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Rare
Studio album by
Selena Gomez
ReleasedJanuary 10, 2020 (2020-01-10)
Genre
Length41:53
LabelInterscope
Producer
Selena Gomez chronology
Revival
(2015) 		Rare
(2020)
Alternative cover
File:Rare (Alternate Album Cover) by Selena Gomez.png
Target, Japanese and deluxe international edition artwork
Singles from Rare
  1. "Lose You to Love Me"
    Released: October 23, 2019
  2. "Look at Her Now"
    Released: October 24, 2019

Rare is the third solo studio album by American singer Selena Gomez.[3][4] It was released on January 10, 2020, through Interscope Records. "Lose You to Love Me", was released as the lead single on October 23, 2019, and topped the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Gomez's first number-one single in the US. "Look at Her Now" was released as the second single the following day, charting within the top twenty of the Rolling Stone Top 100 and peaking at number twenty-seven on the Billboard Hot 100. Gomez stated that this album, her second with Interscope Records, is her diary from the past few years.[5]

Themes

Speaking in an interview for Apple Music on the subject of her upcoming studio album Rare, Gomez admitted that the unreleased tracks are where she currently is. She also said that the tracklist goes well with each other, after putting them in order.[6]

Gomez appeared on the radio program On Air with Ryan Seacrest and told Seacrest that she had "a million ideas and it’s just going to be cooler and it’s going to be stronger and it’s going to be better."[7] She later told Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show that the album will have a "sense of strong pop", and that she experimented with electric guitar. She also told Fallon that it took her "four years now to even feel at a good place with this album."[8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[9]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[10]
The Independent[11]
Rolling Stone[2]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, Rare received a weighted average score of 80, based on 7 reviews, resulting in "generally favorable reviews".[9]

Variety's Jem Aswad labelled Rare as "one of the best pop albums to be released in recent memory" and described it as "sophisticated, precisely written and expertly produced music".[12] Calling it "shockingly, and beautifully, upbeat", Brittany Spanos of Rolling Stone opined that the album is "an act of divine ruthlessness, full of dance-y, mid-tempo clarity".[13] Writing for NME, Rhian Daly called the album "a beautifully confident return from one of pop’s most underrated stars, and a quietly defiant wrestling back of the narrative surrounding her",[14] while Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly praised the album's "lightness" despite its "heavy messaging".[15] Mikael Wood of the Los Angeles Times named Rare as Gomez's "most meaningful solo disc" and opined that it embraces "an infectious spirit of adventure".[16] In concurrence, Vulture's Craig Jenkins wrote that the album is "almost inarguably Selena Gomez's best album."[17]

In a mixed review, Alexandra Pollard of The Independent gave the album three stars out of five, deeming it "an accomplished, coherent record, with moments of ecstasy and others of pathos" but concluding that it "never quite gets out from beneath the shadow of half a decade of behemothic bangers."[11]

Promotion

The album was first announced and named on Gomez's Instagram page, [18] where she uncovered the cover art and included a snippet of the title track.

The standard edition of the studio album is promoted and preceded by the release of "Lose You to Love Me" released October 23, 2019, and "Look at Her Now" on October 24, 2019.[19][20]

On November 24, 2019, she performed "Lose You to Love Me" and "Look at Her Now" at the 2019 American Music Awards to promote the album. She also has appeared on The Tonight Show to talk about the release of Rare.[8]

Track listing

Track listing and writing credits adapted from Apple Music and Spotify.[21][22]

Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Rare"
3:40
2."Dance Again"
2:50
3."Look at Her Now"
Kirkpatrick2:42
4."Lose You to Love Me"
  • Gomez
  • Michaels
  • Tranter
  • Larsson
  • Fredriksson
3:26
5."Ring"
  • Sir Nolan
  • Douglas
  • Johan Lenox[b]
  • Simon Says[b]
  • Schoudel[c]
2:28
6."Vulnerable"
3:12
7."People You Know"
3:14
8."Let Me Get Me"
  • Gomez
  • Furoyen
  • Tranter
  • Larsson
  • Fredriksson
  • Mattman & Robin
  • Schoudel[c]
3:09
9."Crowded Room" (with 6lack)
  • Sir Nolan
  • Simon Says
  • Ben Rice[c]
3:06
10."Kinda Crazy"
  • Yacoub
  • BONN
  • Nedler
  • Rice[c]
  • Schoudel[c]
3:32
11."Fun"
  • Ojivolta
  • Schoudel[c]
3:09
12."Cut You Off"
3:02
13."A Sweeter Place" (featuring Kid Cudi)
4:23
Total length:41:53
Target, Japanese and deluxe international edition bonus tracks[23][24][25]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."Bad Liar"
Kirkpatrick3:34
15."Fetish" (featuring Gucci Mane)
3:06
16."It Ain't Me" (with Kygo)
3:40
17."Back to You"
  • Gomez
  • Allen
  • Parrish Warrington
  • Diederik Van Elsas
  • Micah Premnath
  • Trackside
  • Kirkpatrick
3:30
18."Wolves" (with Marshmello)
  • Marshmello
  • Watt
3:17
Total length:59:00
Vinyl edition bonus track[26][27]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."Feel Me"
The Arcade 
Japanese special edition bonus DVD[24]
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."Lose You to Love Me" (music video)Sophie Muller3:26
2."Lose You to Love Me" (behind the scenes) 3:08
3."Look at Her Now" (music video)Muller2:44
4."Look at Her Now" (behind the scenes) 3:07

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies a co-producer
  • ^[b] signifies an additional producer
  • ^[c] signifies a vocal producer

Release history

Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various January 10, 2020
Interscope [21][28]
February 21, 2020 Vinyl [29]

References

  1. ^ Aswad, Jem; Aswad, Jem (January 11, 2020). "Selena Gomez's 'Rare': Album Review". Variety. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Spanos, Brittany (January 10, 2020). "Selena Gomez Moves Past Her Pain on the Resiliently Upbeat 'Rare'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Curto, Justin (November 21, 2019). "Selena Gomez Will Start 2020 Off Right by Releasing Her New Album". Vulture. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  4. ^ @selenagomez (December 12, 2019). "Can't believe I'm revealing the art and title for my new album RARE, out January 10th. It's the most honest music I've ever made and I can't wait for you to hear my heart. 🖤 You can preorder RARE now ✨ http://smarturl.it/RARESG" (Tweet). Retrieved December 13, 2019 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Gomez, Selena [@selenagomez] (November 21, 2019). "You can now preorder my new album, out January 10, 2020. This album is my diary from the past few years and I can't wait for you to hear it. Title, art and track list coming soon" (Tweet). Retrieved November 21, 2019 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ Paige, Gawley (November 21, 2019). "Selena Gomez Reveals Her New Album's Release Date". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  7. ^ Marquina, Sierra (October 24, 2019). "Selena Gomez Embraces New Chapter, Teases 'Cooler, Stronger, Better' Album | Ryan Seacrest | On Air with Ryan Seacrest". Ryan Seacrest. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  8. ^ a b Bailey, Alyssa (November 21, 2019). "Selena Gomez Finally Announced Her Album Release Date". Elle. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  9. ^ a b "Rare by Selena Gomez Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
  10. ^ Sendra, Tim. "Rare - Selena Gomez". AllMusic. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  11. ^ a b Pollard, Alexandra (January 10, 2020). "Selena Gomez review, Rare: Moments of ecstasy and pathos never quite live up to the singer's gold standards". The Independent.
  12. ^ Aswad, Jem (January 10, 2020). "Selena Gomez's 'Rare': Album Review". Variety. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
  13. ^ Spanos, Brittany (January 10, 2020). "Selena Gomez Moves Past Her Pain on the Resiliently Upbeat 'Rare'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
  14. ^ Daly, Rhian (January 10, 2020). "Selena Gomez – 'Rare': the quietly confident star wrestles back her own narrative". NME. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  15. ^ Greenblatt, Leah (January 9, 2020). "Selena Gomez's Rare is a danceable lesson in self-love and acceptance". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  16. ^ Wood, Mikael (January 9, 2020). "Selena Gomez has 165 million Instagram followers. Now she has her first great pop album". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  17. ^ Jenkins, Craig (January 10, 2020). "Selena Gomez Returns Unbothered and at Her Best on Rare". Vulture. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
  18. ^ "Selena Gomez on Instagram: "✨💖RARE💖✨"". Instagram.
  19. ^ Kaufman, Gil (October 18, 2019). "We Finally Know When We'll Hear New Selena Gomez Music". Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  20. ^ Stavropoulos, Laura (October 18, 2019). "Selena Gomez Reveals Cover Of New Single "Lose You To Love Me"". udiscovermusic.com. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  21. ^ a b "Rare by Selena Gomez". Apple Music. Retrieved December 13, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. ^ "Spotify -Rare". Spotify. Retrieved January 9, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. ^ "Selena Gomez – Rare (Target Exclusive, CD)". Target. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  24. ^ a b "Rare [w/ DVD, Limited Edition] Selena Gomez CD Album". CDJapan. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  25. ^ "Rare (Deluxe Edition) | Music". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  26. ^ "Selena Gomez - Rare - LP". Rough Trade. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  27. ^ "Selena Gomez Rare LP". Elusive Disc. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  28. ^ "Signed CD + Digital Album". Selena Gomez Official Shop. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  29. ^ "Exclusive Vinyl + Digital Album". Selena Gomez Official Shop. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
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