I'm His, He's Mine
"I'm His, He's Mine" is a song by American singer Katy Perry featuring American rapper Doechii, from Perry's seventh studio album 143. It was released as the third single through Capitol Records alongside an accompanying music video on September 13, 2024, and was sent to contemporary hit radio on October 1, 2024 and Italian radio on October 8, 2024.
The dance-pop and hip hop song was sampled from American singer Crystal Waters' dance classic "Gypsy Woman". Its lyrics and use of the sampled song faced criticism while Doechii's involvement received some praise from critics. Commercially, the song was a success in Latin America.
Release and promotion
On July 10, 2024, shortly before the release of previous single "Woman's World", Perry teased "I'm His, He's Mine" on a social media livestream along with other songs off of 143. Perry later announced the release date of the song on social media on September 10, 2024. The song was released on September 13, 2024.Perry and Doechii performed the song for the first time at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards as part of Perry's medley performance for the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award on September 11, 2024. Perry later sang the track solo at Rock in Rio on September 20, 2024. On December 8, 2024, she performed the song at 2024 Jingle Bell Ball.
Composition
Perry co-wrote "I'm His, He's Mine" with featured artist Doechii, as well as LunchMoney Lewis, Ferras, Ryan Ogren, Theron Thomas, and its producers Dr. Luke and Rocco Valdes. The song contains samples from "Gypsy Woman", written by Neal Conway and Crystal Waters. The song blends Perry's dance-pop sound with Doechii's sharp, edgy rap flow.Critical reception
Chris DeVille of Stereogum described "I'm His, He's Mine" as "perfectly competent" but also being "tryhard energy" and "poisoned". He added that the featured artist, Doechii, "can't save it." Writing for Slant Magazine, Tom Williams described the song as "plodding", however praised Doechii for delivering a "genuinely charismatic and dynamic performance". Cynthia Pankhurst from Exclaim! reviewed the lyricism having "much substance as a baby's speech" and critiqued the use of the "Gypsy Woman" sample by saying "Crystal Waters doesn't deserve this", but described the Doechii feature as a "redeemable factor" and her bars as "clever".In slightly more positive reviews, Alexa Camp of Slant Magazine described the song a "low-key slow burner". Avery Heeringa of Melodic Magazine highlighted the song as one of the "finer moments" on 143, despite relying on "overly-repetitive 'la da dee's' for earworm attractiveness".