spoken song, she also reflects on a past relationship:

But I had a dream

You said you were sorry, said you were sorry

Sorry for everything

That you put on me, that you put on me.

Although it was only a dream, Gomez said the fantasy of his apology was enough for her to finally forgive and move forward. It seems Gomez is suggesting that she's made peace with her past, which is allowing her to focus on her positive relationship in the present.

8 I Can't Get Enough

Written By Gomez, Blanco, Cristina Chiluiza, J Balvin, Tainy, Mike Sabath, and José Osorio

"I Can't Get Enough" was a song Selena Gomez released in early 2019, but it didn't make her 2020 album Rare. All these years later, Gomez and Blanco decided to include the song on their album. The song has a reggaeton beat that suits Gomez's voice well. Gomez sings the first verse and choruses while J Balvin also raps throughout the song. The track is pretty repetitive, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Gomez is great at making a dance-pop hit and this is certainly a song fans can dance to. While it may have been out in the world for six years, it's great to finally have it on an album, especially since it was the early days of Gomez and Blanco getting to know each other. Who would've thought all these years later they'd be engaged?

7 Bluest Flame

Written By Gomez, Blanco, Charlotte Aitchison, Høiberg, and Dylan Brady

Selena Gomez expresses again how attracted she is to her partner in "Bluest Flame." The song has some overly repetitive lyrics, but the production is what makes it instantly magnetic. The singer is seemingly referring to having sex with her partner and calling it "hotter than the bluest flame."

The disco dance-pop beat drowns out the lyrics, making it the perfect club anthem. With the success of Charli XCX's Brat during the summer of 2024, this is exactly what music fans are looking for. "Bluest Flame" could easily become 2025's song of the summer if Gomez chose to promote it as a single. Otherwise, it would stay a hidden gem, but is certainly one of the most fun songs on I Said I Love You First.

6 How Does It Feel To Be Forgotten

Written by Gomez, Blanco, Ekko, Tranter, and William Fly

In "How Does It Feel To Be Forgotten" Gomez sings again about how much better her current relationship is than one from her past. According to the song, one of Gomez's past partners saw her in public and went up to talk to her as if they were friends. Gomez calls the experience "embarrassing" while telling her ex to go cry in private before asking him how it feels to be forgotten. While Gomez has expressed a lot of hurt from past relationships, it's clear that this time around she really has moved on.

You walked in

Big ass grin

Talkin' like we're friends

Honey, what were you thinking?

While her exes may have haunted her in the past, they no longer have that hold over her and Gomez suspects her former partner is not happy about that. However, the singer still wishes her former partner well, telling him "I hope one day you heal." The most unique part of the song is that Gomez concludes with a statement in Spanish, honoring her heritage. The Spanish words translate to "Now everything is said and done. Everything is forgotten."

5 Scared Of Loving You

Written by Gomez, Blanco, Finneas

"Scared Of Loving You" is an extremely vulnerable song but it's not as sad as the title makes it seem. The acoustic production sounds reminiscent of an old folk song, which seems relevant as Gomez is set to play folk-rock singer Linda Ronstadt in a biopic about her life. Despite the title, Gomez confesses that she's not scared of loving her partner, she's just scared of losing him. She knows if she lets him in and he leaves, it's going to be too painful for her to handle.

She its to loving too fast when she was younger and questions if her partner will stick around for her bad moments. Gomez also lists a few things she's not afraid of including "dying young." This seemingly references when she had a kidney transplant and thought she wasn't going to survive it. The experience made her pretty fearless when it comes to death but the loss of love is still something she's working through. Luckily for Gomez, Blanco seems to love her as much as she loves him, and best of all, he accepts her even on her worst days.