Selena Gomez seems happy. Her acting career is thriving, and by all appearances, she’s madly in love with her boyfriend, benny blanco. All of this might explain the buoyant, flirtatious sound of Selena’s new single, “Love On,” which dropped yesterday and quickly found a home in the Top 10 of the Genius Top Songs chart.
Produced by the squad The Monsterz & Strangerz and Isaiah Tejada, “Love On” opens with a snippet of French dialogue seemingly inspired by Swedish producer LiQWYD’s 2019 song “L’Amour.” It basically translates to one person telling another person they’re going to name them “tender love,” and that fits with the chorus that follows, though Gomez delights in being less subtle.
Wait ’til I turn my love on
I’m no cheap thrill
I’m a rollercoaster ride, baby, jump on
Come on, come on
’Cause, baby, if you can’t tell (Baby, if you can’t tell)
You’re what I wanna love on, oh
The first verse is silly sexy talk set against throbbing disco bass.
This doesn’t have to be some sort of mathematical equation
Slip off your jeans, slide in the sheets
Screaming “yes” in quotations
Clock in, baby, get to work
Night shift, but with all the perks
The pre-chorus is more giddy amorousness.
Ooh, if you think about fallin’
Got you covered like garments
Ooh, I deserve an applause for
Keeping you up late ’til you can’t see straight
Just wait, woo!
In the second verse, Gomez makes a rhyme that’s apparently causing people to lose their damn minds. (It is a great rhyme.)
Why are we conversing over this steak tartare
When we could be somewhere other than here
Making out in the back of a car?
Or in the back of a bar
She ends the verse on a slightly more risque note. Hopefully The Bazaar has clean facilities.
Or we could make a memoir, yeah
On the back wall of the last stall
In the bathroom at The Bazaar
“Love On” arrives with a very colorful, very French music video featuring lots of smooching couples and fancy decor.
You can read all the lyrics to “Love On” on Genius now.
