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"When I'm Gone"
Single by Alesso and Katy Perry
Released29 December 2021
Genre
Length2:41
Label10:22 PM
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Alesso singles chronology
"Chasing Stars"
(2021) 		"When I'm Gone"
(2021)
Katy Perry singles chronology
"Electric"
(2021) 		"When I'm Gone"
(2021)
Music video
"When I'm Gone" on YouTube

"When I'm Gone" is a song by Swedish DJ Alesso and American singer Katy Perry, released on 29 December 2021 by 10:22 PM Records, coinciding with the first date of Play—Perry's Las Vegas concert residency.[1] The song is a dance-pop, house and electropop tune, written by Perry, Alessandro Lindblad, Alida Garpestad Peck, Rami Yacoub, Nathan Cunningham, Marc Sibley, and Alma Goodman, and produced by Alesso and the Space Primates.

The song has charted within the top 30 in Croatia, Hungary, and Lebanon. Perry performed the song as a medley with "Walking on Air" from Prism (2013) at her concert residency, Play, during CNN's New Year's Eve Live. The official music video premiered on 10 January 2022 on ESPN during the halftime show of the 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship.

Release and promotion

On 15 December 2021, Alesso and Perry announced the song and released a small snippet of the song and music video via their social media accounts.[2] The song was released on 29 December 2021, the same day that Perry began her residency show Play. The song appears on the setlist of her 2021-2022 Las Vegas Residency, Play, at Resorts World Las Vegas. It is performed with her song "Walking on Air" (from her 2013 album, Prism). On 31 December 2021, her performance of the song (from her residency) was also included as a part of the CNN's New Year's Eve Live special.[3] On 29 January 2022, Perry also performed the song at Saturday Night Live, introduced by Willem Dafoe.[4]

Composition

"When I'm Gone" is a dance-pop,[2] house,[5] and electropop song[6] that runs for 2 minutes and 41 seconds.[7] Alesso said: "I feel like a song like this hasn't been made in a while. The world needs a fun energetic dance record again. We worked on this song for more than a year and are so pleased with how it came out."[8]

Critical response

Justin Curto from Vulture wrote "When I'm Gone" is "another EDM bop" that is similar to Perry's 2019 single "Never Really Over" in cadence and rhythm.[9] 360 Magazine said the song blends "high-tech" beats with heartbreaking lyrics, and complimented Alesso's production.[10] Entertainment Weekly praised the music video saying: "The singer gives us everything we want in the music video".[11] People called it "mesmerising", further saying: "In true Perry style, the video features some stunning costumes and impressive dance moves."[12]

Commercial performance

In the United States, the song debuted at number 7 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart before reaching a new peak position of number 3 two weeks later.[13] "When I'm Gone" also debuted at No. 4 on Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales and No. 17 on the multi-metric Hot Dance/Electronic Songs list.[14]

In the United Kingdom, "When I'm Gone" debuted at number 72 on Official Singles Chart, becoming the 6th highest new entry of the week.[15] It rosed to number 59 in its third week in the UK[16] and also debuted at number 34 on both the UK Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100[17] and the UK Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100.[18] In Canada, "When I'm Gone" debuted at number 54 on Canadian Hot 100, becoming her highest entry since "Daisies" in May 2020 and 38th career entry overall.[19] It also debuted at No. 7 on Canadian Digital Songs Sales.[20]

Music video

The accompanying music video premiered on 10 January 2022, during the 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship game. Subsequently, the video for "When I'm Gone" became the first music video to debut during a live event on ESPN.[21] The video features a Boston Dynamics robot named "Spot" which in the video Perry named "Nugget" after her own personal dog.

Perry describes it as her first full blown choreography video due to the "sexy" production of the song. The video was directed by Hannah Lux Davis and according to Perry was shot at an active working Budweiser brewery. Davis said: "We were going for something that was more Black Mirror. Slightly futuristic, but we still wanted it to feel grounded. Tech sci-fi but make it pop."[8] Perry wears a custom Dolce & Gabbana purple jumpsuit in the video, describing it as her "favorite outfit".[8]

Charts

Chart performance for "When I'm Gone"
Chart (2021–2022) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[22] 96
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[23] 48
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[24] 54
Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard)[25] 34
Canada Hot AC (Billboard)[26] 37
Croatia (HRT)[27] 4
Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100)[28] 68
Euro Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[29] 14
Global 200 (Billboard)[30] 82
Hungary (Single Top 40)[31] 22
Ireland (IRMA)[32] 62
Lebanon (The Official Lebanese Top 20)[33] 17
Mexican Airplay (Billboard)[34] 50
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[35] 28
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[36] 61
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[37] 5
Russia Airplay (TopHit)[38] 47
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[39] 39
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[40] 91
UK Singles (OCC)[15] 52
UK Dance (OCC)[41] 15
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[42] 3
US Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[43] 12
US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)[44] 22
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[45] 4
US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[46] 31

Release history

Release dates and formats for "When I'm Gone"
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various 29 December 2021
10:22 PM [7]
Italy 31 December 2021 Contemporary hit radio Universal [47]
Russia 10:22 PM [48]

References

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