"Call Me When You Break Up" is a song by American singer

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, American record producer

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, and American singer-songwriter

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, released as the lead single from Gomez and Blanco's collaborative studio album, ''

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'' (2025). Gomez and Abrams wrote the song with

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, Mattias Larsson,

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and Blanco who also produced the song along with Cashmere Cat and Dylan Brady. SMG Music LLC, Friends Keep Secrets and

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released the song for

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and

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on February 20, 2025.

Background and release

Gomez and Blanco began teasing their collaboration with Abrams on February 17, when Blanco shared a video on his

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where he enters a bedroom and finds Gomez and Abrams chatting on the bed, he asks them: "What are you guys doing in here?" and they both reply: "Hello!". The next day, Gomez posted a selfie-style clip

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along to an unreleased track. "Call me when you break up/ I want to be the first one on your mind when you wake up/ I miss the way we'd stay up/ We'd talk about forever while I’m taking off my makeup". On the same day, Gomez introduced the song to her fans during a special event to promote her album, ''

'', in

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, while Abrams performed her verse of the song during her concert on her The Secret of Us Tour in

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. On February 20, 2025, "Call Me When You Break Up" was released for

and

, along with the video shot on the

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, it shows Gomez and Abrams singing along to their new song while in a bedroom. The next day, it was sent to Italian radio stations by

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, as well as on American

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, and on United Kingdom radio on February 28, 2025. The CD and LP version of the album only includes Gomez's solo version of "Call Me When You Break Up (Selena's Edition)", released on March 21, 2025. Blanco, Gomez, and Abrams also released an acoustic version of the song for download and streaming on March 28, 2025.

Composition and recording

"Call Me When You Break Up" is a

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and

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song, opens with a

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tone, but not in the traditional sense of R&B stars singing over lovelorn recordings from their answering machine. Gomez and Abrams are the ones leaving a message at the beep. “Call me when you break up/Unless you’ve found the person that you want a new name from/I’d to be there when the day comes/You know I’m always here, so don’t ever be a stranger,” Gomez sings. Blanco told ''

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'', that the song was recorded at home, and the couple did not go to the studio every day, but preferred to record the album at home: "I’d be like, ‘Hey, I have this cool chord thing.’ Then she’d come in. We weren’t like, ‘Today’s the studio. We’re going to write this song and that.’ So many times it was so hodgepodge. It was like two hours here, two hours there. I’d never worked that way with someone. Usually I work that way if I’m by myself, but it was so cool to be able to do that with her".

Critical reception

Jason Lipshutz from ''

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'' praised the song, describing it: "such fizzy joy that its two-minute run time flies", writing that Gomez and Abrams need to keep recording together and "letting their personalities ricochet off each other". ''The Stardust magazine'', wrote that: "Gomez and Abrams' voices blend seamlessly, with Abrams' charismatic, introspective style complementing Gomez's soft, emotive delivery", adding that Blanco's co-writing "added to the creative synergy behind this string-enhanced pop collaboration".

Charts

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Release history

References

{{Gracie Abrams 2025 singles 2025 songs Selena Gomez songs Benny Blanco songs Gracie Abrams songs Songs written by Selena Gomez Songs written by Benny Blanco A&M Records singles Interscope Records singles