Taylor Swift Gushes Over Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco's ‘I Said I Love You First': ‘I Love This Album So Much'
On Saturday (March 22), just a day after its release, the 35-year-old pop superstar took to her Instagram Stories to praise the newly engaged couple's joint album.
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'@selenagomez & @itsbennyblanco I LOVE THIS ALBUM SO MUCH,' Swift wrote, sharing a screenshot of the album on Spotify along with a link to purchase the set.
I Said I Love You First includes previously released songs such as 'Scared of Loving You,' 'Sunset Blvd,' 'Younger and Hotter Than Me' and 'Call Me When You Break Up,' featuring Gracie Abrams. The full tracklist also features 'Ojos Tristes,' 'Don't Wanna Cry,' 'Cowboy,' 'Bluest Flame,' 'How Does It Feel to Be Forgotten,' 'Do You Wanna Be Perfect,' 'You Said You Were Sorry,' 'I Can't Get Enough' and 'Don't Take It Personally.'
Leading up to the album, Gomez spoke about working with her fiancé in an interview with Apple Music's Zane Lowe, sharing, 'It just felt like it was a little taste of what we are and how we made this together, and how much we loved it and how much we love each other. And it just felt like it was meant to be.'
The couple began dating in June 2023 and got engaged late last year. Gomez shared the happy news with a Dec. 11 Instagram carousel featuring her marquise-cut engagement ring, along with the caption, 'forever begins now.'
Gomez has also opened up about sharing her music with Swift. In 2019, she recalled showing her first Hot 100 No. 1 hit, 'Lose You to Love Me,' to her pop superstar bestie, noting that it brought both her and her mother, Andrea Swift, to tears.
'It's gonna make me cry thinking about it,' Gomez said. 'Because it wasn't just about how great the song was, which is a lot coming from her, it was just that they had been on that journey with me, intimately. And they were crying because of how proud they were for me stepping into a whole new era of my life, and it not involving the horrible things, the abuse, the emotional chaos, it felt like I had a huge sigh of relief.'
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