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"Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else"
Single by Benson Boone
from the album American Heart
ReleasedFebruary 27, 2025 (2025-02-27)
Genre
Length2:36
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Evigan
Benson Boone singles chronology
"Pretty Slowly"
(2024) 		"Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else"
(2025) 		"Mystical Magical"
(2025)

"Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else" is a song by American singer Benson Boone. It was released on February 27, 2025, as the lead single from his upcoming second studio album American Heart.

Background

On Apple Music 1, Benson Boone described the day he composed the song to Zane Lowe:

Honestly, the day that we wrote this song, I was having a pretty weird day. I was in my head a little bit and emotional and I just walked in and I wrote it with Jack LaFrantz and the producer Jason Evigan and I was just kind of talking him through my mood and I was feeling weird and I didn't want to bring that into the studio, like I didn't want to just have a day where we're all just kind of sulking and sad and so I was like "Let's make something out of it," and when we when I first started writing that chorus like, "I'm sorry I'm here for someone else," on the piano it was really soft and slow, it was very slow down. Jason, he's got like a bunch of synths and piano and keyboards everywhere and he's like, "Dude, this is going to be a sad day," and I remember he said that and after that I was like, "No, no, no, no," and I walked over to a synth and I started playing it on the synth and I did it double time and Jack was like, "Okay, that's sick, try singing it over that," and we sung it over that a couple times and then we just moved on to the verse and like just started riffing. Writing everything on a piano definitely takes things a little slower and softer and sadder and it ended up being a really fun day at the end of it where we were all just like throwing in ad-libs and messing around and just throwing lyrics at the wall and enjoying ourselves. It just really turned the day around, so for me like that that song definitely kind of did a little 180 and turned into something that, in my opinion, is really like fun energy and a good vibe.[1]

Composition

"Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else" is a pop rock song.[2] It features pulsating synths[2][3] and a drum loop of driving rhythm.[3][4][5] Lyrically, the song revolves around moving on from a relationship and bearing no ill will toward one's past love,[4] as Benson Boone describes an encounter with his old lover while waiting for his current partner at a diner and being forced to apologize.[2][3][4][5][6] He is hesitant to break her heart but explains "It's not personal".[3]

Critical reception

Danielle Holian of Atwood Magazine gave a positive review, praising the lyricism; "Boone's lyrical simplicity is its greatest strength here – he doesn't overcomplicate the narrative, but instead speaks directly to the heart of anyone who's experienced the awkwardness of seeing an ex when you're no longer on the same page.", production; "The blend of electronic elements with traditional instrumentation lends itself to a sound that feels both modern and timeless, a delicate balance that speaks to Boone’s versatility as an artist." and the song's "ability to be both personal and universally relatable."[5]

Charts

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else"
Region Date Format Label(s) Ref.
United States February 28, 2025 Contemporary hit radio
[45]

References

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  3. ^ a b c d Pareles, Jon; Zoladz, Lindsay (February 28, 2025). "Lizzo Returns With a Throwback-Rock Bop, and 11 More New Songs". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
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