Selena Gomez Drops Narrated Version of ‘I Said I Love You First’ — Plus ‘Stained,’ an Unreleased Track From Eight Years Ago

Followers who can’t get sufficient of Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco‘s I Mentioned I Love You First have extra to discover with a newly launched model of the album, I Mentioned I Love You First – Defined: Narrated by Selena Gomez.

As Gomez defined on Sunday (March 23) in posts on social media, “benny and I made so many wonderful reminiscences all through the method of making our new album. I wished to allow you to guys in on a few of these tales and the making of those songs. I Mentioned I Love You First – Defined: Narrated by Selena Gomez is out there for digital obtain on my official retailer now!”

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Companions in music and romance (the couple introduced their engagement in December), Gomez and Blanco unveiled their joint album — the follow-up to Gomez’s 2020 set, Uncommon, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 that yr — on Friday, March 21. I Mentioned I Love You First‘s full launch was preceded by singles together with “Name Me When You Break Up” that includes Gracie Abrams and “Sundown Blvd.”

Additionally new from Gomez and Blanco this weekend is a shock launch of a bonus observe, with a title that ought to sound acquainted to longtime followers.

A while pre-Uncommon, however after 2015’s Revival, Gomez was brewing up music that by no means noticed a launch. From that period is a tune known as “Stained,” initially produced by Blanco, and first teased in 2016 when the singer shared a snippet. The observe finally leaked in full on the web, however didn’t make the reduce on both of Gomez’s subsequent two albums.

“Eight years later and also you guys by no means forgot about this tune,” she wrote to followers over the weekend. “Your love for Stained has by no means gone away and I wished to do one thing particular to say thanks for all of the love and help on the album. Stained is now obtainable completely on my official retailer for a restricted time solely.”

In a livestream that was recorded by a fan over the weekend, Gomez gave listeners (and Blanco, who was on the stream along with her) some background on what had occurred with “Stained,” saying, “You realize, I truly beloved that tune and I used to be nervous … I bear in mind I used to be nonetheless nervous to curse in a tune. I don’t know what occurred. I’m certain I leaked it on accident, or I did one thing. But it surely acquired out, and I’m form of comfortable that it did.”

I Mentioned I Love You First – Defined: Narrated by Selena Gomez is out there as a digital obtain for $5 on Gomez’s webstore here. A digital obtain of her I Mentioned I Love You First album with bonus observe “Stained” can also be priced at $5, and it may be discovered on Gomez’s webstore here.

See Gomez’s TikTok clips beneath to catch her singing alongside to “Stained.” She additionally shares particulars in regards to the narrated model of I Mentioned I Love You First, noting, “Mainly I get to inform somewhat story about every tune on the album, so I can clarify it to you guys and you’ll see how I view them. I’d like to know your ideas as properly and the way you relate to all of it.”

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